At JDRQUEST&CO, our success is driven by proven results. Our market knowledge and insider’s network coupled with an innate, intuitive understanding of each company’s needs and culture enables us to place executives with the ideal background, attitude and approach in the most timely and effective manner. Since our founding, more than one third of all candidates placed have come from equity seeking groups; two thirds of placements were female. Our collaboration with Princeton over the last six years – 75% of candidates came from diverse groups; all of our placements with the University of Notre Dame were diverse leaders. 

 

JDRQUEST DIFFERENCE

• Strong commitment to diversity and active participation in diversity organizations.
• Staff participation in unconscious bias training and workshops
• Longstanding client relationships as evidenced with a 95%+ repeat business rate; comprehensive references from relevant industry leaders with recent experience partnering with JDRQUEST
• Founder and President, Josh Reich is personally involved in each search.
• Track record for delivering candidates who possess relevant skills and outstanding potential.
• Process ensures presentation of qualified candidates quickly and efficiently.
• We only accepts only a limited number of assignments at any given time to assure that all clients receive our full attention.

DIVERSITY INSIGHTS

Some of the lessons we gleaned from diversity training can be useful in helping search committee members address bias:
Avoid snap judgments/ assumptions through first impression; use evidence based decision making; refrain from “crystal ball gazing” – making predictions on behalf of a candidate, an outcome, desire, preference, ability, interest, or otherwise; avoid “cloning”, replicating oneself by hiring someone with similar attributes or background; refrain from reading a candidate’s social media pages prior/during the search process.

OUR SERVICES

We specialize in placing senior level positions in hospitality and higher education. With colleges and universities becoming more like hospitality centers in terms of design, services including culinary and operational segments, and amenities, there are increasing commonalities in the hiring requirements and desired candidate profiles — JDRQUEST is uniquely positioned to explore these synergies.

OUR GUARANTEE

We are confident that our end-to-end service will find you the perfect placement – so we offer a competitive guarantee on all searches. Our business depends on your satisfaction, so we only succeed when you do.

 

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