ExecuNet Expands Depth of RecruitSmart Team

ExecuNet, the executive job search and recruiting network, announced today that Joseph Daniel McCool, former editor of Executive Recruiter News has been named Senior Contributing Editor and Jerry Padilla has been appointed Managing Director of Recruiting Services. McCool will have oversight responsibility for ExecuNetís RecruitSmart Insider, a new biweekly market intelligence report on the issues shaping executive recruiting and retention, and Padilla will be responsible for the new business development of the companyís RecruitSmart offerings.

ìFor the last eighteen years, ExecuNet has been committed to helping human resource professionals and executive recruiters find the very best talent,î says Mark Anderson, President of ExecuNet. ìJoe McCoolís insight and analysis of the executive search industry and Jerry Padillaís demonstrated success in business development will be instrumental to enhancing our RecruitSmart offerings and maintaining our leadership in providing recruiters with unprecedented access to qualified executive candidates.î

Mr. McCool joins ExecuNet after spending eight years as editor of Executive Recruiter News, which has provided insight, analysis, data, and opinion on the global executive search consulting business since 1980. He created and produced the Executive Search Summit held annually in New York City from 2001 through 2005 and also edited the Corporate and International editions of The Directory of Executive Recruiters. He held the titles of Editor in Chief and Vice President with ERN’s publisher, Kennedy Information Inc., a subsidiary of the Bureau of National Affairs Inc., at the time of his resignation in November 2005.

Mr. Padilla joins ExecuNet from the Robert Frances Group (RFG), where he was a Regional Sales Director overseeing the firmís existing accounts and new business initiatives in the Northeast. Prior to joining RFG he held various positions in the sales and management teams of Sungard Availability Services and the Meta Group, where he managed a team of 20 sales representatives that helped increase revenues from $8 million to over $15 million in just two years.

ExecuNet, a career management and recruiting network for top executives and recruiters, is a recognized authority in executive hiring and recruiting trends. ExecuNet helps members identify career opportunities and attain professional success by providing exclusive job postings, opportunities and tactics designed to expand personal and professional networks, and career advancement strategies.

Founded in 1988, ExecuNet also serves recruiters and corporations as a leading source of top-tier executive talent and proprietary research. For more information on ExecuNet visit www.execunet.com