"Well, I have some great news! On Thursday, 12/13/07, I got an offer from Good Hospitality Services, http://www.goodhsi.com/ and Friday I accepted a new position as Regional Director of Operations and Training at the company headquarters in Indiana. Jeff Good, the CEO, personally interviewed me and hired me without an H.R. person in sight.
"I had sent out 45 links to my H&R NETVYOU video, and SIX OF THE CEO'S I SENT IT TO CALLED ME ON THE PHONE! Never before in my career had one CEO ever called me after submitting a paper resume."
They were all quite impressed with the quality of my H&R video intro. This allowed me to totally focus my energies on those six who liked me. No surprises, either way. For a change, I was not anxious at all about my voice impairment since the cancer operation in May. Since they had seen the video, it never even came up.
"The interview itself was also very different... since they already knew who I was. They said, 'Hi, Phil' and shook my hand like they had known me for years. I felt like a celebrity. Then we got right down to substance; no textbook baloney interview questions."
"With the negotiating skills and professionalism I learned from Loribeth and Chris, the compensation and other benefits were more than I had expected. Great salary, relocation, company car, the works. Thanks for all you guys have done and taught me. Keep me on your e-mail list, and I love your Review-Journal column."
"I will stop by next week to say goodbye. Off to Indiana and my new career...thanks to Harrington & Reed."
You can meet Philip Graham at www.harringtonreed.com/?c=259
D. Christopher Jenkins and his H&R team strive for a good fit between company and executive
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My Career Background
- Christopher Jenkins, CEO
- Mr. Jenkins, CEO of Harrington & Reed, Inc., has published over 100 articles on Executive Job Search Strategies and pioneered many new career visibility tools used in executive job search. He has been acclaimed by such web sites as Vault.com, VisualCV.com, Workblast.com, MeetYourNewEmployee.com, and others for his leadership in executive job search, with over 500 executives helped. He was formerly CEO of M.B.A. Group, Inc., a recruiting firm specializing in recruiting M.B.A.'s. He was a V.P. of Citibank in New York, handled recruiting at Ivy League Universities, and he was formerly the CFO of a public company. He has also conducted training seminars and acted as spokesman for IBM, Ford, NAPA, Nabisco, Chrysler Financial, Honeywell, and other major firms, and was a TV and Film spokesman. Mr. Jenkins has been featured in national media television productions and in numerous career articles in leading news publications.
