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Keri- 16 weeks- 5 interviews- 1 job offer- 8% salary increase-  Manager Client Services to Operations Manager.  ...Keri was very unhappy with the social politics of her workplace...reconsider her options in order to make a strategic career move--to re-position herself...related industry options...

 

David- 14 weeks- 7 interviews- 4 job offers- 33% salary increase-  Regional Sales Manager to Director of Sales and Marketing.  David was experiencing some anxiety about his career direction...business was slow, and he had real doubts about senior management's strategy for the future.  He resigned, and took a position...however, he had not...researched his new company...He came to R.L. Stevens for help...

 

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Norma- 7 weeks- 2 interviews- 1 job offer- 38% - $20K salary increase- Buyer to Director of Brand Development.  After six years with her firm and the recent acquisition of a competing firm, to things became apparent to Norma: 1) she was not going anywhere (promotion wise) and 2) she was grossly underpaid...[and] she worked for a micro manager...

 

John- 7 weeks- 4 interviews- 2 job offers- 25% salary increase ($15K)- Controller to Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis.  John became a client through our electronic division...living and working in Europe.  He wanted to move back to his home in the U.S...

 

Mark- 2 weeks- 1 interview- 1 job offer- 54% salary increase ($32,610)- Account Manager to Customer Relationship Manager.  Mark...came to R.L. Stevens with the goal of finding a position that would use his strengths in Internet and traditional marketing in a company that was positioned for growth in an expanding sector of the economy...

 

Mary- 4 weeks- 4 interviews- 3 job offers- 17% salary increase-  Branch Manager, AVP to Branch Operations Manager, Administrator.  Mary had 15 years of success in progressively responsible positions managing trading systems...she saw the company cutting back its U.S. operations and was concerned about her future...worried about the perceived bias against women in the securities industry at the senior management levels...

 

James- 4 weeks- 1 interview- 1 job offer- 23% salary increase-  Assistant General Manager in family restaurants to international pub expansion.  James came to R.L. Stevens after working in a variety of food service organizations that catered to families...He had achieved the highest level position within the locally owned franchise and felt stifled by his career path...

 

Terry- 1 week- 1 interview- 1 job offer- 40% salary increase- General Manager to Manager.  When Terry came to R.L. Stevens he was desperate.  He had started a company with a friend, and found out quickly that his partner and he did not see eye-to-eye on business philosophies...Terry was close to bankruptcy...he needed to jump-start his career fast!...

 

Jane- 8 weeks- 1 interview- 1 job offer- 167% salary increase-  Agent to Regional Vice President.  Jane left her position...she came to R.L. Stevens for assistance in achieving her career goals...she...had never had to look for a job at the position level she was qualified for...

 

Francis- 8 weeks- 6 interviews- 1 job offer- 375% salary increase ($75K)- Consultant/Owner to Program Manager. Francis was earning very low pay for the work he was doing...he could have easily have earned a 6 figure salary...he lacked the marketing savvy to develop his own business...expertise was in his research and management capabilities...

 

Janet- 2 weeks-1 interview- 1 job offer- 16% salary increase-  Market Communications Manager to Environmental Policy and Regulatory Affairs Manager.  Janet had been working for the same company throughout her eleven year career, beginning as a secretary...Bachelor's degree in Business Management...MBA...she had become an expert in her role as communication liaison...

 

Kathy- 4.5 weeks- 3 interviews- 1 job offer- 30% salary increase- District Manager to Systems Manager.  "I'm sick at my stomach, I have no time to myself, I feel like a gerbil on a wheel."  Those were Kathy's words...after 15+ years of retail management at the franchise and corporate level...she felt trapped in a cycle that could not be stopped...

 

 

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