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The Clarion Group, Executive Recruiters in California - Sacramento, El Dorado Hills, Northern California
The Clarion Group works with employers on executive search assignments, employee communication projects and organizational effectiveness issues and provides career services to individual job seekers.
Our clients are leaders in the information technology, property & casualty, managed care, healthcare informatics, workers' compensation, disability insurance, pharmacy benefit management, medical device and life sciences industries.
We work with them to fill "C" level, Senior, Mid-level, Technical, Clinical and Sales positions. We also assist with organizational, human resources, internal recruiting, compensation and on-boarding programs as well as related employee communication projects.
Our new Career Services group works with individual job seekers to help them assess their skils, define goals and best repare them for a successful career search.
About The Clarion Group
Company History
Founded in 1994, The Clarion Group assists clients nationally in managing their human capital through our focused search efforts, use of our proprietary candidate database and leverage of our extensive personal networks.
Members of The Clarion Group have significant, senior-level experience in various areas of our core industries. As fellow professionals, we are better able to find and recognize people with the skills and experience needed to fill critical positions in your organization.
Our practical industry background -- and years of experience in our field -- allow us to bring a unique perspective to the selection and hiring of qualified individuals and to other human capital assignments.
Management
Patty Briand. Partner, co-founded The Clarion Group in 1994. Her vision was to create a business model of providing search services grounded on in-depth industry knowledge along with a level of service and integrity rarely found in the "headhunting" business.
Prior to entering the recruiting field, Patty held senior management positions for national managed health care organizations in the employee benefits and workers' compensation industries. Patty has a Masters Degree from Chapman University and Bachelors from California State University at Fullerton.
To see Patty's LinkedIn.com profile, click here.
Joe Briand, Partner, has over 30 years of experience in the health insurance and managed care industries. Prior to joining The Clarion Group in 1996, he held senior sales and marketing management positions in the managed care and group health insurance fields.
During his corporate career Joe was involved in the start-ups of several health care information technology ventures targeted toward providers, payers and consumers. Joe has a BA and MBA from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
To see Joe's LinkedIn.com profile, click here.
Ellen Blitz, Director, Communication Services, has created award winning communication campaigns for clients such as CitiGroup, KorAm, Harvard University, Russell Reynolds, Continuum Health Partners, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Pfizer, and Krispy Kreme. She and her communications creative team work on print, multimedia and e-media assignments for human resource, employee benefit, training and organizational development projects.
Previously, Ellen held senior positions in the communication practices of Hewitt Associates, CitiGroup and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Brandeis University.
To see Ellen's LinkedIn.com profile, click here.
Search Process
The recruiter serves as your "marketing" representative, not as a headhunter. The best and brightest people want to work at the best companies. They want a good work environment, challenges and rewards for their successes.
The Clarion Group identifies the top candidates for you, evaluates their experience and determines their fit into your organization. Then we market you to them: we get them excited about working for your company. You should be seeing people at their best during this phase in the relationship - if they are not passionate about their careers and about joining your organization, let's pass and move onto other candidates.
We then facilitate the process of interviewing, hiring and transitioning them into their new work environment. The end result is a new employee who can quickly become productive for their new employer.
There are three things we bring to the search process that ensures you see only the best:
- Our technical knowledge. We look for people with the right combination of current responsibility and previous experience that validates their skill set. They have a track record of performing at the required level.
- We conduct several in-depth interviews with candidates to qualify them prior to presenting them to you. We get insight into a candidates work style, whether they are a good fit for your corporate culture, mission and values.
- We perform an effective reference check on serious candidates,as a means of identifying strengths and weaknesses shown in past positions as well as looking for any inconsistencies in resumes and other documentation.
The result is a placement who are the "best fit."
Fee Structure
THE CLARION GROUP accepts search assignments under fee arrangements that meet our clients' varying needs.
Fee arrangements include searches conducted on a Fully Retained or an Exclusive Contingent basis. In the case of the latter option an Engagement Fee is due at the start of the search assignment.
To explore other alternative approach to search fees and services, please contact us.
Typical Assignments
Examples of Typical Assignments:
For a software company in the auto and workers' compensation industries:
VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES & MARKETING
REGIONAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
For a national workers' compensation managed care services and PPO organization:
DISTRICT MANAGERS, BRANCH MANAGERS
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
DIRECTOR OF CASE MANAGEMENT
CLIENT ACCOUNT MANAGERS
For a developer of predictive software:
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
VICE PRESIDENT OF WORLDWIDE SALES
VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
PRODUCT MANAGERS
SENIOR SCIENTISTS
STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP MANAGERS
For a start-up ASP:
DIRECTOR OF SALES
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
For a national pharmacy benefit services provider:
VICE PRESIDENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES & MARKETING
VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
For an e-commerce provider of software:
VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL SALES
FIELD ENGINEERS
... as well as numerous assignments in other disciplines and at the senior management level.
Candidates
Send Us Your Resumé
The Clarion Group accepts unsolicited resumes from qualified professionals. To submit your resume, please click on the link below or e-mail it to us at:
Please add a cover letter telling us a little bit more about yourself and include a current, full resume that has complete contact information for you, including your e-mail address.
For more information on submitting your resume, career search techniques and how to deal with executive recruiters please consult our Links section on this site.
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Employers
Recruiting Advantange
Retaining The Clarion Group can be a significant strategic advantage for a company. We can help you find the best people in your industry for a position, facilitate the interview process, help negotiate the compensation package and ease the transition of the new employee into your organization. All this is done in a timely manner with a single-minded determination to fill your need.
"Why not do it myself?" a prospective client sometimes asks. We answer:
Your job is our "number one" priority. We are not distracted by other pulls on our time, by budget meetings, or trade shows, or quarterly reports.
The independent executive recruiter can do things you or your employees can't:
• We can directly call your competition and talk to their top people without any accusations of tampering;
• We can ask questions you shouldn't ask (and your Human Resources department couldn't and wouldn't ask) of prospective candidates;
• We can access our substantial network of industry sources as well as our own and other proprietary databases of candidates;
• We help "market" your position to candidates, adding an independent third-party voice to describing the advantages of your company, work environment and industry perception; and
• We build a personal relationship with candidates, giving us insight into their hot buttons, concerns and walk-aways.
Time is money. Every day that a key position goes unfilled costs you money in lost productivity and revenue. Goals are harder to meet and positions that remain open too long are targets for cutting.
We complement the work of internal recruiters, bringing to the assignment specific industry knowledge, experience and contacts that a generalist may not have.
Your position is our priority. We will find you the highest quality person as quickly and effortlessly as possible.
InternalRecruiter.com
At the request of several clients The Clarion Group now offers the option of using combinations of executive search services on an "unbundled" basis.
Employers have the opportunity to customize and utilize various services to supplement or supplant internal recruiting resources. Clients have found InternalRecruiter.com's services especially useful as a temporary means to handle bursts in hiring activity and recruiter turnover.
InternalRecruiter.com services include:
• Assistance with a search strategy for an open or new position;
• Preparation of job description(s);
• Drafting of job postings for internal, Internet and newspaper/journal use;
• Selection of free and paid Internet career sites and posting of the job(s);
• Management of postings and receipt of resumes;
• Initial screening of resumes to cull out "crazies";
• Secondary review of resumes to develop candidate list;
• Phone and/or e-mail contact with potential candidates to evaluate their suitability and interest;
• Management of flow of resumes and candidates into hiring manager and human resources department;
• Coordination of scheduling of initial and any follow-up interviews between HR, hiring manager and candidate;
• Collection of interviewer and interviewee feedback and reporting to client;
• Handling of rejected candidates;
• Presentation of the job offer to the candidate and subsequent negotiation, if any;
• Reference checks; and
• Assistance with on-boarding process for new employee.
Fees for these services depend of the combination used and number of positions to be filled. InternalRecruiter.com's services can be used on a one-shot, short-term or long-term basis. For more information, .
(In slow times employers are finding that even contract recruiters can be an unwanted commitment. To see an interesting New York Times piece on the subject, click here.)
Links
Industry news. "Managed Care Matters" a daily web log by Joe Paduda is a source of news and opinion on the managed care industry.
AHIP Solutions Smartbrief is a daily summary of health insurance industry news and press releases.
Careers. Candidates frequently ask for a source of information and ideas on a career search. We like the book:
"Knock 'em Dead 2009: The Ultimate Job Search Guide"
Candidates. On your way to an interview? Take a minutes to review "10 Common Interview Mistakes."
For an informative article ranking career web sites, check out The Boston Globe.
Or see: "Job search firms draw attention, but not all see their benefit" also in The Globe.
Recruiters receive a lot of unsolicited resumes. We like ExecutiveTrumpet.com as a good source of pre-screened resumes.
As an Affiliate of TheRecruiterNetwork, we also encourage you to post your resume, cover letter, and job requirements on their site for FREE and receive a 20% discount on any of their Premium Services. They have a network of Recruiters from around the world that are searching their database and receiving targeted resumes via e-mail from qualified job seekers.
Miscellaneous.
EDI has come a long way. Or has it? Take a look at a circa 1992 video from NEIC, the National Electronic Information Corp. (NEIC = Envoy = WebMD = Mdeon)
more links to follow...
Recruiters
"Splits." The Clarion Group welcomes inquiries from contract recruiters and independent recruiting firms to work jointly on assignments. In certain circumstances our unbundled "candidate sourcing" services may be made available.
Affiliates. We have an affiliate relationship with a number of independent recruiting firms and contract recruiters to cross-refer information on potential assignments and specific candidates (with the candidate's prior approval).
Employment. If you are interested in joining The Clarion Group please e-mail to us a full resume along with a cover letter telling us about yourself.
For further information please contact: Joe Briand, partner at: 916.933.3897 or
Clients Only
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An 'alternative' Employee Handbook
Commentary on and a download of an Employee Handbook NOT written by lawyers and certainly NOT WRITTEN FOR lawyers.
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"Marshall Goldsmith, founding director of the Alliance for Strategic Leadership, explains the folly. Because 85% of us think we're in the top 25% of our peer group, at least six in 10 of us are obviously "delusional" about our abilities."
-- BusinessWeek.com
In slow times employers are finding that even contract recruiters can be an unwanted commitment. To see an interesting New York Times piece on the subject, click here.
Contact Us
The Clarion Group
4354 Town Center Blvd.
Suite 114-298
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Phone: 916.933.3897
Email:
Patty Briand
877.675.7703
Joe Briand
877.675.7402
To submit your resume to us: