We are involved directly with several chambers and are involved in several promotional events each year that focus on working people in Northern Cook and Lake County and Southern Wisconsin. We also directly recruit top-notch talent. We do active promotions for several other related businesses; Shannonwood Staffers (Temp and Temp to Hire Placement), Resume Rescue, and Training Bytes, our teacher-facilitated computer training school.  We do several job fairs annually and we do common print and internet advertising.

 

Our reputation is a big key to our success as is the fact that we have been in the same location since 1973.  Our reputation is evident when several client companies, including Hewitt Associates, refer good quality candidates to us when they do not have a specific role for the person.

 

We are an established Lake County firm. Our office has been located in Libertyville since 1973 and previously in Deerfield. We are very active in our community. Our reputation is well known and we enjoy a diverse referral business. We work with several non-for-profit organizations and job training groups. We have an on staff Diversity Placement Coordinator who aids us with our client’s needs.

  

Since 1973 when the  Libertyville office opened its doors in Lake County, we have been doing direct recruitment as long as the client’s competitors are not client firms of The Murphy Group.

 

We specialize in a variety of office positions: administrative assistants, accounting, data entry,  call center customer service, office support, marketing assistants, collections, payroll, purchasing, mail room, computer operators, inventory control, legal secretaries, paralegals, banking, retail management, general secretarial, and department managers.

 

We have, however, done a number of specialty searches dictated by our client’s needs such as dark room stripper, printers, logistics coordinator, network control assistants, work station installer, print shop clerks, tape librarian, desk top service assistant, project leaders, records clerk, case manager, sales support, merchandise manager, corporate aviator, warehouse supervisor, graphic designer, site implementation specialist, credentials and verification specialist, fulfillment clerk, audio visual technician, HR specialists, recruiters, travel coordinator, shipping/receiving coordinator, financial analyst, publication and promotions records assistant, output management clerk, help desk, government reporting specialists and recruiting coordinator.

  

We interview nearly 100% of the candidates face-to-face. In fact it is odd when we have not met a candidate we refer to client companies.

 

 We use in depth and behavioral interviewing techniques, thorough testing of skills, a personality profile and complete reference checks. We find performance of technical skills on past jobs is the best measure of true talent.

  

We do skills tests in the Microsoft Office Suite, but we do have the ability to test for sales, shorthand, general mentality, personality profile, alphanumeric and numeric data entry. We also test manually with the SRA Vocabulary, Filing, Checking, Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation, Typing and Proofreading tests. At the employers request we can also provide background, criminal and credit checks as well as drug screening