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Insurance Executive Recruiters & Psychometric & “Profile” Tests – Are they worth it?

Nearly every week a company president or hiring executive asks us if we use any form of psychological or psychometric “evaluation test”.

Our answer: “Yes”.
When the company official then asks “Which brand test do you use?” they are usually surprised by our response: Our own.

Quite frankly, we don’t place much credence in any psychological, profile, or psychometric test where someone has to sit down and fill out either an online or paper based multiple choice type test.
Why? Because the very act of being aware they are being tested … which by default any online or paper test results in … can consciously or unconsciously skew responses leading to unreliable results. (more…)

Proud to be Celebrating 20 Consecutive Years as Insurance Executive Recruiters

IRES, Inc. began providing retained insurance executive recruiting services in January 1991.  As a company which evolved to become specialized as insurance recruiters, we are proud to be standing strong beside you and your team 20 years later this January 2011.

  20 Years and Stronger than Ever!

Milestones by IRES Executive Recruiters

  • 1991 through 1996: Featured in the New Jersey Bergen Record and President, Frank Risalvato became author of the “Job Mailbag” each Monday in the business section for many years
  • 1992-1998: IRES consultants served on boards, committees and various symposiums and business conferences
  • 1996: F.G. Risalvato appointed by New Jersey State Commissioner of Labor to serve under Governor Christie Todd Whitman as an Advisory Committee member
  • 1998: F.G. Risalvato’s spearheads effort with NJ D.O.L. which earns federal DOL accolades. Helps streamline welfare into “Workfirst” years before federal government got involved … and restructured how temporary employees must first report to their employer before filing for unemployment. Several checks were installed to limit unemployment to those truly in need.
  • IRES Northern territory recruiting director, Randy Moore, becomes actively involved with various human resource trade associations in the Albany, New York area including SHRM and other associations.
  • 1999: F.G. Risalvato speaks on CNBC’s powerlunch during the hiring crisis and spike in salaries which preceded the dotcom bubble and subsequent market crash

Retained Search and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce News Flash

Just posted on the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce News page click here to visit the Chamber post :

New Book “A  Manager’s Guide to Maximizing Search Firm Success” Released
Published Monday, November 22, 2010 7:00 am

 

Charlotte, NC, November 2010: Many first time managers promoted to the task of recruiting and hiring are given very little to go on by their own senior management. Frank G. Risalvato’s new book, A Manager’s Guide to Maximizing Search Firm Success is here to help guide managers. What began as a pamphlet that was sent to newly minted managers has grown into a 96 page book kept short intentionally so as to get to the point quickly for busy managers.

Maximizing Search Firm Success is helpful for senior level executives that were working under beliefs that had become obsolete or holding antiquated and pre-conceived notions. Every company department manager, small business owner, or board of director or senior executive –  whether a novice or highly experienced –  can now have the inside scoop on gaining an advantage when dealing with recruiting firms like no one has ever provided before. (more…)

A Manager’s Guide to Retained Search Firm Success

A Manager’s Guide to Maximizing Search Firm Success

 This is a must read for hiring managers whether you have used  search firms in the past or this is your first time.

This Book Explains and Answers the following:

* What Preferred Vendor Lists Are

* The Top 10 Causes of Search Firm Failure

* How to Select a Search Firm or Executive Recruiter

* Why a Contingency Search Agreement can backfire

* How to avoid Millions of Dollars of Revenue Losses

* Why Preferred Vendor Lists can be anything but

Planning on HIRING SOON…Call Frank to find out how to get your copy…

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IRES to be featured as case study in new, upcoming book

Charlotte, NC March 23, 2010 — Frank G. Risalvato and IRES along with its insurance recruiters and insurance executive recruiting divisions were informed the subject of their nineteen year success track record in staffing and recruiting will be the case study subject of a new, upcoming book by Atlantic Publishing. The book title will be “How to own and operate a financially successful Recruiting Firm” *More on this when the book is released.

About our Insurance Recruiters

Since founded in 1991, Inter-Regional Executive Search (now known as IRES) has led the way with being active in local, state, and federal civic and business-related functions and endeavors.  From when Frank Risalvato was appointed to the New Jersey State Employer Advisory Committee in 1996, a role which he kept for nearly 6 years following his appointment … to working with the local symphony and junior symphony charitable events … IRES has always participated in organizations that made use of our skills and commitment.

IRES consultants have held roles on corporate boards of directors, boards of post-secondary educational institutions, specialty schools, and have appeared and spoken and given presentations at high schools, colleges, government committees, charitable events, chambers of commerce in multiple states to name but a few.

If you or your organization seeks a speaker, presenter, or wishes to interview, quote or obtain any other service from tenured executive recruiters with a community commitment simply contact us at any of our locations or telephone numbers listed on this site.

Insurance Recruiters and Insurance Executive Recruiters with a Commitment to the Community

 

How to Prepare for a Video-Conference Interview Conducted By Insurance Recruiters

Job seekers setting up an interview via Webcam.

The Ladders published December 8, 2009 By Karl Rozemeyer

The phone interview is still more common, but some companies prefer the video-conference interview as a way to size up the candidate visually before going to the expense of setting up an in-person interview, said Frank Risalvato, founder of the recruiting firm IRES Inc. For certain jobs where the candidate might be required to meet with customers, clients or members of the public, HR can use the Webcam to gauge the candidate’s presentation skills, he said. “I have got companies that specifically request that if a candidate does not have a Webcam on their laptop to go out and buy one, and they will happily reimburse you the $19,” he said.

For a successful Webcam interview, here’s how to present your self in the best possible light.

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Webcam based interview is increasingly become standard protocol for many positions that non-geographically specific.  If you are being considered to relocate, or move across state lines, webcam interviews is something you must learn to be comfortable with.
Easy Tips for Honing Webcam Interview Skills
  1. First, some people are naturally predisposed to being comfortable in a webcam interview. Many are not.
  2. For the rest of us, you can practice at home using any late model laptop. Most laptops designed in the last ten years (since mid-2000s) have built-in webcameras and video software. You may never have even used it or know how to set your cam up.
  3. Practice with a friend or relative. Make sure you know where the software is and how to activate the camera
  4. iPads, Tablets and even smartphones (Samsung IIIG to 6G and iPhones) all have camera technology but may be slower and more susceptible to cell-tower-signal-disorder! Use a PC or Laptop for the strongest connection if possible
  5. Record yourself. You may be surprised at what you find and may want to adjust lighting or your position
  6. Consider the background. Messy backgrounds can be distracting. A clean background allows you to be the focus.

Professional Recruiting and Retained Executive Search

Whether you are interviewing for a senior or staff professional role, such as an auditor, accountant, actuary, network engineer, field marketing representative … or an executive position … ranging from director to vice president or higher …. webcam conferencing is something you should practice familiarizing yourself early in your search so you are comfortable when asked during the interview process.

Retained Search Recruiting Firm Gets Visual; Wins More Clients with SmartDraw

Published 30 September 9, 2009 6:17 PM | Aaron Stannard

In the ultra-competitive world of management recruiting it is critical to successfully position your firm as a prospect’s best possible choice. For more than twenty years Frank Risalvato has used a number of tools to help get his message across, but none more effectively or faster than SmartDraw.

Inter Regional Executive Search (IRES, Inc.) has brought management level executives and employers together since 1991. Whether a corporation in New York looks to hire a CEO for their London operation, or an Anchorage engineering firm seeks top marketing executives for a new product line, Frank Risalvato and his team make profitable connections that often last for decades.

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