Devon James Throws a Much Needed Lifeline to Out-Of-Work Executives

by TMT Newswire

Devon James Throws a Much Needed Lifeline to Out-Of-Work Executives – Creating Online Profiles to Share with their extended Social Network --- Comprehensive consulting service to secure interviews for out-of-work executives. Combines resume review, interview role play and coaching, video interview creation, assessment testing, endorsement gathering, online presence coaching and introduction to the firm's extensive hiring network at a 75% discount.

Bellevue, Wash. – January 20, 2009 – Devon James Associates, Inc., the 16-year-old Retained Recruiting Firm that assisted Amazon, Visio, Cranium, Avenue A, and many others in their original growth strategies here in the Northwest announced today the roll-out of their streamlined consulting service to help executive-level candidates market themselves to hiring authorities and GET INTERVIEWS.  The nine-point process is a scaled down version of their normal month-long marketing assistance to executive candidates and includes:

·         Resume Assessment and Redevelopment

·         Review of the Executive's Online Presence

·         Career Path Evaluation

·         Job Function Assessment Testing

·         Assessment Scores Review

·         Self-Marketing Plan to Local Job Openings

·         Interview Role Playing and Coaching

·         InterviewStudio Showcase creation

·         Email Campaign assistance

·         Exposure to the Devon James Professional network - developed over 16 years

This nine-point process has garnered interviews for executives who might otherwise be overlooked in the sea of resumes flooding the market.  Seattle executives are finding the process well worth their time and cost of $1600 for the entire package.  Utilizing "social networking" to its fullest advantage, there is a $500 discount for those executives who go through the program and refer another.

Using the InterviewStudio platform, Devon James helps senior-level candidates build a comprehensive media-rich "showcase" online in an easy step-by-step process.  Candidates can send a link of their showcase to the Devon James' network or to any employer or recruiter to view online.

Typically, employers pay recruiting firms to vet candidates or they piece together candidate information throughout an extended interview and screening process.  In today's market however, fewer Employers are paying fees to recruiting firms, since their budgets are tight and logic says there are plenty of top candidates that can be found on the web.   The problem for executive candidates is just that – there are so few jobs and so many candidates on the market.  Executive candidates who have not been out on the street in this type of economy are hard pressed to get up to speed quickly in the new rules of social networking and self-marketing.  Devon James is providing that service for them now, with the belief that getting executives into jobs quickly will yield benefits to everyone.

About Devon James Associates, Inc.

Founded in 1992 in Bellevue, Washington, Devon James has survived 2 economic downturns by reinventing their service structure and maintaining an enviable 100% referral business model for 16 years. Heralded as an innovative recruiting service provider (and one of the first RPOs in the country) in such publications as Forbes, Barron's, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine, Devon James has a Northwest clientele that reads like the Who's Who of Seattle.  Visit the Devon James website at www.devonjames.com.

About InterviewStudio

InterviewStudio originated from the 16 years of retained recruiting experience of Devon James Associates for employers who need quality hires quickly.  The InterviewStudio team combines its candidate screening and recruiting expertise with the burgeoning video resume market to provide employers with the first media-rich platform for screening pre-qualified executive-level candidates.  For executive candidates, InterviewStudio provides the first elegant candidate profile tool they can use to create, control, and distribute a much richer presentation of their asset value to any employer or recruiter in the world.  Visit InterviewStudio at http://www.interviewstudio.com.

Contact Colleen Aylward at colleen@devonjames.com or 425.378.1682 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

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