Brendan Cruickshank

Current

• VP of Sales at Juju.com

Past

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

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Education

• Syracuse University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company

Brendan Cruickshank’s Summary

Brendan has 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 then joined indeed.com as the Senior Director of Sales and helped to grow the sales team and the revenue.

He is now the Vice President of Sales at Juju.com.

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. He has an extensive knowledge of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM ( Search Engine Marketing)

Brendan Cruickshank’s Experience

• VP of Sales

  Juju.com

  (Internet industry)

  June 2009 — Present (2 months)

  Juju's goal is to make job search easier. We think that traditional online job search methods take too much time and make it difficult for job seekers to find a comprehensive set of relevant jobs, so we strive to create tools that make web-based job listings more accessible and our search results more relevant. Our job search engine provides quick access to jobs found on thousands of employer websites and job boards all around the web and offers features that will help you find the jobs you're looking for more efficiently

• Senior Director of Sales

  Indeed.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  February 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 5 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; Staffing and Recruiting 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, growing revenue and working with clients to offer strategies to ad value to their financial recruitment efforts.
  
  He worked with the marketing team to develop offline and online SEM ( Search Engine Marketing) strategies.

• 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.

Brendan Cruickshank’s Education

• Syracuse University

  BA , Political Science/ Economics , 1993 — 1997

Additional Information

Brendan Cruickshank’s Websites:

• My Company

Brendan Cruickshank’s Interests:

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM ( Search Engine Marketing)

Brendan Cruickshank’s Groups:

•    ERE.net
•    TMP Government
•    Indeed.com
•    Syracuse University Alumni Network
•    Internet Recruiting
•    TalentBar: HR and Recruiter Network
•    BROKERHUNTER.com™ - Bringing Financial Services Professionals and Employers Together (SM)
•    Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Network
•    Diversity Recruiting Strategy Group
•    Corporate Recruiters. #1 Group for Corporate Recruiters.
•    Talent Acquisition Executive
•    www.OnlyMarketingJobs.com - it pays to know people
•    The Retail Index
•    Careers in the Spa and Leisure Industry
•    Recruiting with Social Media

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