Recruitment Industry Veteran Patrick Beharelle Joins Seatoncorp as Chief Operating Officer

Recruitment industry veteran Patrick Beharelle Joins Seatoncorp as chief operating officer.

Chicago, IL (HRMarketer/PRWeb) April 22, 2008 -- SeatonCorp, a Chicago-based staffing and recruiting firm, today announced the appointment of Patrick Beharelle as Chief Operating Officer. Beharelle will report to Michael Miles, Chief Executive Officer, who will continue to be directly involved in setting the strategic direction for the company.

In this newly created position, Beharelle will be responsible for overseeing SeatonCorp’s daily operations and leading two of its divisions, Staff Management and PeopleScout. Staff Management began with SeatonCorp’s inception in 1988 and is a pioneer in high-volume, vendor-on-premise (VOP) staffing solutions; PeopleScout, founded in 1990, is a leading provider of end-to-end recruitment processing outsourcing (RPO) and employee retention solutions. Mr. Miles will continue to oversee Student Scout, SeatonCorp’s third and newest business unit, which designs and implements student recruitment solutions for post-secondary educational institutions.

I was very impressed with SeatonCorp’s financial performance and exceptional service commitment to their clients – this represented a great opportunity for me to help grow the businesses.

"We are excited to welcome Patrick to our executive management team," said Miles. "His deep industry experience and unique combination of sales, operations and financial expertise will be instrumental in competitively positioning and expanding our businesses in the U.S. and abroad."

"I’m thrilled to join the SeatonCorp family at this exciting time in their business and help continue building on the momentum they’ve established," said Beharelle. "I was very impressed with SeatonCorp’s financial performance and exceptional service commitment to their clients – this represented a great opportunity for me to help grow the businesses."

During the course of its 20-year history, SeatonCorp has built a solid foundation for future growth, consistently reporting exceptional revenue and margin performance. The firm posted a 22% increase in gross profit for 2007 and is on pace through the first quarter of 2008 to deliver on its sales projections.

"Patrick’s bottom-line, results-oriented background aligns very well with our overall business strategy and supports our aggressive client acquisition and expansion goals," stated Miles. "With his wealth of experience in the recruitment and staffing industry, Patrick will be a tremendous asset to our organization and an instrumental driver of our growth."

Recently, Beharelle was a Senior Vice President at Spherion and head of its RPO division, where he oversaw a tripling of revenue and clients in three years. Prior to that role, Beharelle served several years in Accenture’s Strategy Formulation Practice and was President and Co-Founder of a successful, venture-backed financial services provider. Beharelle received his Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School.

For More Information:
Rich Cilia
Marketing Director
(312) 397-3459
rcilia @ seatoncorp.com

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