
Mark Baird — In Pursuit of Excellence 760-730-3734/ mark@hirepatriots.com
Executive, Manager, Recruiter, Marketer, Sales
(2004 – Present)
I am competitive, motivated by achievement, and driven to excel! I am successful at creating teams of employees and volunteers to be passionate about achieving their best too.
Core Accomplishments
- Created HirePatriots.com — ranked in top 1% of all US and global websites
- Helped employ thousands of active duty and transitioned US veterans
- Hosted a dozen job fairs
- Helped hundreds of businesses to recruit qualified personnel
- Received ‘Congressional Medal of Merit’ from President G.W. Bush
- Received ‘National Service Medal’ from President Obama
- Made ‘Honorary Chairman’ of CA Economic Council
- Received the ‘Visionary Award’ for Creating Economic Development in San Diego
- Featured in PEOPLE magazine as “Hero Among Us”
- Received ABC TV ‘Leadership Award’
- Multiple appearances on national News TV stations, radio and Press
- Multiple public speaking engagements
- Author of An American Crisis: Veterans’ Unemployment – Top Ten best seller in several Amazon categories, available in Barnes & Noble and other bookstores.
- Created nationwide network of mentors and volunteers in 33 states
- Created and managed multiple nationwide Sales teams
- Author of popular ‘Founders Blog’ – over 150,000 readers
- Writer for Military Press newspaper
- Host of ‘Friends of Veterans’ – Blog Talk Radio
- Possess huge database of veterans and businesses
Education
- Bachelor of Arts: Vanguard University 1980
- Master’s Graduate Studies: University of California (Teaching credential), Pepperdine University (Marriage &Family counseling), National University (Education)
LinkedIn Profile: http://linkd.in/1aUU25c
Mark Baird/ mark@hirepatriots.com/ 760-730-3734