WHAT WE DO
Bond & Company looks to work with companies on an Exclusive Contingent basis. We strive to offer most of the service and all of the quality provided by a traditional retained firm on a more cost effective basis in a much shorter time frame. We can and have completed middle to upper level searches in 6 weeks or less. There are times when we will look for an engagement fee or seek a retainer if the position is highly specialized or at a high salary level.

Our business is to ensure a company achieves its vision through top-level candidates who will not only make a significant contribution to an organization, but will grow with it. The majority of the individuals we have placed are still with that firm after 5 years, but virtually all have been promoted at least once since they were hired.

WHO WE SERVE
We have done work for companies with sales as low as $20 million and as high as $50 billion. We look for client organizations where finance is a proactive function partnering with operating management not just fulfilling the Reporting and Compliance requirements. We are much more effective when we have access to the hiring manager(s) and get fair and honest feedback (good, bad, or indifferent) as it helps us refine the recruiting parameters.

We are particularly excited about working with companies that have a strong track record of growth as it helps us sell our candidates who are most often passive job seekers. Virtually of our clients are looking to foster "Best Practices" and/or "Process Improvement". We will not work with or represent candidates who we feel do NOT espouse these principles. For us to work with a candidate, he (or she) has to be able to cite concrete examples of quantified accomplishments.

OUR EXPERTISE
We specialize in finance! We work selectively on Accounting positions (prefer not to do junior slots or positions like Internal Audit). We have had good success finding high caliber, results oriented individuals to solve particular problems in support areas like Payroll, Customer Service, and Marketing Services.

Over the years we have established a mini-specialty in treasury, having filled over forty positions in this specialized area. We can find top rated treasury people expeditiously in almost any geographical area.

OUR CANDIDATES
Our candidates are generally younger-between ages of 25 and 40-and well-educated, with many holding top school MBAs. We also specialize in diversity, with a good percentage of recent placements foreign born, female and/or minority candidates.

Most of the individuals Bond & Co. has placed are still with the same organization after five years, and have been promoted at least once. Most of the positions we fill have base salaries starting in or near six figures ranging up to just less than $200,000.

In addition, the majority of our candidates are renters, with limited relocation costs and complications, enabling our clients to take advantage of a higher caliber of candidate than those living and working within our clients' immediate geographical area.

OUR TEAM
Richard R. Bond
Richard Bond is a graduate of Lehigh University, and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He worked for 13 years for American Can Company and the Seagram Company. While in corporate positions Bond held included: Financial Analyst; Budget Manager, Director of Marketing Planning, VP Administration & Planning; and VP Western Division (Sales) Manager. Bond helped reorganize a Joint Venture in Japan that went from a large loss to a solid profit in less than 18 months. Bond ran a family business, Olsten Temporary Services of Bridgeport, Conn., for two years more than doubling sales. Bond’s corporate experience helps him understand what a hiring manager is looking for as he has done most of the jobs he looks to fill.

Bond had an article entitled "A Recruiters View of the Treasury Job Market" in the Treasury Management Association Journal. He was a session leader at the 2004 NY Cash Exchange and has spoken to the NY Treasury Management Association on several occasions.

In addition, Bond has been active within his local community. He served as president of the board of directors of ABC, INC. (A Better Chance)—a national program to help high-potential minority students attend top secondary schools, and continue to college—in New Canaan, Conn., for five years.

Judy Jerrild
Judy works part time doing research and recruiting for Bond & Company.  Judy had her own practice specializing in human resources consulting for small to large NY area organizations during the last ten years.  Her projects include retained and contingency recruiting and research, HR program design, project management and communications. Before consulting, Judy held various Human Resources positions with Pitney Bowes, North American Philips Corporation and Pfizer.  Judy holds BA in French and English from Fairfield University and a MBA from the University of Connecticut.