RPO services company - research, name generation, sourcing, recruitment, candidate development
AGResearch International LLC is a recruiting process outsourcing (RPO) services company providing original research/name generation, direct recruiting, in-depth online sourcing and competitive intelligence services to companies across a broad spectrum of size, capital structures and industries/markets. AGResearch is also an emerging leader in the field of competitive intelligence.
All services are offered on an hourly basis and are extremely cost effective. Our Knowledge is Your Power! By providing on-demand availability, AGResearch gives clients maximum flexibility and control. We provide the mission-critical intelligence that companies need in order to make key human capital decisions. AGResearch has assembled a team of the most experienced researchers, sourcers and recruiters from the world’s leading search firms, corporate research and CROs. These are professionals who are fluent in their respective markets and pride themselves on the depth of their industry knowledge, functional understanding and the accuracy of their work. We also have attained a level of scale that provides us with sufficient generalist and specialist capacity to address any geography/language, industry/ function, or level of project complexity.
AGResearch has been recognized as an Inc. Magazine’s 2009 Inc. 500/5000 fastest-growing private companies and, as a woman owned business, has been listed on WBENC’s Fast 50 list for each of the past three years.
Clients run the gamut, including 17 of the Fortune 50 and 31 of the Fortune 100, half the world's top executive retained search firms as well boutique search firms.
Keywords: Recruiting, recruiter, recruitment, human resources, staffing, research, executive search, candidate development, sourcing, competitive intelligence, talent acquisition, boolean, deep mining, online sourcing
Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
AGResearch was founded in June 2002 and is a woman certified business (WBENC)
What is your primary product or service?
Three Distinct Services
(1) Research/Name Generation/Name ID/Phone Sourcing
(2) Strategic Online Sourcing (S.O.S.)
(3) Candidate Development/Recruiting
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
AGResearch was started by our founder April Grady to provide on target research and to provide competitive intel to clients. It has grown to include a full service candidate development as well online sourcing division.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Our hybrid model and hourly pricing structure offers great flexiblity and optimal quality clients without the high search fees. We operate as an extension of our client's company or division
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
We are head quartered in Dallas and have employees based nationwide.
What type of payments do you accept?
Credit Cards - Visa, Mastercard, Discover and AMEX
Checks
Which areas do you service?
(1) Pharmaceuticals
(2) Healthcare Products & Services
(3) Biotech/Medical Devices
(4) Aerospace & Defense/Aviation/Military
(5) Technology/Computer Software & Hardware Products & Services
(6) Business Services
(7) Consumer Services & Products
(8) Education
(9) Leisure/Hospitality
(10) Banking/Insurance
We are a true generalist firm with professionals who are fluent in their respective markets and pride themselves on the depth of their industry knowledge, functional understanding and the accuracy of their work. We have attained a level of scale that provides us with sufficient generalist and specialist capacity to address any geography/language, industry/ function, or level of project complexity.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
AGResearch is privately owned. Currently Patti T. Mayer is the Interim President and COO (972-234-6811 & patti.mayer@agresearch.info)
Our Vice President, Sales & Marketing is Steve Roth (972-370-9393 & steve.roth@agresearch.info)
The three service division are run by
(1) RESEARCH - Alissa Hawkins
ahawkins@agresearch.info; 770-974-3598
(2) SOURCING - Ruth-Dinaz Sarkari
ruth.sarkari@agresearch.info; 469-443-7984
(3) CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT - Larry H. Proffit
larry.proffitt@agresearch.info; 804-5564845
What are your hours of operation?
We are available via email and phone per our client needs and as the business dictates. We are a virtual team and thrive on quick response times for and from our clients.