About Us

When Paul Siker launched Advanced Recruiting Trends in 2001, he had one principal objective in mind: To equip professional recruiters with proven techniques, methodologies, and best practices that would tangibly optimize their performance and create ongoing competitive advantage.

As CEO of Advanced Recruiting Trends, Paul possesses over twenty five years of comprehensive talent acquisition and recruiting expertise. 

His passion for teaching others is complemented by his commitment to continue cultivating “real world” recruiting experience within his executive search firm, The Artisan Group.  Prior to starting Advanced Recruiting Trends, Paul was an Officer, Partner, and Senior Consultant at The Guild Corporation, an undisputed leader in the Washington, D.C. recruitment and staffing marketplace.

Following the sale of The Guild Corporation to System One, Inc., (later acquired by TMP Worldwide – parent to Monster.com), Paul was tapped to help create a division-wide recruitment training platform grounded in recruitment and selling best practices.

These experiences, coupled with recurring client requests for specialized training in key areas of the recruitment sales process, became the primary catalysts in convincing him to start Advanced Recruiting Trends.  Today, Advanced Recruiting Trends designs, develops and produces best-in-class, content-rich, recruitment training programs that are focused on elevating all aspects of the recruitment life cycle, particularly as relates to proactive recruiting concepts and techniques.

A nationally recognized trainer and speaker, Paul has facilitated numerous programs before both domestic and international audiences on recruitment best practices, talent engagement, and recruitment process optimization. He has delivered presentations to The American Staffing Association (ASA), the National  Association of Personnel Services (NAPS), The New England  Association of Personnel Services (NEAPS), the Staffing  Alliance of Maryland Employers (Project SAME), the Capital  Area Staffing Association (CASA), the Georgia Association of  Personnel Services (GAPS), the Illinois Search & Staffing Association (ISSA), the Wisconsin Association of Staffing Services (WASS), as  well as various SHRM Chapters and trade associations.  Additionally, Paul regularly facilitates customized in-house recruitment workshops and advanced training programs for staffing, recruiting, and corporate entities striving to enhance and elevate the overall effectiveness of their recruitment initiatives.

Paul has educated countless professionals in both corporate and third-party recruitment environments on consultative and proactive recruitment practices that fundamentally work. The training sessions that he presents are highly energized, interactive, and insightful professional development programs that help recruiters at all levels achieve new efficiencies and heightened levels of performance.  

Representative clients include: Deloitte, Fluor Corporation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Florida Power & Light, AREVA, Howard University, ARAMARK, Advance Auto Parts, Battelle Laboratories, Factiva, Navy Federal Credit Union, Dollar General Stores, VA Healthcare, Virtua Health, BDO, Suncor Energy, J.S. Redpath Mining, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Alliance Data, Sovereign Santander Bank, Cox Communications, TripAdvisor, Schneider National, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Houston Methodist Hospital, The Ford Foundation, Mary Washington Healthcare, Axalta Coating Systems, Waste Management, Jackson Health System, and a broad array of executive search and specialty staffing firms. 

Paul has a B.A. in Political Science from Wittenberg University and holds the NAPS Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) designation. Additionally, he is the author of “Proactive Recruiting In A War For Talent Economy.”  Paul Siker’s complete bio can be found here.  If you are interested in coordinating a time to speak with Paul, please contact us. Or, feel free to connect via LinkedIn.