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People focused on performance hitting their potential. That has been Jon’s life work. As many have introduced him, Jon is the quintessential thought leader, trainer, speaker and consultant on all aspects of Human Capital, Talent Management and Performance Management. After a 14-year career in the Supply Chain Technology, Jon realized the strong demand for talent and for companies who could deliver high performing talent. He then purchased a Management Recruiters International franchise in November of 1998 and away he went. Jon achieved industry-leading success as one of an elite group of executive recruiters who billed over $1 million annually while building a multi-million dollar top 10 Office. In a 10year period (1999–2009), he cashed in over $10 million in personal production and established JSI as a top 10% executive search and staffing firm winning 17 international awards in the MRINetwork. Today Jon still works a desk. As of today, he has billed over 24 million in personal production since 1999. Jon sold his recruiting firm in 2012 to a large healthcare consulting firm. After a three-year stint as President and CEO, in 2015 – he started a new firm, focused on mutually committed search and contract staffing - Global Performance Search. After growing it to 7 offices in 5 different countries, focusing on Warehouse Automation and Renewable Energies, Jon merged GPS with SearchPath Global in 2020 and is currently their President and Managing Director of the fastest growing Franchise System in the world today. Today SearchPath Global has 45 offices in 8 different countries – growing at over 100% per year. In 2008 Jon founded the industries lead performance analytics tool - Revenue Performance Management. The RPM Dashboard is an Analytics and Developmental tool that focuses on taking staffing and recruiting professionals on a path to achieving their Performance Potential. Period. Currently the RPM Dashboard is used by over 500 companies worldwide to help them achieve. www.rpm-usa.com. Jon has personally coached over 500 business owners and executive leaders to help them achieve their personal and business vision. Jon can be reached at 513-515-1267 or jbartos@searchpath.com. Visit https://www.searchpath.com

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Starfishpartners & Dimensional Search

Published: Feb 20, 2026 4:32 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 156
Category: Expert Advice, Recruiting  |  Tags:

EMinfo asks Jon Bartos: Tell us a little about what you do for Next Level (NLE) and Starfish Partners? Jon: Currently I am the CEO of Dimensional Search, Chief Investment Advisor for Starfish Partners...

Beyond 360: The Adaptive Recruiter: Navigating the Future of Recruitin

Published: Nov 5, 2025 5:22 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 223
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity, Recruiting  |  Tags:

The world of recruiting is undergoing a seismic shift. In an increasingly candidate-driven market, the days of one-size-fits-all communication are long gone. To thrive, recruiters must evolve into Ada...

Easy Steps to STOP Turn Downs and Fall Offs Now!

Published: Sep 24, 2021 2:43 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 1640
Category: Expert Advice, Recruiting  |  Tags: Candidates, Placement, Clients, Hiring, Jobs

They are the enemies of every recruiter: turndowns and falloffs. And theyre on the rise everywhere. I hear about them frequently from other recruiters and agency owners: I had three offers not accepte...

Are you Ready for Success in 2021? 

Published: Nov 12, 2020 7:58 AM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 3078
Category: Expert Advice, Motivational  |  Tags: Business Development, Candidates, Recruiting, Marketing, Staffing, Clients

Goal Setting and Aligning Your Personal and Business Life for Maximum Effectiveness (and Happiness)! By Jon Bartos 2020 is just about over and it could not come too soon. As we all have experienced, ...

Tips to Ensure your Recruiting Success in 2020 & your best year yet!

Published: Jan 28, 2020 7:25 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 1866
Category: Expert Advice, Recruiting  |  Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Marketing, LinkedIn, Clients, Hiring, Sales

Many would agree that recruiting is not the same as it used to be. Sure, we still must get a hold of clients and candidates and put deals together to make placements, but technology, communication me...

Making 2020 your Quantum Leap Year

Published: Jan 2, 2020 7:17 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 1632
Category: Expert Advice, Motivational, Recruiting  |  Tags: Social Media, Candidates, Recruiting, Marketing, LinkedIn, Clients, Hiring, Jobs

2020 looks to be a challenging year for the recruiting industry. We have record employment in every sector meaning few people searching for new jobs, more jobs available than people looking and now -...

Why 58% of your Recruiters are Underperforming And how to change that today!

Published: Oct 26, 2019 6:59 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 1756
Category: Columns, Expert Advice, Recruiting  |  Tags: Recruiting, Job Orders, Marketing, Staffing, Search, Hiring, Sales

If over 50% of your recruiting team is missing their numbers, youre not alone. According to Salesforce. coms 3rd edition of the State of Sales Report, 58% of sales and recruiting professionals will m...

Money-Recruiting (Part 2 of 3) The Components & Principles of Recruiting

Published: Oct 10, 2019 6:54 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 2187
Category: Columns, Expert Advice, Productivity, Recruiting  |  Tags: Social Media, Recruiting, Leadership, Placement, Marketing

A Simple Guide on how to make it rain cash by Using Metrics Activities, Results, Ratios, and the Quantum Leap Theorems PRE-SEASON CONDITIONING: When a newbie comes to play in the recruiting arena, a ...

Money-Recruiting

Published: Aug 31, 2019 6:39 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 2234
Category: Expert Advice, Recruiting  |  Tags: Recruiting

(Part 2 of 3) The Components & Principles of Recruiting A Simple Guide on how to make it rain cash by Using Metrics in your Recruiting. There are a few things that directly contribute to success in ...

Getting to at least “Exclusivity” on every Search

Published: Jul 30, 2019 4:41 PM
By Jon Bartos  |  Viewed: 1702
Category: Expert Advice, Homepage Showcase, Recruiting  |  Tags: Contingency, Candidates, Recruiting, Placement, Search, Hiring

As many of you already realize, the better-quality search you work on the more money you will make. The facts are ugly in the Perm Placement recruiting business if you are not working on high quality...

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