IRC Adds Cleveland-Based Prout Group

June 28, 2011 – IRC Global Executive Search Partners (IRC) has added The Prout Group as its new member firm. The Cleveland-based recruiter, with offices also in New York, has special expertise in financial services, industrial and manufacturing, and professional services. Through an affiliation with Avery James, the Group also provides an engineering and technology specialty. Patrick M. Prout, president and CEO, said: “We attract an inclusive slate of candidates, and place a strong emphasis on assisting our clients in identifying women and people of color for senior level positions. In our completed placements, one third are white males, one third are women (including women of color), and one third are males of color; we are a certified Minority Business Enterprise.”