Executive branding

Many years ago I was a young insurance salesman in Tucson, Arizona. I had just started my own benefits consulting business and I was in search of clients to build my practice.

As a magnet is to iron filings, so is attitude to success.

Are you treated like royalty by your current employer? Do you get at least two or three requests a week from people asking you to consider joining a new company offering you the possibility of expanded responsibilities, a brighter future and increased income?

Assumption: You already know your skills and talents, and now you’re looking for the best place to apply them.

Goal: To find the most effective and efficient way to identify potential employers and to meet someone at those employers who can make a hiring decision regarding you.

Ronald Gerevas, Managing Partner of the San Diego office of executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, can place a top-level administrator in the ideal CEO position in anywhere from a month to a year.