Jeff Skrentny, CERS

Current

• Trainer, Author, Motivational & Keynote Speaker / CRO / Career Coach / President & Owner at Jefferson Group Consulting & Jefferson Group Search

Past

• Division Manager at Banner Personnel
• Teaching Assistant & Graduate Student at Marquette University

Education

• GIB
• Marquette University
• Marquette University

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Recommended

58 people have recommended Jeff

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

• My Training Webinars ON DEMAND
• My Bill Vick interview
• FOLLOW ME on Twitter

Jeff Skrentny, CERS’s Summary

Email me at AskJeff@JeffersonInc.com

Jefferson Group Consulting...Motivational, Practical & ENTHUSIASTIC, Training, Development, Mentoring & Management Consulting SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED for the Search, Staffing & Recruiting Profession

Primary Business, Jefferson Group Search: IT Search for greater Chicagoland area...infrastructure, architecture and leadership...312.474.6076

Jeff Skrentny, CERS’s Specialties:

I do an incredible job teaching CURRENT search, staffing and recruiting techniques for MODERN practitioners of the 3rd party search and recruiting profession, professionals who want to learn from a seasoned and successful search expert who STILL WORKS A DESK everyday & runs a business just like they do.

If you need IT leadership in Chicago, I am the search executive you need to know.

Jeff Skrentny, CERS’s Experience

• Trainer, Author, Motivational & Keynote Speaker / CRO / Career Coach / President & Owner

  Jefferson Group Consulting & Jefferson Group Search

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  September 1996 — Present (12 years 11 months)

  After leaving Banner, I simultaneously began Jefferson Group Consulting & Jefferson Group Search. Jefferson Group Consulting offers training and development services for the 3rd party Search, Staffing and Recruiting profession. Since 1998 I have trained over 16,500 search, staffing and recruiting professionals from 33 countries. I typically do 30-40 training presentations a year all while still running a busy IT Executive Search desk. Last year I placed 19 professionals in the Chicagoland area for my best year ever.
  
  Honored as the Keynote Speaker at:
  Fordyce Forum Las Vegas 2008
  10th Annual ACSESS Conference Toronto 2008
  30th Annual NEAPS Conference Boston 2008
  Inaugural Fordyce Forum New Orleans 2007
  GAPS Conference Lake Lanier 2007
  NEAPS Conference Newport 2006
  NAPS Conference Baltimore 2005
  NCAPS Conference Asheville 2005
  NAPS Conference Phoenx 2004

• Division Manager

  Banner Personnel

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  March 1987 — August 1996 (9 years 6 months)

  Began as a clerical placement agent, I struggled at first, but closed my first deal on April 1st, 1987. It was a falloff that I got sued over. In a very short few years I was the top producer placing clerical professionals at an average fee of less than $4k, 85% of the deals which I split with other recruiters. Eventually I was promoted to management, we did very well, but I was bored. I began an IT Search practice for Banner, but they did not want to stay in that line of work and thus Jefferson Group Inc & Jefferson Group Consulting were born.
  
  Recruiter of the Year 1991
  Recruiter of the Year 1990

• Teaching Assistant & Graduate Student

  Marquette University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1985 — January 1987 (1 year 6 months)

  Taught English 001 and 002 to college freshman while pursuing my English Masters Degree at Marquette

Jeff Skrentny, CERS’s Education

• GIB

  MBA , 2004 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  This was one of the most difficult undertakings I ever embarked on, I often found myself drowning in my studies, and to this day I have no idea how I managed to complete this course of study while balancing the addition of a new born to our world and running my two businesses...but it was SO worth it, the contacts made and the lessons learned have been priceless.

• Marquette University

  Masters , English , 1985 — 1987

  Activities and Societies:

  Harp & Shamrock Philosophy and Billiards Club

• Marquette University

  BA , Poly Sci, Economics & English , 1980 — 1985

  Activities and Societies:

  Mike Darnell's Ardmore "Classics" Reading Society,
  Marquette Free Press

Additional Information

Jeff Skrentny, CERS’s Websites:

• My Training Webinars ON DEMAND
• My Bill Vick interview
• FOLLOW ME on Twitter

Jeff Skrentny, CERS’s Interests:

Of course my two young children take up a great deal of my time, and I enjoy how my career allows me time to be with them as they grow up. That is the true gift of this profession. I also love MLB baseball and have now attended a game in all 47 ML Ballparks, including 17 that no longer exist, my team is the Cubs (101 years and still waiting). Birding is my current passion, I am on a quest to see as many North American bird species as I can...in just three plus years of birding my life list is at 515 life birds (Black-capped Vireo was last, April 5th, 2009). My wife and I enjoy fine dinning, traveling, and attending theater in Chicago and NYC. I especially enjoy Shakespeare productions, and have now seen every Shakespeare play performed on stage. Oh, and don't forget micro brewed beer and single malt scotch as I reminisce about all of these fun things!

Jeff Skrentny, CERS’s Groups:

NAPS - National Association of Personnel Services,
ISA - Illinois Staffing Association,
Illinois Recruiters Association,
Top Echelon,
Skrentny family gang

•    CyberSleuths
•    KIVA
•    Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
•    Obama for America
•    ERE.net
•    Recruiting Animal Show
•    Recruiting Professionals Network
•    Candidate Pipeline Development ™ (2900+ members)
•    The Recruitment Network
•    Illinois Recruiters Association
•    Green Bay Packers Fans
•    Premium Headhunting Network
•    The Executive Search Group
•    Chicago Cubs MLB Group
•    Retained Executive Search Group
•    NAPS State Leadership Group
•    Rocky Mountain Association of Recruiters
•    InLeadership (Leadership Development Strategies)
•    New Jersey Staffing Alliance
•    Staffing Cafe
•    Success With Twitter
•    The Fordyce Letter

Jeff Skrentny, CERS’s Honors:

CERS - NAPS Credentialed Certified Employee Retention Specialist since 5/2008
CTS - NAPS Credentialed Certified Temporary Staffing Specialist since 11/1994
CPC - NAPS Credentialed Certified Personnel Consultant since 11/1989

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