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Top 10 TRUPATH 1440 E. Southern Ave., Tempe, 85282 // 480-374-7100 // trupathsearch.com AZ RECRUITERS 12 AZ EMPLOYEES 25 JOB P LACEMENTS 1,700 PRINCIPAL Nouis Ryan, president HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN Chrissi Atchley, strategic account manager GOVIG & ASSOCIATES, INC. 4800 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 2800, Scottsdale, 85251 // 480-9411,515 // govig.com AZ RECRUITERS 38 AZ EMPLOYEES 66 JOB PLACEMENTS 628 PRINCIPAL Todd Govig, president and CEO HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN Jan Govig, president STEWART, COOPER & COON P. O. Box 50099, Phoenix, 85076 // 602-385-3000 // stewartcoopercoon.com AZ RECRUITERS 7 AZ EMPLOYEES 10 JOB PLACEMENTS 235 PRINCIPAL Fred Coon, chairman and CEO HIGHEST-RANKING WOMEN Michelle Settle, senior vice president, corporate operations; Kristine Barney, senior vice president, executive evaluation
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“I discovered my passion for recruiting when I was at ASU, I just didn’t know it at the time,” says Kathleen Duffy Ybarra, with a laugh. While she was participating in sorority rush, showing new students around campus and recruiting National Merit Scholars, Ybarra learned to trust and sharpen her intuition, essential for executive search professionals. After graduation, she joined a national retained executive search firm, where she spent 8 years developing expertise in research and search development. By the time the firm left Phoenix, Ybarra was ready to go solo. She launched Duffy Group in 1991 with only five clients and a distinctly different approach. Her model allows customers to buy pieces of the recruiting process—purchasing only a short list of interested candidates, for example—and pay for services rather than a percent of compensation. Over the past 25 years, Duffy Group has partnered with a growing list of national and international clients in industries ranging from health care to higher education. “They see how they can blend their current team and their technology and then pull us into the mix, so that it’s a seamless transition and a real partnership,” Ybarra says. She applies the same flexibility to her organization. “I have been a virtual organization since day one,” she says. “It’s really all about work-life balance. People are still able to care for their families, yet con-
tinue to work in their profession.” She also encourages her staff to take an entrepreneurial approach to their career paths. One team member interested in the evolving solar industry has become one of the top recruiters in that space. Ybarra is a founding member of the Arizona Human Resource Leadership Forum and a highly regarded speaker on recruiting techniques. As a board member of an international management search association, she can expand Duffy Group globally, combining business and pleasure in places like Hong Kong, Copenhagen, and Berlin. In her free time, Ybarra volunteers with family members at organizations like the National Charity League, a mother-daughter community service and leadership organization supporting the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Desert Mission Food Bank, St. Vincent de Paul and Phoenix Children’s Hospital, among others. Every year, she and her husband, an artist, invite Make-A-Wish children and their families into their home to create a piece of art expressing the journey of their illness or the Wish they received. Ybarra’s own journey has brought her full circle, back to ASU. Today she chairs the National Board of Directors of the ASU Alumni Association National Council. “Now I help businesses engage with ASU, creating internships, employment, and opportunities for students to do job-shadowing,” she says.
DHR INTERNATIONAL 11811 N. Tatum Blvd., Suite 3031, Phoenix, 85028 // 602-992-7810 // dhrinternational.com AZ RECRUITERS 3 AZ EMPLOYEES 3 JOB PLACEMENTS 190 PRINCIPAL Bill Franquemont, partner HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN No designee DUFFY GROUP, INC. 4727 E. Union Hills Drive, Suite 200, Phoenix, 85050 // 602-861-5840 // duffygroup.com AZ RECRUITERS 14 AZ EMPLOYEES 15 JOB PLACEMENTS 92 PRINCIPAL AND HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN Kathleen Duffy Ybarra, president T3 SEARCH, INC. 1840 E. Morten Ave., Unit 238, Phoenix, 85020 // 602-508-8629 // t3search. com AZ RECRUITERS 1 AZ EMPLOYEES 2 JOB PLACEMENTS 47 PRINCIPAL Todd Phillips, CEO HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN Treacy Brockman, chief financial officer CIZEK ASSOCIATES, INC. 2415 E. Camelback Road, Suite 700, Phoenix, 85016 // 602-553-1066 // cizekassociates.com AZ RECRUITERS 2 AZ EMPLOYEES 6 JOB PLACEMENTS 35 PRINCIPAL AND HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN Marti Cizek, president TOWERHUNTER, INC. 4550 E. Bell Road, Building 4, Suite 142, Phoenix, 85032 // 602-652-8603 // towerhunter.com AZ RECRUITERS 7 AZ EMPLOYEES 6 JOB PLACEMENTS 25 PRINCIPALS Terry Hindmarch, managing partner; Scott Smith, managing partner HIGHESTRANKING WOMAN Colleen Neese, vice president and partner INTERNATIONAL SEARCH CONSULTANTS 7650 S. McClintock Drive, Suite 103-158, Tempe, 85284 // 888-866-7276 // iscjobs.com AZ RECRUITERS 15 AZ EMPLOYEES 15 JOB PLACEMENTS 18 PRINCIPAL AND HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN Ann Zaslow-Rethaber, president VANDERZEE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 8149 N. 87th Place, Suite 210, Scottsdale, 85258 // 480-5638150 // vanderzee.net AZ RECRUITERS 3 AZ EMPLOYEES 4 JOB PLACEMENTS 17 PRINCIPAL Siebe Vanderzee, president HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN no designee
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