Press release for New York headhunters

SHRINKING THE TIME OF AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH

WHITE PLAINS COMPANY USES TECHNOLOGY TO STAY AHEAD
 

For immediate release
 

(February XX, White Plains, NY) -- Companies once assumed that if an executive search firm didn't take forever to fill a high-ranking position, then somehow the search firm didn't take the job seriously. But according to Michael Koren of Koren Rogers Associates Inc., times have changed. "In today's hyperspeed economy, companies want faster service. They want positions filled as soon as possible."

Located in White Plains, NY, Koren Rogers is one of a small number of firms that can dramatically cut the time it takes to do an executive search. "Bigger firms can take between three and six months," says Koren. "But we can place people within eight to ten weeks."
 

There are two key tools that Koren Rogers uses to get the jump on its competition: its status as a boutique and its innovative use of information technology.
 

"Being a boutique means that we don't have a lot of administrative layers sending messages back and forth," explains Koren. "We manage each engagement personally, so there is less paper shuffling, and we're closer to what the clients need."
 

As a boutique, the firm can also specialize in the field that it knows best, in this case financial officers for the consumer product, media/entertainment and service sectors. Since it specializes, in many cases the firm already knows who works where, enabling it to find executives all the faster.
 

Nimbleness also means that Koren Rogers doesn't waste a lot of time deciding whether to move to time-saving technologies. "There's no red tape, so we have some of this technology before many of our competitors do," adds Koren.
 

There are three specific technologies that Koren Rogers uses to cut the time it takes to find an executive.
 

1) CD-ROM databases: Koren Rogers can instantly search such nationwide directories as the Standard Directory of Advertisers and the Directory of Corporate Affiliations. Using CD-ROM, Koren Rogers can find a name in seconds that would once have required hours of careful checking. Says Rogers, "We can search by almost any criterion: area code, management position, company name, just about anything."
 

2) http://www.korenrogers.com : When financial officers in key sectors start thinking about their options, they start browsing through the Koren Rogers Web site. The site currently lists between 15 and 20 assignments, and also lists positions on town sites throughout the country. "There are hundreds of places to put job ads out there," says Rogers. "But with a Web site, potential employees know where to find us."
 

3) Teleconferencing: Once a company has cast its net across the country and found a dozen potential candidates, it still must generate a short list. Instead of traveling all over the country for face-to-face interviews, a prospect that can take weeks, Koren Rogers arranges video-teleconferencing at locations such as Kinko's. "Once we're deeper into the short list, then we can visit," says Koren. "But in the meantime, we can do 12 candidates in 8 cities, all in one afternoon."
 

Combining boutique intimacy with technological prowess can achieve startling results. Tan Brands, a maker of feminine hygiene products, needed a new chief financial officer ... fast. Koren Rogers studied its databases and, three weeks later, the successful candidate was sitting in his new office at Tan Brands.
 

"As a boutique, we cannot afford to fail," explains Koren. "We will not undertake a project unless we are realistically capable of completing it. But once we undertake a project, we'll work 24 hours a day, seven days a week until it is done."
 

Other Koren Rogers clients in the tri-state area include Avon, CBS, Citibank, GE Capital, MCI, Pepsico, Reader's Digest, Revlon, Sony and Time Warner.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL MICHAEL KOREN AT (914) 686-5800.