Mr. David Magy

biography

David Magy has a knack for matching people to jobs. He does it with insight into what makes an effective match between culture and skill. Over the past 20 years he has earned the reputation as “expert” in the field of retained search, corporate recruitment and workforce consulting. David is a leader in small search firm forums and is a nationally recognized speaker in corporate, university and professional settings. Favorite topics include retained search, staffing and ethics. He has worked extensively with human resource staffing system design from both the corporate and consulting perspectives. David’s wide professional network from diverse areas, provide an invaluable resource to our clients. David is known as a “connector” as described in Malcolm Gladwell’s well known book, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.

David’s professional background includes 12 years in the retained search field as a principal with Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates and seven years of workforce management consulting experience as Executive Vice President of Career Dynamics, Inc (now Right Management Consulting). In addition he has a decade of experience working within the human resource departments of three Minnesota corporations; Pillsbury, Honeywell and Farm Credit Services of Saint Paul.

David is a leader in the International Association for Corporate & Professional Recruitment (IACPR) www.iacpr.org and an active member of their Small Search Firm Forum (SSF), also serving on their planning and steering committee. He is a long-standing member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) www.shrm.org, the Twin Cities Human Resource Association (TCHRA) www.tchra.org , Human Resource Professionals of Minnesota (HRPM) www.hrpmn.org and the HR Executive Forum, www.hrexecutiveforum.org.

David holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Psychology, with concentrations in Organizational Psychology, Communications and Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. He has completed additional coursework in staffing, training, and career development.