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A Changing Talent Landscape

The recruiting landscape has changed. Maybe not as much if you are searching for a CEO or an entry level role, but at the professional and mid-level management roles, the landscape has changed dramatically. Without diving into the reasons for the changes or speculation on future state, let’s focus on the realities of today – […]

Top Talent are Happily Employed

The majority of those talent prospects referred to in hiring circles as “A-Player” talent are employed and engaged in their current company. What is your strategy to get their attention? A few common factors to keep in mind within this “A-Player” talent pool: It takes persistence and creativity to get their attention Your job posting […]

Our Newest Service: Pin-Point Talent

We developed PinPoint Talent in response to our client’s needs and, since its inception, it has grown at an impressive pace. PinPoint Talent is not a traditional RPO (recruitment process outsourcing). We do not take on a client’s entire hiring process but rather we provide tools, training and people to augment existing client’s teams and […]

Invested In Results

Over the last 10 years, the firm’s spend on various databases, social media, job boards, etc has increased as a percentage of our total company spend. Bottom line is that in today’s competitive environment, you have to invest in order to be able to execute. Internally we talk about pulling all the levers in order to […]

Our People

We are starting 2015 out on a high note by adding three talented and experienced individuals to our team. In total, these individuals bring a combined 45+ years of recruiting and search experience along with additional practice area expertise and new market segment experience. Stacey Whitney Erlenbach Tiffany Jejack Chris Iezzi Our Recruiter Development Program […]

Success Drives Continued Growth

Quite simply, it has been about increasing our capacity to perform. Our family of companies has grown to 28 professionals, working across three distinct internal operating groups, while serving six primary end markets: Industrial, Chemical/Materials, Technology, Aerospace, Automotive and Medical. Our strategy for success includes a focus on building extensive partnerships with a defined number […]

Welcome 2015!

Our team at Westport Intl wishes you a successful and prosperous year ahead. We thank all our clients for helping make 2014 a great year for the Westport Intl team as well as our sister divisions, PinPoint Solutions and PinPoint Talent Services. Across our three divisions, we filled 180 searches at the executive, professional and […]

Strategic Relationships

In the world of manufacturing, companies often have preferred providers, those vendors that they have strong relationships with and depend on, day in and day out to supply materials. They have trust in one another, they have ridden through the ups and downs of the business cycle together. They have strategically aligned themselves to one […]

2014 Human Resources Practice Area

Human Resources has been a focus practice area since the inception of our company. While we are not a one dimensional pure HR search firm, we have expertise in finding HR senior leader talent in many industries, across the U.S., and for all size organizations.  We have the experience and expertise to identify true HR […]

Internal Metrics Tell the Story

What are the internal metrics and vernacular that most recruiting and search organizations have around performance? Usually you will see metrics such as new search engagements, job orders, paid first retainer, paid second retainer, total administrative fees invoiced, etc. All of these are measures that have been traditionally used by search firms to track their […]