Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (ticker: HSII, exchange: NASDAQ) News Release - 5-May-2000
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Steven U. Parker Joins LeadersOnline As Vice President of Finance; Growing Start-Up Hires 30-Year Finance Veteran
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2000--LeadersOnline, a leading Web-based e!Cruiting solution from Heidrick & Struggles International (Nasdaq:HSII), today announced that Steven U. Parker, 30-year finance industry veteran, has joined Leaders! as vice president of finance.
Parker will report to Carole Owen, chief financial officer for Leaders!
Leaders! was launched in March 1999 as the comprehensive, Internet-based recruiting subsidiary of Heidrick & Struggles, the worldwide leader in executive recruiting. Leaders! has hired more than 60 new employees to staff its corporate headquarters in Irvine since its inception.
Parker's 30-year finance career has included numerous positions, including three years as vice president of finance at M.D.C. Holdings Inc., a national homebuilder; nearly 20 years of employment at Occidental Petroleum Corp., most recently as vice president of financial services; and seven years at then Arthur Young & Co. Parker is a graduate of UCLA with a degree in economics.
"We're very pleased to have Steven Parker join the talented Leaders! team we've put together during the past year," said Michael T. Christy, president of LeadersOnline. "We're confident his wealth of knowledge in financial management will serve as a strong asset as we continue to grow and expand at an accelerated pace."
According to Christy, Leaders! is a Web-based e!Cruiting solution that blends the most attractive features of the Internet with human interaction to ensure quality. Leaders! provides client companies the opportunity to quickly access large numbers of qualified candidates, shorten the cycle time necessary to fill search assignments and ease the search process through Web tools that facilitate candidate sourcing, tracking and matching.
For prospective candidates, the Leaders! solution provides a confidential and secure environment that is suitable for both active and passive job seekers, and provides prospective candidates quick access to leading global employers in a variety of industries.
About LeadersOnline
LeadersOnline is a leading business-to-business Internet marketplace that enables efficient and effective aggregation, matching and fulfillment of employer demand with candidate supply in the recruitment market for mid-level executives and professionals.
As of March 31, 2000, more than 110 companies located throughout the United States and Europe have used LeadersOnline's value-added Internet-based services to match and recruit candidates into a broad range of functions.
LeadersOnline has headquarters in Irvine, with operations throughout North America and Europe. For more information about LeadersOnline, visit the company's Web site at www.leadersonline.com.
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