Michael J. Zwick, president of Assets International, LLC, is our latest "Hired!" profile. Assets International, based in Southfield, is a licensed private investigation agency that specializes in locating missing heirs and others who do not know that they are the...
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Michael J. Zwick, president of Assets International, LLC, is our latest "Hired!" profile. Assets International, based in Southfield, is a licensed private investigation agency that specializes in locating missing heirs and others who do not know that they are the beneficiaries of assets that we locate.
Q. What types of positions have you filled within last year?
A. We created and filled four new positions, an associate in-house attorney, a vice-president of business development and two research analysts. We also hired two new secretaries, one to replace an employee whom we terminated and another assume the role of someone whom we promoted within our company to office manager. We also hired a new research analyst to replace someone whom we terminated.
Q. What types of skills required of these positions?
A. The attorney position required both a legal background and some management experience. The business development position required great organization and people skills. The research analyst
positions required prior experience in database searches and genealogy research. The secretary positions required basic knowledge of Microsoft Office software and people skills.
Q. What's the top thing you look for in a new hire?
A. In most cases, more than practical experience, we look for people who can work well with others and who have dealt with similar people or situations as they will when working for us. For example, we
have two people whose work is almost exclusively obtaining information from government bodies and large corporations and other for-profit entities. One of those people came to us from being a legal secretary at Chrysler while the other worked an office job in the United States Air Force. We hired them for their current positions because they had proven their ability to succeed in the mazes of bureaucracy.
Q. What's one thing that HR managers look for in a new hire that job seekers should
focus on in interviews, resumes, etc.?
A. Most HR managers and hiring officers get hundreds if not thousands of resumes for each position they are filling. Since the skills and experience that the better applicants have may not be so distinguishable, we look for those who will get our attention without being over the line about it.