Oliver is one of the early adopters of the use of modern marketing techniques to effect the transition of highly successful executives and professionals from one position to another. He is one of the pioneers in the development of individual and corporate outplacement consulting practices that saw career transition as a marketing problem, a problem of positioning, packaging, promoting and pricing.He began his career as a college teacher and became involved in publishing, eventually running a small publishing house in Chicago, Printer's Row Press, publishing a weekly newspaper, pamphlets, journals and books, primarily in the political arena.In early 1980 he began a new career in corporate and executive outplacement built upon the principles of modern marketing. Rising to the position of Executive Vice President he was one of the key associates to grow the company nationwide, personally working along the way with and helping to place hundreds of senior level managers and executives in new and exciting growth opportunities. In 1986 he formed his own executive placement and corporate outplacement firm and built the company to cover twenty one major market areas in the West, successfully working with thousands of clients. He retired from the career industry in 2001.Realizing the absolute necessity of using the Internet and its enormous access to information to run a successful executive search he joined Stewart, Cooper & Coon coming back to the business of helping serious minded executives find rewarding new jobs and careersSpecialties: I specialize in placing C-Level executives. Send me your resume with a brief description of your situation if you are actively looking for something new.
Listed skills include Career Counseling, Career Development, Recruiting, Executive Management, and 46 others.