December 2004 - "Giving Back While Moving UP"
ProSearch President Speaks at Women's Leadership Event

President and Founder, Suzanne F. Fairlie, served as a panelist for the Women's Leadership Networking Group of the Eastern Technology Council December 7, 2004. The panel shared the value and importance of volunteering, as well as the larger lessons and opportunities to be gained through the donation of one's time and expertise. Fairlie spoke about her experiences serving on the boards of directors of Junior Achievement and The Opera Company of Philadelphia.

"Volunteering should be time one builds into one's life," recommended Fairlie, who started volunteering when she was in the third grade. "The payback will be three-fold: 1) it makes you feel good about yourself when seeing people whom you have helped succeed or do better, 2) you don't have to just give dollars; your leadership talents are often more important to being successful at volunteering, and 3) it provides you an opportunity to meet exceptional, like-minded people who become friends or business associates."

Fairlie is an expert in retained search of information technology (IT) and related professionals. She has authored numerous career-oriented articles and speaks nationally on hiring and recruiting practices.

Joining Fairlie on the panel were Patrick Callihan, representing Business Volunteers for the Arts; Rosalind Wilson, Drucker and Scaccetti, for the American Diabetes Association; Valerie Cuccinota, Terri Lynne Lokoff Childcare Foundation and June DePonte, Industry Solutions Manager, Nextel, representing her work with Art Reach.

Topics highlighted during the panel discussion included the determining factors in choosing an organization for which to volunteer, how to maximize networking opportunities, and the challenges panelists had encountered while volunteering their time and talents.

Fairlie is the recipient of the "2004 Aetna Small Business of the Year" Award for the MidAtlantic Region, in part because of her personal as well as company's devotion to the community. A $5000 grant accompanied the Award, which ProSearch designated to Project H.O.M.E. in Philadelphia. Fairlie is a member of the Board of Directors of Pinnacle Society which is the nation's premier consortium of Top Recruiters within the permanent placement and search industry. Since 1989, the Pinnacle Society has provided the nation's top recruiters a forum in which to exchange the business principles and placement techniques that lead them to achieve, and allowed them to maintain their success. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Black Data Processing Association (BDPA), and is a member of the Forum of Executive Women and The Union League of Philadelphia among other notable groups and associations.

Fairlie is the founder of ProSearch, which was established in 1988 and is WBE and WDBE certified. The firm's primary markets include corporate and non-profit organizations in the hospitals/health care, pharmaceutical, financial services, manufacturing, transportation and e-business industries. ProSearch is headquartered in Willow Grove, Pa.

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