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Eric Kercheval & Associates (EKA) is an executive recruiting firm specializing in identifying the highest-quality talent for interactive/digital companies and marketing services agencies. We also provide merger and acquisitions advisory services for buyers and sellers in the same industries.
We have been in the recruiting business since 1990, serving all types of agencies regardless of size or geographic location. Our clients have ranged from the largest agency brands in New York City to small growing agencies in Madison, WI.
TODAY'S MARKET
Here we go again! Marketing and advertising budgets are once again shrinking in concert with the economic downturn of late 2008. Projections for 2009 do not look encouraging. Traditional agencies have started their downsizing. A new wave of marketing services talent will leave the industry in late 2008 and 2009. Remember the dot.com boom and bust (1999 – 2002)? Talent was scarce and hard to find then as well. Despite the current economic downturn, the same scarcity of talent exists today as in the late 1990’s especially in the interactive/digital agency areas. New applications in Mobile, Social Networking, and Digital Analytics are creating a demand for talent in these emerging fields. Our network is constantly refreshed through new searches. We know where the talented executives are as well as how to reach and recruit them.
The old saying still holds true: “The best candidates are not looking, they are recruited.” Posting a job opening on monster.com or LinkedIn attracts mostly the unemployed “consultants” who were “down-sized” out during the recession. While you may be satisfied with the volume of resumes generated off of these online services, quality is another issue. New networking sites have emerged allowing employers and talent to communicate directly with each other concerning employment opportunities. But that process takes time. The best candidates are always recruited. They are successful in their current agency environment and seldom post their resumes on on-line services.
EKA has offices in Minneapolis and New York City.
Eric Kercheval, President
612-670-2278
eric@ekassoc.com
15 South First Street, Suite A1220
Minneapolis, MN 55401
328 West 83rd Street, Suite 4A
New York, NY 10024
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