Celebrating 18 Years of Career Fulfillment & Fun!

I'm thrilled to be celebrating my 18th Anniversary of career  fulfillment as an executive recruiter!

This is the most exciting Summer I’ve had since I left home to go to Washington University. There are many similarities with that summer move. Before I write about the move and changes (in the next blog post), I’m over a month overdue in Celebrating the 18th Anniversary of Bishop Partners and my being a Recruiter. That Anniversary was officially July 1.

I want to take the opportunity of this Anniversary to (belatedly) thank everyone who’s helped me or my business over all those years. There's no question that I could not have had the successes without you. As a result of your support or guidance or friendship, I was able to overcome the mistakes, misfires, errors in judgement or maybe just bad luck, that from time to time led to disappointment or outright failure. You helped me learn from those mistakes.

The goal is to be able to grow from those failures and learn from them . . . don’t let them happen again. I appreciate your experience, knowledge and support. It’s been appreciated and valued. I hope it continues. At the same time, I’ve tried to “add value” to every relationship I’ve been involved in, at every level. It’s simple, it’s about that “Golden Rule”, treat everyone with respect and the way you’d like to be treated! It’s also Karma, baby!

I don’t want to try naming all the names over those 18 years, I’ll certainly neglect a name that is important to me. So, let me mention “categories” . . . you know who you are. Without my Clients’ or my Candidates’ trust, there’s no business. The professional support I’ve received from my CPAs, Attorneys, Landlords, other recruiters and related professional organizations helped me learn how to do my business well. Thank you!

Networking and building trusted relationships, especially in my areas of specialty, marketing, advertising and digital media, has helped me develop the trusted reputation I’m so proud of. All of your willingness to introduce me to industry colleagues, thought leaders and premier performers, is the foundation to what separates my Company’s capabilities from the others. Thank you so much!

I remain as excited about the business of recruiting and consulting as ever. I’m proud to be much better at it and helping my Clients grow with critical hires and my candidates take the next step forward in their already successful careers. It’s truly rewarding and professionally satisfying.

Finally, I need to specifically thank my family and especially my wife Barbara. They know and have personally shared the victories and defeats that define the life of a business and a career. Once again, thank you all! I’ve been truly blessed and I’m very thankful!