Austin Group Resources, L.P.

Paul Austin, CPC
Owner
Austin Group Resources, L.P.

A veteran of the U. S. Army, Paul obtained his B.B.A. in Marketing from The University of Texas. He has been in the recruiting industry for over 25 years, co-founded The Austin Group, Inc. in 1977 and The Qualitec® Family of Independent Companies in 1992.

Paul has trained hundreds of recruiters in the art of executive search and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and President of The Qualitec® Family of Independent Companies, comprised of 16 different search corporations including The Austin Group, Inc. In this position, he supervises 60+ recruiters and is responsible for all training activities.

Paul is committed to continuing education and to being a student of the recruiting industry. As such, he received the Certified Personnel Consultant designation after mastering a body of knowledge and successfully passing rigorous testing of his knowledge of the industry. Additionally, all employees who become eligible are encouraged to pursue their CPC.

The Qualitec® Family of Companies has been a proud winner of The Houston 100, “The Top 100 Private Companies Having The Greatest Economic Impact on Houston”, for 4 consecutive years equaling only a small number of other companies in this honor since the inception of the award. The firm has been in the top 10 permanent placements firms in Houston for the last 5 years, ranking 6th in 1999.

Paul currently serves on the Advisory Board for Joseph Michaels, Inc., a permanent search firm in San Francisco, and on the Business Development Advisory Board for Community Bank, a rapidly growing Houston area bank. Additionally, he is a contributing member of the Management Exchange Group, an informal study group of independent permanent placement organizations who meet twice a year for an open, confidential exchange of business philosophies and techniques covering all aspects of the permanent placement business including operations and overall business management.