TurningPoint Executive Search
TuringPoint Executive Search, or commonly referred as TurningPoint, is a private executive search firm based in Southern California, founded in 2007. It is a premier recruiting resource for Sales, Marketing, Operations and Executive Leadership professionals locally, nationally, and globally. At its inception, TurningPoint focused on finance recruiting. In 2010, the organization rebranded itself as a Sales, Marketing, and Leadership focused firm. In 2019, Data Bird Business Journal[1] named TurningPoint on their list of Best Companies for Women. In 2016 and 2017, the San Diego Business Journal named TurningPoint one of the 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in San Diego.[2]
TurningPoint is a unique hybrid search firm that effectively supports companies of all sizes and structures. It is centered around a high touch, concierge-style approach to recruiting. Its team of recruiters offers more than 80 years of combined experience in recruiting, human resources, sales, marketing, training, and management.
In 2019, TurningPoint TurningPoint announced a global partnership with Talentor, a powerhouse executive search organization that operates on an international level. With global access to Global Resources[3], TurningPoint positions it to work with companies of all sizes, industries, and structures.
History[edit]
Ken Schmitt founded TurningPoint Executive Search in 2007 after working in recruiting for 21 years. A San Diego native, Ken grew up in an entrepreneurial household with a father who was a Jack in the Box franchisee for 25 years, and a mother who left the accounting world to become a real estate agent.
In 1998 Ken began his career in recruiting working for a local boutique firm, a large regional firm, and one of the world’s largest Executive Search firms, Heidrick & Struggles. A decade later TurningPoint Executive Search was born, initially specializing in finance recruiting.
In 2010 TurningPoint altered its prior focus to Sales, Marketing, and Leadership recruiting. To that end, the Sales & Marketing Leadership Alliance (SMLA) was launched in 2011. With chapters in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and Austin, supporting over 120 members, the SMLA provides best in class speakers, peer-2-peer networking, and professional development to the region’s Sales & Marketing leaders.[4]
In 2016 and 2017, TurningPoint was ranked one of the Top 150 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in San Diego. CEO and Founder, Ken Schmitt, was acknowledged as one of San Diego’s Most Admired CEOs (SDBJ) in 2018. The firm landed on built in LA’s 2018 [5] “21 LA recruiting firms and staffing agencies finding the right fit” The TurningPoint team earned a Top 20 Ranking as a “Best Place for Women to Work” by Databird in 2019.
To date, TurningPoint Executive Search has placed nearly 400 of the nation’s leading sales, marketing, operations, and C-Suite professionals. It partners with national clients across numerous industries such as tech, software, manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, professional and financial services, healthcare, Lifesciences, and hospitality. The TurningPoint team takes a high touch, concierge-style approach to placing first-class talent, in a variety of business structures including privately held, venture-backed start-up, private equity-owned, early-stage, and mature, family-owned businesses.
Affiliations[edit]
TurningPoint Executive Search Founder and CEO, Ken Schmitt, serves as an Executive Board Member of San Diego Sports Innovators (SDSI), and HR Café (formerly San Diego HR Roundtable), and is an Advisory Board member of the American Marketing Association (AMA)[6], San Diego chapter, and the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AAISP). Ken is an active participant in recruiting podcasts [7] , webinars [8], and speaking engagement. He earned his BSBA in Economics from the University of San Diego and is a former board member of USD’s School of Business Alumni Association and a Featured Torero. [9]
Published works[edit]
In 2016, founder Ken Schmitt authored LinkedIn Hiring Secrets for Sales & Marketing Leaders: The Winning Formula for Attracting High Performers, a detailed professional resource on how to use LinkedIn for job search and recruiting.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The 20 best companies for women, according to employees". www.databirdjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "San Diego Business Journal's Fastest Growing Companies" (PDF). San Diego Business Journal. July 24, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Talentor International Adds TurningPoint Executive Search to Network". Hunt Scanlon Media. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Sales Marketing Leadership Alliance". Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "21 LA recruiting firms and staffing agencies finding the right fit". Built In Los Angeles. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Ken Schmitt". AMA San Diego. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ Development, PodBean. "Ken Schmitt: Building Your Talent Bench. How To Develop Strategies For Planning, Building Pipeline And Developing Relationships With A-Players!". hirepower.podbean.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Ken Schmitt - TurningPoint Executive Search". BlogTalkRadio. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "Featured Toreros". toreronetwork.sandiego.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ "LinkedIn Hiring Secrets for Sales & Marketing Leaders". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
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