Always the innovator

Way back in 1970, we set out to redefine help-wanted advertising with a fresh, creative, “big picture” approach to solving recruitment problems. Our dream was to bring the industry into the bigger world of communications, providing greater employer image advertising, exciting employee referral programs, persuasive recruitment brochures, and dynamic newspaper display advertising.

Today, we're a world leader in integrated talent solutions. We continue to promote growth and change in our marketplace, adapting as a company to the times, while advancing the state of our art. We remain dedicated to the three elements upon which we built our agency: service, creativity and respect. And our track record as innovators, both through creativity and technology, continues to grow.

Over 30 Years of Milestones

1970 - Bernard Hodes Advertising is founded in New York City

1971 - We're the first agency to apply branding principles to help-wanted advertising

1974 - The first of what will become 28 branch offices in the U.S. is opened in Chicago

1978 - Time magazine scoops our latest innovation: the industry's first modern ERP program

1978 - We branch into the U.K. with the opening of our London office

1980 - The company is purchased by Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB)

1980 - The beginning of our Canadian operations--our Toronto office is born

1982 - We publish the first Hodes Recruitment Directory

1984 - RES (Recruitment Enhancement Services) is started in Houston

1986 - DDB merges with Needham Harper and BBDO to form Omnicom Group Inc., our present parent company

1990 - We're the first agency to establish a Diversity division to assist clients with minority hiring programs

1992 - We expand into the Pacific Rim with offices in Southeast Asia

1994 - We predict a major industry trend by launching CareerMosaic, the web's first employment site

1995 - We establish our Health Care division, managed by top health care and HR specialists

1999 - Hodes Research Online begins, offering web-based primary research for the HR industry

2000 - To reflect our position as a fully integrated talent solutions provider, we change our name to Bernard Hodes Group

2001 - Hodes iQ, our award-winning applicant tracking system, is introduced

2002 - Alan V. Schwartz is named President and CEO

2003 - Hodes expands and updates its 24/7 client management extranet with HodesExchange

2004 - Health Care Division publishes metrics research

2005 - Hodes Global Branding Research published

2006 - Hodes releases SmartPost, the award-winning job posting and sourcing intelligence system

2007 - Quicksand is published, becoming a catalyst for recruitment change

2007 - Hodes adds RRx, health care outsourcing solution

2007 - Hodes QTrac launches, allowing the employer brand to be measured in ways never thought possible

2008 - Hodes adds Beijing, China office, its second in China

2008 - Hodes launches HodesiQ 5.0 featuring a new Open Integration platform enabling key technology relationships with premier partners