by Jeff Herzog, President - FPC National Last week we hosted FPC’s annual conference in Charlotte, NC. It was entitled “It’s All About the People” and it was the first time we invited recruiters and not just franchise owners. It was such a pleasure to look out at the audience and think about the…

You’re intelligent. You’ve got experience under your belt. Most important of all, you’re hungry to succeed. You just need to figure out what that one killer idea is that you should pour your entrepreneurial heart into The trouble is that that one killer idea just never seems to materialize. Just…

Few people go through their lives without wondering whether they could launch a successful business of their own. Many dismiss it as a pipe dream; others look into the statistics about business failure rates and decide the risk is too high. Then there are all those who actually bite the bullet and…

It’s a frustration for so many successful executives. You’ve gained decades of experience and are a respected expert in your field. But now you have entrepreneurial ambitions that you’re eager to fulfill. The trouble is, if you’ve been working in an established corporate environment, the chances of…

James Caan CBE, British business icon, executive-search-industry thought leader, and global philanthropist, has joined forces with FPC Worldwide, one of the leading recruiting firms and franchise companies in the United States. James’s strategic alliance with FPC will help expand their footprint in…

If You’re Thinking of Self-Employment, Why Choose a Franchise Business Rather Than Launch a Startup?  By Doug Bugie, Global Head of Franchising  Lots of people aspire to becoming their own boss one day. All too often, though, things like the fear of failure, anxiety about gaps in knowledge or…

By Doug Bugie, Global Head of Franchising Recently, Jeff Herzog, FPC President, penned McKinsey and LinkedIn Stress Talent Attraction As Key Differentiator “Both McKinsey and LinkedIn have stressed that Talent Attraction will be a key business differentiator. The repercussions for the strategic…

By Doug Bugie, Global Head of Franchising The ‘War for Talent’ written, by McKinsey in 1998, represented a tectonic shift in thinking regarding the challenges facing companies to find and keep top talent. This War goes on, more intensified than ever, due to low global birth rates, the aging of…

Questions and Answers with FPC Worldwide Franchising   What sets F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants (FPC) apart from other recruiting franchises? FPC is a strong, close-knit network of professionals who specialize in niche industry categories to help fill their clients’ critical talent needs. FPC…

In case you missed it, something pretty sensational happened during Spring 2018. The Labor Department announced that, for the first time since such records began being collected, the number of job openings exceeded the number of job seekers. Put another way, if every single unemployed person were…