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Ron Bates

"The most connected man on Earth", Mission Critical Retained Executive Search consultant and expert in personal branding

With more than 33,000 direct contacts on on-line professional networking platforms, Ron has been referred to as "the most connected man on Earth".

An expert in Mission Critical Retained Executive Search, Ron Bates is Managing Principal of the retained executive search firm Executive Advantage Group, Inc. Also as a recognized expert in personal branding and building a personal Internet presence, Ron has been an invited speaker at venues such as the Marketing Executive Networking Group, British America Business Council, Expert Connections, Business of Success Radio and is a regular guest on Netshare's "Ask the Coach".

Ron Bates joined Executive Advantage Group in 2001 to help grow the practice. He is actively involved with Board of Directors and Executive level searches for early-stage multinational companies, as well as expanding the firm's Technology Sector specialty group. Prior to Executive Advantage Group, Ron was with Heidrick & Struggles where he was a Partner based in their Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park office. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Ron Bates was a top performing Managing Director with the retained executive search firm StratfordGroup.

Ron has executed Board of Directors, Executive Management, Engineering, Sales, Marketing & Business Development searches for Management Consulting, Internet, Telecommunications, and Software Pre and Post IPO clients.

Ron Bates gives seminars on best practices in Executive Hiring and Recruitment, Executive Resume Development, Executive Job Search, Building your Personal Brand, and Networking.


How to Ensure You Are Hiring People That Will Execute
Most executives typically desire to hire top talent able to drive mission critical quantified sustainable success. Most companies also spend more time and effort on defining the decision criteria and evaluation process associated with spending +$1 million of bottom line profit on a capital acquisition than they will in the acquisition of an executive responsible for driving +$1 million in bottom line profit. Unfortunately, this leads to virtually every hiring executive being able to tell a story about a hiring mistake they've made.

If you've ever made a hiring decision based on "I'll know it when I see it" hiring criteria combined with how much you liked interacting with the candidate, then you've set yourself up for a possible hiring disaster. Regardless of the candidate source being from your networking contacts, staffing personnel, investors, executive recruiters, clients, vendors, business partners, board of directors or other constituencies, your ability to make an objective solid hiring decision is perhaps the most single important factor in determining your company's enduring success. In less than 60 minutes this webinar will give you the inside secrets of how to construct and implement an objective interview strategy that removes gut level subjectivity from the hiring decision.


Communicating Your Executive Value Proposition
Few areas provide a corporate strategic competitive edge like hiring the best talent. Talented, motivated and focused Executives are worth their weight in gold. Though most executives attempt to hire top talent possessing experience driving mission critical quantified sustainable success, most executives pay little or no attention to effectively communicating this information in their own resumes. The question is do you communicate your worth in your own resume?

Whether you are an Executive with a start-up or a leader in a Fortune 500 company it doesn't pay to leave the perception of your personal executive value to chance. The impression you make via your resume with executive recruiters, staffing personnel, networking contacts, investors, clients, vendors, business partners, board of directors and other constituencies is perhaps the single most important factor in determining if you will gain exposure to your next career opportunity. In less than 60 minutes this webcast will give you the inside secrets of how construct a resume that will open doors to the best career opportunities.


How to Conduct a Successful Proactive Job Search
Whether you are contemplating or actually looking for your next career opportunity, this 60-minute webinar covers a dozen key concepts executives job seekers should keep in mind as they look to land their next job opportunity. By keeping these key concepts in mind you'll increase your exposure to opportunities and you'll be positioned light-years ahead of those who don't.

Whether you are an executive with a start-up or a leader in a fortune 50 company, it doesn't pay to leave the marketing of your executive value proposition up to chance that someone is going to contact you about your next great career opportunity. Regardless of the career opportunity source being through your networking contacts, staffing personnel, investors, executive recruiters, clients, vendors, business partners, board of directors or other constituencies, your ability to capture, market and ultimately communicate your executive value proposition to people you've never met is perhaps the most single important factor in determining your ability to gain exposure to the best career opportunities. In less than 60 minutes this webinar will give you the inside secrets of how to construct and implement a successful proactive job search that maximizes your exposure to the best career opportunities.


Learn How to Maximize Your Personal Internet Presence
From mission critical individual contributors to "C-level" executives, talented, motivated and focused employees able to drive mission critical quantified sustainable success are worth their weight in gold.

Whether you are an executive with a start-up or a leader in a fortune 500 company, it doesn't pay to be invisible. Regardless of your networking contacts consisting of clients, vendors, investors, executive recruiters, business partners, board of directors or other constituencies, there isn't a business professional on the planet that wouldn't benefit from the power to say, "If you'd like to know more about me, just Google me."

Whether you are attempting to increase your professional visibility within the specific industry markets you serve, looking to manage your career visibility more effectively, contemplating your next career opportunity, or simply want to learn how to increase your professional visibility on the Internet, this 60-minute webinar gives you inside secrets and walks you through a step-by-step process - anyone - (regardless of any technical acumen) can efficiently and effectively implement to create a more visible personal Internet Presence. By implementing these key concepts you'll increase your exposure to business and career opportunities and be positioned light-years ahead of those who don't.


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