Name

Chuck Taylor

Location

Mountain View, CA

Company

Affinity Circles

Which best describes your profession?

Executive, Vendor/Consultant

How many years have you been in the business?

2 - 4 years

Which industries do you work in now?

All Industries

Which conferences do you plan to attend in the next year?

ERE, Kennedy, Onrec, Recruiting Roadshow, SHRM, SourceCon

What kind of networking are you open to?

Open networking, Referrals between friends, Very targeted/niche

How do you introduce yourself to people you meet in business?

Taylor is responsible for all marketing and business development activities at Affinity Circles, including setting market strategy, overseeing strategic partnerships, and running brand, field, product and channel marketing efforts. He recently authored a white paper about recruiting through social media, entitled Winning the War for Talent, which is available at the company's website. Taylor has experience developing innovative consumer and enterprise web services and has been frequently quoted in articles about recruiting in a web 2.0 world. Prior to joining Affinity Circles, he was director of product marketing for Yahoo!, where he had product P&L responsibility for HotJobs, a $100+ million Yahoo! property serving the online recruitment advertising market. He also worked as a product manager for Progressive Insurance, where he ran a national marine insurance business with over $7 billion in assets insured. As a consultant for Bain & Company, he advised Fortune 100 business leaders on a host of strategic issues, and as an operations manager for Procter & Gamble, he boosted manufacturing capacity and return on capital assets within the company's consumer paper products division. Taylor earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University, and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He resides in the San Francisco bay area.

Name someone you most admire

Dave Mendoza

Which blogs would you recommend people read?

www.sixdegreesfromdave.com

What recruiting tools can you not live without?

inCircle Recruiting!

What do you like best about RecruitingBlogs.com...

The fresh content and insightful interviews!

Website

http://www.affinitycircles.com

Online profile/Homepage

http://www.linkedin.com/chucktaylorlion