Mike Carr is the president of Carr Recruiting Solutions.
Q: What problem does your business solve?
A: We successfully recruit candidates that our clients have been unable to find on their own.
Q: Why does your product or service stand out?
A: We don’t try to do everything — our staff members each focus on one or two professions or industries.
Q: Why did you choose to locate your business in B’ville?
A: We moved our business from Syracuse to Baldwinsville as we and most of our staff live here.
Q: What is your favorite part about the B’ville community?
A: That no matter where you go in town you are very likely to run into some friendly faces you know — B’ville has a great small-town feel while having the resources of a larger community.
Q: What is the most important lesson you’ve learned in the last year?
A: I have learned that while you can’t take your company’s top performers for granted, if you aren’t always pushing those that are producing less to improve, your business won’t thrive.
Q: What do you see for your business in the next five years?
A: Continuing to grow beyond the greater Syracuse area to include our expansion into Delaware.
Q: What has been your most satisfying moment in operating your business?
A: Having made it to our 15th anniversary, while changing our business model nearly completely from where we started.
Q: If you were to tell one person “thank you” for helping you become the person you are today, who would it be and what did they do?
A: I would thank my former boss Larry O’Brien. He went out of his way to help me when I was in my mid-twenties and gave me every opportunity to jump into upper management at a young age. Many of the principles I try to apply in my business are taken from him.
Bee Local is a monthly feature highlighting local businesses, all of which are members of the Greater Baldwinsville Chamber of Commerce. Subjects are chosen and interviewed by the chamber.
