The US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics is giving the thumbs up on “Public Relation Specialists“, which they partly define as including “[t]he recent emergence of social media in the public relations is expected to increase job growth as well. Many public relations firms are expanding their use of these tools, and specialists with skills in them will be needed.”

In the Department’s Occupational Outlook Handbook’s ’10-year-out-report’, they project that the 275,200 jobs held in this category in 2008 will increase to 341,300, a 24 percent increase.  Not bad.

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Median annual wages for salaried public relations specialists were $51,280 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $38,400 and $71,670; the lowest 10 percent earned less than $30,140, and the top 10 percent earned more than $97,910. Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of public relations specialists in May 2008 were:

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The above was updated recently by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Division of Occupational Employment Statistics, and shows a continued increase (for the full stats, go to http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes273031.htm :

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Median annual wages for salaried public relations specialists were $51,280 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $38,400 and $71,670; the lowest 10 percent earned less than $30,140, and the top 10 percent earned more than $97,910. Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of public relations specialists in May 2008 were:

No longer is a business, no matter its size, restricted to just using “boxed-software”, with all its attendant needs for manual updates, technical skills needed to troubleshoot it, etc.  This ability to access valuable software-as-a-service online can create both cost and productivity effectiveness immediately.

But my favorite quote from the article … indicating potential job growth in this sector … is:

Growth in spending on cloud services by U.S. companies with 100 or fewer employees is projected to grow from $2.4 billion this year to $4.1 billion in 2013, according to research firm IDC. But that could turn out to be conservative if awareness spreads. “We’re at an acceleration point,” says Benioff. “We’re seeing real innovation and real growth, and it’s all coming from cloud computing.”

While virtual social media business cards are becoming a viable alternative to paper cards, there is still a huge demand for traditional business cards. When you meet someone, it is very unlikely that they will first ask to bump, DUB or get LinkedIn(). Instead, as your meeting comes to an end, you’ll find yourself searching around in your pockets, bag or wallet for your trusty paper business card.

While the traditional business card trend is still going strong, you may want to consider optimizing the space on that little piece of paper. A growing number of professionals are finding it useful to include social media links on their business cards. Including social links on your card not only showcases your progressive approach to doing business, but it also gives your business contacts more choices in how they communicate with you.

If you are looking for new ways of promoting your social media presence, this list of 12 social media-friendly business cards will put you on the right track.

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However, if you’re different somehow and have made yourself unique, people will find you and pay you more, Godin says.

Seth, of course, always has great things to say.  To read it all, click here: SETH GODIN: If You’re An Average Worker, You’re Going Straight To The Bottom.

* Consumer packaged goods (CPG) are branded products such as soft drinks, beer, wine, snacks, food, detergent, soap, and other household products. Our client companies are looking for people experienced in this industry to sell and market these products to grocery stores, convenience stores, mass merchandisers, restaurants and other channels.

Genesis CPG Division engages in executive search projects that span a variety of industry sectors as well as functional disciplines. Our thorough understanding of client current operations, strategic direction and corporate culture allows us to conduct effective market research and surface the most qualified candidates for key positions.

We add value at every step of the hiring process.

We utilize our extensive database of CPG sales professionals to identify candidates that possess the skills and experiences required by the client.
Our network of contacts enable us to quickly provide the client with highly-qualified candidates that we have determined to be interested in the position.
Our commitment to confidentiality provides us the ability to source prime candidates that are currently employed and performing at a high level.
During the hiring process we tactfully act as an intermediary resolving any issues between the client and candidates.
Our in-depth knowledge of the CPG industry enables us to ensure the successful fit of candidate and position.
We are committed to providing a diverse slate of candidates to enable our clients to meet their personnel requirements.
Our Genesis CPG Division executive recruiters have hands-on industry experience working for Consumer Products companies. This insider knowledge puts our recruiters at the forefront when placing professionals in the consumer packaged goods industry. Whether your company is a small start-up or a Fortune 100 giant, you’ll always be treated with integrity, professionalism and respect

Samples of Successful searches completed include

• SVP of Sales, North America
• Director of Key Accounts
• Director of Foodservice Sales
• Latin America Region Manager
• Business Development Manager
• Sales Center Manager
• District Sales Manager
• National Account Sales Manager
• Key Account Manager
• Director of Marketing
• Director of Category Management
• Director of Trade Marketing
• Director of Mass Channel
• Director of Grocery Channel
• Director of Drug Channel
• Director of Club Channel
• Director of Dollar Store Channel
• Director of Alternative Channels
• Director of Supply Chain
• Customer Marketing Manager
• Urban Marketing Manager
• Brand Manager
• Product Manager
• VP of Marketing
• Director of Channel Marketing
• Category Analyst
• Syndicated Data Analyst
• Space Manager

Many staffing organizations will assign a recruiter to your account and expect them to be responsible to fill all your open positions. This practice typically leads to competition for the same talent within an organization and affects the quality of the candidates, which ultimately leads to unreasonable time to fill statistics, or worse, a poor hire. If you have multiple open positions across several departments our process aligns our customers with a team who has a functional knowledge of the positions you seek to fill. We will assign a lead recruiter to your account and they will assess each position and ensure we assign the open requisition to the recruiter with the vocation required to deliver a qualified candidate slate. With our vertical approach to recruiting and enterprise sourcing system, Genesis Global Recruiting can deliver qualified, available and interested candidates in a timely and cost effective manner.

With our approach we have been able to reduce the high costs of recruiting fees by establishing a flat fee for the position you seek to fill. We evaluate the position and gain an understanding of the market, demographics and research investment. We then structure a flat fee based on the complexities and redundancy of the position. This allows your managers to make hiring decisions based on the quality of the candidate, not who will have the least impact on your financial statements.

We offer nationwide placement within a multitude of various industries and a variety of different levels of positions. We have offices in Florida, Los Angeles, and New York.

Successful Direct Placements in the Following Areas:

• Accounting & Finance
• Administration -Data Processing
• Arts, Design & Sports
• Advertising & Directory Services
• Consumer Package Goods
• Creative Development & Production
• Digital Distribution / New Media / Mobile
• Education, Training, & Library
• Executive Level
• Engineering
• E-Learning & E-Training
• Energy & Utility
• Insurance Industry
• Legal & Business Affairs
• Legal Information, Legal Sales & Legal – Professional
• Management – All Levels
• Marketing / Publicity / Advertising
• Medical – Healthcare
• PEO’s, Payroll, & Human Resource
• Sales, Business Development & Sales Planning
• Studio Facilities
• Technology (IT, Digital, Web, Mobile, Games)
• Television Production

Genesis Global Temporary Staffing clients enjoy functional, cost, modality and efficacy advantages based on the firms methodologies, reputation and experience within the broadcasting/media industry. We understand the need for companies to have a diverse workforce. We place a strong emphasis on diversity recruitment for our clients.

Due to our networks, extensive private database and years of consulting and staffing experience, we are able to offer guaranteed search and placement. You will get personalized service and our guarantee of privacy and professionalism! Just as we want the consultant or employee you hire to have a lasting relationship with your company, we also want to build a lasting relationship with you. Accordingly, we dedicate ourselves not only to meeting your immediate consulting and staffing needs, but we also strive to build a relationship of trust and respect, learn about you and your organization to foresee your future staffing needs, and foster a positive hiring experience for you.

We are effective because we continue to provide our Clients with a broad cross-section of field proven candidates.  Our winning attitude permeates our entire organization.  We continually strive to keep ourselves thinking positively as a corporation and as individuals.  We maintain a sense of pride in our work and in presenting both you and the candidate to each other.  Our conduct is professional at all times.

We work promptly and efficiently to bring you the kind of people you would be proud to have on your staff.

Genesis Global Temporary Staffing Services helps improve the way companies do business with innovative solutions for managing their staffing needs. We provide the following skill sets:

• Office Professionals – administrative/executive assistants, word processing specialists, data entry clerks, receptionists, office managers and more
• Professional Staffing – Finance & Accounting, Legal Professionals, Purchasing and Procurement Professionals, etc.
• Technical Workers – such as computer programmers, analysts, or engineers, and professional workers in the accounting, legal, sales and marketing, and management areas

Staffing Options

Businesses can choose from a couple different staffing options:

• Temporary/flexible – Request a Genesis Staffing employee for a day, a week or a month
• Temp-to-hire – Start employees on a flexible basis, and if you like their performance, hire them full-time

Your Benefits

• Flexible, responsive temporary staffing support to meet your specific needs One-stop staffing source
• Ensures our employees have the skills needed to succeed on the job with tested and trained employees, you receive continuity of operations
• To ensure our workforce is prepared to meet the needs of traditional and non-traditional work environments
• Keeps daily employee interactions focused on performance rather than on payroll issues
• Reduce labor costs by adding staff when necessary to hit key deadlines and cover vacations or other absences

Temporary Placement in the Following Areas:

• ALL Information Technology Related Services
• All Legal Related Services
• Administrative/Clerical
• Production/Creative
• Finance/Accounting
• Internet/Online/New Media
• Promotions/Advertising
• Television/Programming
• Facilities/Security
• Marketing , Production
• Culinary/Hospitality

Our Finance & Accounting Services

Our core purpose is to provide your organization with the right personnel to enable your organization to achieve its objectives and goals.  We aim to supplement your HR and recruiting departments by providing you with the complete staffing solution.  We can provide you with experienced professionals for a specific project, temporary assignments, interim staffing needs, gap management or permanent placement.

Value proposition

Our business model affords you the opportunity to obtain the services of a professional that is as qualified and often more qualified than the professionals offered to you by the Big 4 and large multi-national consulting firms at a rate far below the Big 4’s. In fact, many of our professionals are some of the brightest alumni of the world’s largest accounting and consulting firms.

Scalability

We can provide one consultant for a one week project or a team of multi-disciplined professionals to achieve numerous goals.

Project Continuity

We can provide consultants that are exclusively dedicated to your project and committed to meeting your expectations and objectives.

Functional Experience

Our consultants’ experience within Fortune 1000 companies gives them an understanding of companies from the inside and direct hands-on experience utilizing successful business strategies and processes.

Overview of Services

Financial Planning and Analysis

Planning and analysis functions are critical to a true understanding of a company’s past performance and current situation. FP&A enables navigation to desired outcomes

Financial Reporting

Whether you need assistance meeting the rigorous requirements of the SEC, developing financial packages for investors or just completing your period close, we can provide you with a consultant with the requisite experience and knowledge to create and publish financial reports that are accurate and effective communication tools and posses the “wow” factor.

Financial Systems Implementation

Financial systems changes can bring order and focus, or create organizational chaos. Proper levels of project support from the financefunction increase success rates, and ensure that user needs, not IT, drive the outcomes.

Interim or “Gap” Financial Management

We afford you the time to be patient in your hiring process.  Our consultants are capable of stepping into a role and executing the roles tasks with little or no direction.  Our consultants ability to hit the ground running and execute tasks will allow you to focus on the long-term solution for the role.  By knowing that the role’s duties are adequately being managed, you are able to thoroughly recruit for the candidate that meets all your requirements.

Process Documentation & Redesign

How comprehensive is your view of how you do what you do?

Project Management

In a competitive marketplace the companies that accomplish the most in the shortest possible time frames are the big winners.

M&A Due Diligence Support

Getting over the goal post in an acquisition goes beyond the identification of the right target and establishing the means to make it happen.

Post Merger Financial Integration

Frequently mergers/acquisitions fail to reap anticipated “combination upside”-or spend many years and dollars trying to make the pieces fit.

Industries

Our client base represents a mix of Fortune 1000 companies and smaller high growth companies.

Our customer list includes leading companies in the following industries:

*       Aerospace
*       Biotechnology
*       Pharmaceuticals
*       Telecommunications
*       Software
*       Entertainment
* Cable
* Satellite
* Broadcast
* Music
* Videogames

*       Retail
*       Healthcare
*       Medical Technology
*       Financial Services
*       – Banking
*       – Insurance
*       Business Services
*       Engineering Services
*       Consumer Packaged Goods
*       Automotive
*       Agriculture
*       Real Estate

Name Generation

Finding qualified people is often a challenge, especially if your open position requires unique job skills or experience. Recruitment Research, often referred to as “name generation”, is the most comprehensive approach to filling these unique employment needs. Through our custom research services, Genesis Global can identify the people at specific companies who possess the desired functional skills. This approach is most effective when you have fairly specific job requirements that cannot be filled with conventional recruiting methods, such as advertisements, referral programs and job fairs.

Let us make the cold calls for you. Recruiters know how difficult and time consuming it is to reach and recruit potential candidates on the phone – especially when engaged in passive candidate recruiting. Let us save you time and frustration in generating candidates for your position.

Outsourcing candidate development activity is in increasing demand, as candidates with specialized skill sets are so heavily recruited that they rarely return recruiters’ calls. Our staff of profilers is both persistent & cordial as they engage potential candidates, and fill our clients’ pipeline with a steady flow of candidates. These recruiters are dedicated solely to the profiling of candidates for our clients. They are highly trained and can present your job opportunities in a professional and technically competent manner.

Our First Contact Services can maximize the effectiveness of your search by:

• Presenting your job opportunity and compelling reasons why someone should consider joining your company.
• Screening candidates for suitability based on your technical criteria.
• Determining educational background, current position, areas of expertise, years of experience and salary requirements.
• Obtaining current resumes when available.
• Soliciting direct contact information including direct dial, home number, cell phone number, and e-mail address.
• Presenting your position professionally and discreetly

The Process

The first stage of our process is to analyze the job requirements of your position(s) and develop a target list of companies to research. We have specialized research tools that enable us to provide you with a potential list of companies where the people with your required skill sets reside.

Our expertise is applied to ensure that the final target companies selected are the most likely to yield interested candidates, which may depend on a number of factors, such as reorganizations, market shifts, company stock prices, and industry acquisitions.

Once the target company or companies have been agreed upon, we begin conducting our research through which we then identify the specific individuals from the selected target companies who possess the required skills you seek. The turnaround time for delivery of the final product on each project varies according to complexity and scope; however the vast majority of projects are completed within 5-15 working days.

The Cost

Our research fees are discussed and mutually agreed upon before any project begins, allowing our clients to establish cost parameters in advance. Research is estimated and budgeted prior to the initiation of the search, and is based primarily on the number of passive candidates desired, the size of the groups or companies being researched or organizations being mapped out. Other factors may apply when research requests have needs that fall outside of our standard cost parameters.

We fully guarantee the accuracy of our research results.

Competitor Intelligence

Successful companies today recognize the importance of knowing what their competitors are doing. Our Tactical Intelligence products provide the critical information our clients require for the near term planning and decision making essential for creating and maintaining competitive advantage.

Tactical Intelligence is a subset of the overall Competitive Intelligence (CI) world which includes the mapping of company departments and divisions, and much more. It is the collection and analysis of the essential information required when planning strategic recruiting efforts, developing and maintaining the most effective sales process, and for obtaining the invaluable insights gained when conducting organizational benchmarking against a company’s competitors and/or partners. benchmarking against a company’s competitors and/or partners.

Genesis Global has been providing focused Tactical Intelligence research to clients for over 10 years.

We can assist you with:

• Organizational benchmarking
• Strategic recruiting initiatives
• Mapping a competitor’s organization for specific titles, functions, divisions, geographies, headcounts, and product lines, or identifying specific department and group leaders along with contact information and surrounding reporting structure
• Compensation packages of competitors

Some companies largely rely on the internet and other easily accessible information sources, however, such readily available data rarely leads to game changing insights and always carries the risk of deliberate misinformation. Genesis Global  is a respected leader in the field of what has been called Primary Research, CI, and other terms, as the industry has evolved. At the core however, has always been a focus on human intelligence, which refers to data collected directly from an individual. Our clients have come to rely on the information we provide, because we obtain our results directly from the relevant stakeholders and other individuals who have the answers our clients seek. This method provides the current and essential details for the critical near term decision making that is crucial for maintaining competitive advantage in today’s rapidly changing world.

Custom Projects

We can help you create and then execute any informational needs your organization might have

Competitive and market intelligence research utilizes a range of information sources, which include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Industry interviews
• Corporate knowledge
• Library research
• Trade Journals
• Professional databases
• Market surveys
• Government records
• Embassies/Consulates
• Annual reports
• News releases
• Academic resources
• Internet searches
• Discreet, Direct Call-in Sourcing
• Inferential analysis

For more information, please contact us directly.

We are IT Recruitment Specialists and so we are able to locate qualified IT consultant candidates that have the required skill sets, personalities and career goals to fill your company’s unique needs.

We can furnish you with Information Technology consultants for short term projects or long term assignments on a per project or on an hourly contract basis.

Genesis Professional Services technical consultants are provided to our clients on project based assignments. The types of professionals include:

• Application Developer
• ERP Implementation / Management Consultants
• Web Developer
• Web Architect
• Business Analyst
• Sr. Analyst/Programmer
• Systems Analyst
• Systems Engineer
• Software Engineer
• Database Administrato
• Project Manager
• Network Architect/Engineer (Microsoft and Cisco certified)
• Network Administrator
• Desktop Support
• Help Desk
• QA Testing/Analyst
• Project Management

SAP Managed Services Program

Genesis Global Professionals Currently manages  53 SAP Vendors under our Continental US Vendor Management Program.

Prospective Clients will benefit from the  ability to obtain coverage and evaluate multiple IT consultants at competitive hourly rates from the coverage base of these %3 vendors under just 1 vendor (Genesis) at no additional cost.

Our gamut of services for SAP are listed below:

• Consulting & Business Process Modeling
• Pre and Post Implementation Review
• End-to-End Implementation
• Global Roll-out and Localization
• Version Upgrade
• Technical and Functional Production Support
• Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

Sample of Successful 2008  SOW Project-Based Technology & Information Services Assignment Placements (by Project Title):

• Business Architect Director- OCIO, IT Strategic Planning Team
• Business Architect
• Business Analytics (BW/BPS) Visual Basic Developer
• Business Analysts CS/SR
• Business Objects and Informatica Developer
• BO XI Developer
• Change Management Specialist
• Crystal Developer
• Director, SAP BPS/SEM
• EAI Websphere Developer
• Informatica ETL Developer
• Infrastructure Architect Manager
• Knowledge Transfer Specialist
• Master Data Analyst
• Organizational Readiness Consultant for the ECC 6.0 Upgrade
• Peoplesoft HR 7.0 Senior Application Developer
• Programmer/Analyst – Microsoft Access
• SAP AP Analyst
• SAP – Change Management Specialist
• SAP – Project Managers- SAP Archiving Project
• SAP Basis Administrator
• SAP Business Analytics
• SAP CRM Basis Administrator
• SAP Database Administrator
• SAP FI/ECCS Analyst
• SAP Manager, Portals
• SAP Order Management Systems Lead
• SAP Portals Consultant
• SAP Process Analyst, BW
• SAP -QA and Standards Analyst
• SAP Security Consultant – BW Portals Project
• SAP Security Consultant – Tax Optimization Project
• SAP Senior BW Basis Administrator
• SAP Senior DB2 UDB DBA
• SAP Senior Solution Manager Basis Administrator
• SAP Security Consultants
• SAP Technical Project Manager
• Senior ASP.Net Developer
• Senior Application Developer
• Senior Business Analyst – Procure to Pay Module
• Senior Business Analyst -Accounts Payable Module
• Senior SAP System/TMS Administrator
• Senior FICO Configuration Analyst
• Sr Configuration Analyst – Profitability
• Senior Developer
• Sr. Finance Systems Analyst
• Sr. NT Administrator
• Sr. Program Analyst – Enterprise Program Management Office
• Sr. Program Analyst Tax and Pay Project
• Sr. Program Analyst
• Sr. SAP Project Analyst
• Sr SAP Security Analyst
• Sr. Telecommunications System Analyst
• Test Analyst
• Systems Analyst – Solution Architect
• Web Developer
• Websphere Message Broker
• Websphere Administrator