BusinessElite Launches Industry's First Exclusive Recruiting Community for Top Executives.

Invitation-Only Recruiting Service Uses Science to Match the Most Qualified Talent to Coveted Leadership Positions

ASHBURN, Va. -- BusinessElite is a new, invitation-only, recruiting community for top leaders and recruiters (www.businesselite.com). It's the first online recruiting service that uses technology to actually "recruit" like an experienced recruiter. The service is designed to match accomplished professionals within its exclusive Talent community to director through C-level positions at leading companies and startups.

BusinessElite was founded by CEO, Glenn Fox and President, Thomas Lokar, both human resource and recruiting industry veterans who have led recruiting and talent development organizations at companies including AOL, Microsoft, Bristol Myers Squibb and Korn/Ferry. Their extensive experience has allowed them to create BusinessElite and deliver an innovative approach to recruiting that solves many of the issues associated with the previous generation of solutions. BusinessElite's strict screening process ensures that only the most qualified talent and senior-level positions make it into the system before leveraging proprietary matching and assessment algorithms to make the most relevant talent and career matches possible.

BusinessElite analyzes the requirements of the position specification, scores the requirements using proprietary leadership competency models and then matches the success attributes for the role against the core skills, experiences, leadership competencies, career goals and personal preferences of its highly-qualified talent community. Unlike any other online recruiting service, BusinessElite focuses on assessment to match the best talent to the right role, not simply spamming job seekers with dozens of unappealing "jobs" and flooding recruiters and hiring managers with unqualified "applicants."

"We know how frustrating the recruiting process can be, especially as you move up the organizational chart. BusinessElite is the first service of its kind to offer a platform designed specifically for top executives and recruiters who are looking to fill top organizational roles," said Glenn Fox, CEO, BusinessElite. "We have taken the scale of the Internet and combined it with an automated recruiting process to make the recruiting experience more efficient, productive and satisfying for both top executives and those that seek them."

BusinessElite cuts through the clutter to reduce the time, money and resources associated with finding and filling top leadership positions. Considerably less expensive and more effective than traditional services, BusinessElite's pricing structure for recruiters and hiring managers includes an engagement fee for each position and a contact fee when the talent they select express interest in the opportunity. For each contact, the recruiter/hiring manager receives a fully screened, assessed, qualified and interested candidate, as well as a complete report including leadership assessment analysis.

Availability

The BusinessElite service is available by invitation-only to top leaders and recruiters. The service is free to Talent. During the beta period, BusinessElite is offering special introductory pricing for recruiters.

About the Founders

Prior to BusinessElite, Glenn Fox was the vice president of Executive Recruitment and Talent Acquisition for AOL, where he personally executed all senior-level executive searches for the company, placing the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer. Before joining AOL, Glenn was a founding member of Microsoft's executive recruiting team, responsible for building the executive search process model and executing senior-level searches. Glenn directly supported Microsoft's CEO and conducted several top searches for the company including the Board of Director search, CEO for Microsoft China, President of Microsoft India, Head of Human Resources and several senior finance and technology leadership roles. Before joining Microsoft, Glenn was a Principal with Korn/Ferry International in San Francisco.

Thomas Lokar brings 15 years of practical consulting and implementation of assessment and development experience to BusinessElite where he is building unique assessment and career management tools. These offerings will be utilized by the BusinessElite talent pool for determining career path, role and culture fit and by recruiters who are searching for talent against a specific profile. Prior to BusinessElite, Tom was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at AOL, LLC overseeing a 4,000-person client area covering global products and technology in support of AOL's emergence as the third largest advertising network on the web. He was with AOL for over five years and was the company's Chief Learning Officer leading people development and core staffing efforts. Prior to AOL, Tom was the Director of Leadership Development for Bristol Myers Squibb's $10 billion U.S. Medicines business where he focused on systems, processes and leadership programs.

About BusinessElite

BusinessElite is the industry's first recruiting community for select director to C-level professionals, and those who hire them. Built by human resource and recruiting industry veterans, BusinessElite uses proprietary matching and assessment algorithms that make the most relevant talent and career matches possible. It allows executives to efficiently and easily manage their career options without worrying about spam or contact regarding inappropriate positions. At the same time, BusinessElite provides recruiters with an effective and efficient solution that helps qualify the right executive for the right role. This makes recruiting a more satisfying and productive experience for both talent and recruiters alike. For more information, visit www.businesselite.com.