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Precision Placements, Inc. After graduating from NC State University, I entered the textile
industry as an Industrial Engineer. Over the years I advanced to production
manager, plant manager, and eventually Vice President of Operations in the
industry. During that time, I had the opportunity to work with several search
firms or "headhunters" from both an applicant standpoint, when I
was looking for a career change, and as a hiring official when I was looking
for top talent to help my company move to the next level. With every firm
that I dealt with, I found a deficiency in one of two areas. Either they were
totally non professional, without high ethical and moral standards; or they
had no or very little idea of what I had done over my career or of what my
company did. I quickly saw that I didn't feel comfortable with these people
representing me, or in helping me find the right person to help in building
my team. It is for this reason that I created Precision Placements, to excel in
the above two areas. I felt that with
excellence in recruiting and knowledge of the textile industry, PPI would be
a successful Executive Search Firm.
Fortunately, this formula has proven successful and excel we
have. Since our inception in the
early nineties, Precision Placements has become a recognized name in Textile
Executive Search. Let me explain our philosophy in more detail: First and foremost is our commitment to
professionalism. None of our consultants are on a one placement short term
focus, so that "used car salesman" mentality is non existent. This
allows us to focus on long term one on one relationship building, rather than
just an immediate placement. Our consultants on numerous occasions have
helped applicants land an opportunity that we had not set up and had no
interest in or companies define the parameters of a particular position.
Through our experience of helping people prepare for interviews, our
knowledge of the individual applicant's strengths and weaknesses, and our
overall knowledge of the industry; we often are able to provide that extra
something that helps them receive an offer. This has helped us establish
lasting friendships, and has helped us build our huge network of contacts. We
realize that this network is critical for our existence and one of the prime
reasons that you should work with us. To further show our commitment to
ethics and professionalism, I personally am a Certified Personnel Consultant
by the National Association of Personnel Services. This is the highest
designation earned by Executive Search Consultants, and represents my
personal commitment to high ethics, knowledge of the search business, and
ongoing training. Secondly is our commitment to the
textile and apparel industry. Why is a specialization important? Many search
firms that work in the textile industry also work in several other industries
as well. By this exclusive commitment, however, we are better able to
serve both our clients as well as our applicants. Having spent a considerable
time working in the industry myself, I feel that we are able to have a better
understanding of what the applicant's experience is and in what specifically
our clients are looking for. We utilize a very large database management
program developed exclusively for Precision specifically for the textile
search business that integrates all activities in our office. There are
nuances in textile manufacturing, marketing, and senior management that
simply cannot be utilized with a generic system. The data is filled with
information gained by years of experience working in the industry. There are
few, if any, other systems in the country as state of the art and as
comprehensive as ours relating to the textile industry. This system likewise
is beneficial to both our applicants as well as our clients; because whether
you are looking for top talent or the best opportunity, up to date and
searchable information specifically geared toward you is key in finding the
best match. Once again, this type of system could not be built without a full
commitment to the textile industry and to excellence. Yet even while we are
unmatched in our technological expertise, we still utilize "old
fashioned" recruiting through our network of contacts. Another reason that concentrating on the textile industry is
beneficial is the inherent knowledge of your job and what you are doing that
can best come about by specialization. Most importantly though is the fact that we are calling your
competitors everyday. If you are a candidate, your top competitors are the
people that are going to be most interested in your background and how you
can improve their organization. If you are a client, there is no better place
to find top talent than from your competitors. They are already trained in
your end product, and they can often times bring a different perspective to
your company that will enhance what you currently do.
Sincerely, Ken Edwards, CPC President ***** Addendum ***** Believe it or not, the bulk of the above was written 10 years ago in
1997. As all of you know, our
industry has had dramatic changes since then. With these changes, PPI has changed as well. 80% of our searches now are in Sales &
Marketing and Corporate Management, whereas then only about 20% were. About 75% of our searches now are retainer
searches whereas then we were about 80% contingency. The one constant has been our commitment
to the above two principles and the value put on our network of friends and
colleagues. It has allowed us to
increase our revenue in each of the last 5 years and be on track to do the
same in 2007. I do hope that you will
contact us. Ken ******************************************************************** © 2007 Precision Placements, Inc.
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