"I've worked with many recruiters over the years and George has always demonstrated professionalism, courtesy and thoroughness when presenting me with candidates. Through George, I have hired 15 professionals, at levels ranging from Account Coordinator to Senior Account Director... I would not hesitate to recommend George for recruitment services here in the bay area. His market knowledge, network of contacts and awareness of the proper venues for identifying candidates is unmatched by others in his industry."
George Matthews has been a recruiter in San Francisco since 1987. His focus is in helping companies find their top strategic communicators for a variety of professional service companies. One particular strength of his is in helping Public Relations agencies find all level of personnel, from Assistant Account Executives to Directors and Vice Presidents. He has successfully placed senior level administrative staff as well as entire account teams for agencies who seek staff with specific industry experience such as software technology, nanotechnology, finance, biotech or healthcare. His clients have included:
- The Zeno Group
- Red Consulting
- Cohn and Wolfe
- Morgan Lewis
- Oracle
- Deans and Homer
- SUN Microsystems
- Eastwick Communications
- Wells Fargo Private Client Services
- Netcentives
- The Horn Group
- Lois Paul and Partners
- Golin Harris
- Text 100
- Schwartz Communications
- Townsend and Townsend
- Big Band Networks
- Edelman PR
- The Antenna Group
- Engage PR
- Ruder Finn Switzer
- Ogilvy Public Relations
- Midway Games
- Manning, Selvage and Lee
- Shift Communications
- Access Communications
- Grant Butler Coomber
- Blanc and Otus, a Hill and Knowlton Company
Mr. Matthews is a former Membership Director for the San Francisco Chapter of PRSA, a member of The San Francisco Publicity Club, PR Roundtable and San Francisco Business Wire.
A native San Franciscan, Mr. Matthews has worked for Little, Brown Publishing House in Boston, was Director of Job Placement for the Academy of Arts College in San Francisco and has taught creative writing at both Boston University and the Iowa Writers Workshop where he received an MFA in fiction writing in 1984.
The Horn Group, Inc. (HGI) has worked with George Matthews, Recruiter, for close to four years now. Out of the handful of outside recruiting services and firms we utilize, George provides us with top quality service and regular access to qualified high tech public relations candidates. Over the past several years, we've hired approximately 10-15 candidates through George who proved to be among the best employees HGI has had the pleasure in working with."
"I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with George Matthews for over five years. He has successfully placed several candidates at Blanc & Otus and we expect our relationship to continue in the future.
Having worked with many recruiters over the years, I've had an opportunity to observe the qualities that separate the good ones from the really good ones... and George is a really good one! He is smart, ethical and has that intuitive sense so critical to being an effective recruiter. In addition, George works diligently at managing the wishes of his candidates, while understanding the needs of our company. I trust his judgment and respect his abilities.
"Successful recruiting is a challenging process so it's been very helpful to have a quality recruiter like George on our team."
Barbara Melchin
Vice President, Human Resources