Brendan Cruickshank

Current

Senior Director of Sales at Indeed.com

Past

Head of Sales at Jobsinthemoney.com
Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch

Education

Syracuse University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Brendan

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Brendan Cruickshank’s Summary

Brendan had had an extensive career in sales and sales management with a focus on the recruitment sector. He has been quoted as an expert on recruitment trends in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

He began his career as Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch for over 5 years in the private client group.

He moved in to the recruitment sector in 2002 when he joined jobsinthemoney.com the leading job site for financial and accounting professionals. He was the Head of Sales at jobsinthemoney until early 2006 and helped to substantially grow the business.

He is now the Director of Sales for indeed.com. Indeed is the most comprehensive search engine for jobs. In one search, job seekers can access all the job listings from thousand of websites, including major job boards, company websites hundreds of top daily newspapers, as well as associations and niche websites. Indeed has a cost per click revenue model in which they drive targeted traffic to their client's jobs.

Brendan Cruickshank’s Specialties:

Brendan is a specialist in recruitment strategy and sales leadership. He has been in the recruitment industry since 2002 and has a strong network of contacts throughout advertising agencies, job boards, human resources departments and hr outsourcing firms. He has built and grown sales teams at several leading online job resources.

Brendan Cruickshank’s Experience

Senior Director of Sales

Indeed.com

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

February 2006 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Brendan is the Director of Sales for Indeed.com the most comprehensive search engine for jobs. In one search, jobseekers can access all the job listings for thousands of websites, including major job boards, company websites, niche sites, associations and newspapers. We offer pay per click advertising to help companies increase their exposure and visibility and drive targeted traffic to their jobs.
Head of Sales

Jobsinthemoney.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

August 2002 — February 2006 (3 years 7 months)

Brendan was the head of sales for jobsinthemoney.com and helped to make jobsinthemoney the leading job site for financial and accounting professionals. He grew the business by hiring and training salespeople, he significantly grew the revenue of and worked with the clients on adding additional products and services to ad value to their financial recruitment efforts.
Senior Financial Advisor

Merrill Lynch

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; mer; Investment Management industry)

August 1997 — August 2002 (5 years 1 month)

Brendan was a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch for over 5 years. He worked with clients on all aspects of their finances and investments from estate planning, retirement planning, college funding to mortgage and investment allocation.