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Tom Keoughan

Tom entered the recruiting business immediately after finishing at Drew University where he double majored in Economics and Sociology. He is the Founder and President of Toyjobs where he regularly fills senior and mid-level toy jobs in sales, marketing, product development, and operations. No toy recruiters fill more toy jobs than Toyjobs! In 1996, Tom was admitted to The Pinnacle Society, a prestigious organization limited to 75 of the top independent executive recruiters in the country. He continues to be an active member and has served on the organization's board. He is also on the Advisory board of Women in Toys, an organization promoting professionalism and career development for women in the toy industry. Toyjobs.com is the only recruiting firm to be a member of the Toy Industry Association (TIA). Tom has written numerous articles on the toy industry, recruiting, and employment issues and has been featured on a variety of publications including The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times. He is also the author and publisher of Toyjobs Executive Monthly, a highly regarded and widely read toy industry newsletter. Tom is also a regular contributor to the leading recruiting journal, The Fordyce Letter. Tom speaks frequently within his own industry on such topics as becoming a better recruiter and recruiting ethics.

Articles by Tom Keoughan

Business, The Business of Recruiting

A Rebuttal: 10 Things That Smart Money Didn’t Bother to Find Out About Employment Recruiters



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We recently ran an article entitled Speaking of Perceptions… outlining a piece written in Smart Money about the 10 Things Employment Recruiters Won’t Say. One of our readers, Tom Keoughan, had an opinion on the Smart Money article he wanted to share. Below is his response….

I don’t know where you got your information, but it paints a highly distorted view of the way executive recruiters work. Certainly there are good people and bad people in every profession, but a lot of the weak recruiters have been washed out of the business during the current economic downturn. As someone who has been a successful executive recruiter for almost thirty years, I will tackle your points one by one.