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Podcast: John Younger, Accolo

Thursday, 09 October 2008

Accolo Career Network Reaches Over One Million Professionals

"We don't think of a job as a template." John Younger

John Younger

Welcome to our continuing IAEWS Member Profile Inside Recruiting series of podcasts recorded by Total Picture Radio's producer and host, Peter Clayton, at the International Association Employment Web Sites Fall Congress in Chicago. Interviewed in this podcast is the President and CEO of Accolo, John Younger. If you've ever wondered what a Recruitment Process Outsourcer (RPO) does, John will be happy to tell you.

According to the company's Web site, "Accolo was founded on the simple concept that there has to be a better way. With the billions of dollars invested in recruiting technologies, the clients in the hiring process—the hiring managers and candidates—have seen no measurable improvement in experience or results."

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John Younger Biography
For more than 20 years, John Younger has successfully identified and incorporated major trends and technologies affecting the recruitment landscape. In 2000 he founded Accolo, a leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for small and mid-sized companies.

John’s passion to dramatically improve how people and jobs find each other is rooted in his deep understanding of technology, the recruitment process, and a core belief that everyone deserves courtesy and respect. This idea is central to Accolo’s vision, methods and communications. John’s vision for a completely outsourced staffing solution led him to found y/net in 1996. After a successful launch, y/net was acquired by TriNet where John remained as President until 1999. While with TriNet, John helped the company gain recognition as one of Inc. Magazine’s 500 fastest growing companies in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Before founding y/net, John was the vice president of human resources for Bank of America where he led technical recruitment for an organization of 16,000 people.

John has successfully identified, incorporated and advanced recruitment solutions for more than 16 years. He was Resumix user #2 in 1988 and established the first Vendor on Premises for both Bank of America and Olsten Corporation in 1992. He was an early adopter of Internet recruiting with the On-Line Career Center – which later became Monster – in 1993, and was Hire.com user #4 while running his Venture Talent recruitment Agency in 1998. John earned a degree from Notre Dame in Mathematics and Computer Science and is a former member of the United States National (Olympic) Rowing Team.

About Accolo

Founded in 2000, Accolo delivers a comprehensive and scalable recruiting infrastructure to small and mid-sized businesses. Through the use of proprietary turnkey technology and best-practice methodology, the company drives significant improvements in hiring quality, efficiency and cost. Accolo delivers a unique method of recruiting within a highly automated framework, along with a Career Network of more than 1,000,000 professionals. Headquartered in Larkspur, Calif., Accolo also has offices in Chicago and New York, and is a founding member of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association. The company’s investors include Altos Ventures, Vedior and TriNet. For more information on Accolo, please visit www.accolo.com.