It started in a spare bedroom and expanded into a funky office space.
Fade in: 1996. Rick Myers, talented advertising copywriter. But what Rick Myers really wants - to be a screenwriter. So, Rick takes some time off, and to fund his budding screenwriting career, he starts a recruitment company out of a spare bedroom in his Atlanta home. A funny thing happens on the way to the Oscars: Talent Zoo. The end? No, just the beginning.
Rick saw that most recruiters didn't really care about the professionals they were trying to place. And why should they? They didn't know enough about the industry. To Rick, it was a simple screenplay: lack of understanding of the industry, less successful hires, more employee turnover, greater company costs.
So, Rick forged a new recruitment style. Treat talent with respect, and the best possible hire will follow. With that insight, Talent Zoo recruiters would give companies the right candidates. It would be staffing that improves both the employers' and employees' lives through a relationship of resources. It eventually became known as the Talent Zoo Connection: top employers meeting the best possible hiring candidates. It was new. It was innovative. It was getting industry attention.
By 1997, Talent Zoo moved from Rick's spare bedroom to Atlanta's Poncey-Highland district. Talent Zoo's staff increased and Talent Zoo became known as one of the premiere recruitment agencies for companies in the advertising industry. But Rick knew the key to making the best employer-employee connection was still innovation. So in 2000, Rick did something that was unheard of in the recruitment industry: pairing a job board to recruit talent with a traditional recruiting firm, launching TalentZoo.com.
As the dot-com became dot-bomb, TalentZoo.com grew. It's now an online database where marketing and communications firms can view over 100,000 resumes from novices to professionals. It's a place where job seekers find job opportunities. And TalentZoo.com keeps up the innovation, like adding more must-read content on industry news, trends, career advice as well as message boards and podcasts to attract more job seekers.
Talent Zoo's staff now numbers 40, and each one respects the job seeker and job provider, because each one understands Rick's vision: "There is real satisfaction in helping people and companies become more successful."
If you are a marketing and communications professional who shares Rick's vision, view our Current Employment Opportunities.
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