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Client Success Stories and Recognitions
Our clients’ success is our success. Hear from some of the companies and individuals we’ve helped thrive. We are also proud to be recognized for our dedication and excellence, including being named the ‘Zenger Folkman Asia Pacific Top Partner of the Year 2021.
Sharon Dayoan
Chairperson KPMG
John Clements Consultants has been a valuable partner for our talent management strategy. As a people-first organization, it is important that we hire the right people with the right skillsets and attitude. Their executive search team understands this, endorsing candidates to help us grow our audit, tax, and advisory teams. I also appreciate their hands-on approach of having regular weekly meetings to ensure alignment and follow-through.
Guillermo Luchangco
Chairman and CEO, ICCP Group
I am pleased to give this testimonial covering the ICCP Group’s experience with John Clements. We have been using them extensively to assist us in executive recruitment and in recruiting for staff-level positions. We have always found them to be professional in their conduct of our engagements, as well to have a wide network of contacts from which to recruit. What is more, they are able to devote experienced and capable professionals to our requirements. John Clements also has a number of other activities which are of interest to us, such as their seminars and conferences, which often include global personalities and institutions.
Kees Bruinsma
CYS Group CEO
CYS Group is the world largest supplier of custom-made orthopedic shoes. We have our headquarters in Europe (The Netherlands) and had to recruit a new General Manager for our factory in the Philippines. Due to the travel restrictions we were not able to travel to the Philippines, so it was quite a challenge. After a careful selection we selected John Clements Consultants to assist us in the recruitment. We choose them for being one of the biggest recruitment firms based in the Philippines and also extensive experience (and database) regarding Industry. The take-in was very professional and pleasant. After refining the profile we were able to zoom in on a handful of candidates and were able to select and hire a new General Manager! During the process John Clements kept us informed regarding the progression. We are very satisfied with both the process and the end result as delivered by John Clements.
Morris Agudo
CEO MV Softech
John Clements is a reliable partner in bringing different opportunities to Mindoro through the collaborative relationship with the Oriental Mindoro ICT Council and a strong advocate for countryside development in the person of Mr. Dennis Pabelico within JC.
We have chosen John Clements as our partner in countryside development for their unwavering dedication and commitment in bringing forth better opportunities for people, including those in the provinces, through talent development and recruitment for higher employment opportunities. With these, we have built an exceptional working relationship with them in moving forward into different activities and actions towards building a better Philippines.
Emmanuel G. Herbosa
President and CEO
Development Bank of the Philippines
Development Bank of the Philippines
“Leaders who thrive in multi-layered systems and processes serve as part of an organization’s critical lines of defense. At some point, however, they may be challenged by organizational inertia that may influence them to take a less proactive approach amidst changes and the need for innovation.
John Clements Leadership Institute’s LEAD Reimagined program comes as a transformational program that empowers leaders to push their limits amidst organizational challenges. The program is epochal, representing an exceptional generation-defining program for leaders and high-potential members of organizations that are willing to listen and innovate.
A truly worthwhile investment in human talent, LEAD Reimagined echoes a clear and timely call for organizations not to leave the development of a strong and future-ready leadership to chance. As an opportunity for diligent and thorough learning, it engages leaders and executives in a productive and insightful exchange of ideas, to take stock of good and breakthrough practices and approaches, like digging for gold.”
John Clements Leadership Institute’s LEAD Reimagined program comes as a transformational program that empowers leaders to push their limits amidst organizational challenges. The program is epochal, representing an exceptional generation-defining program for leaders and high-potential members of organizations that are willing to listen and innovate.
A truly worthwhile investment in human talent, LEAD Reimagined echoes a clear and timely call for organizations not to leave the development of a strong and future-ready leadership to chance. As an opportunity for diligent and thorough learning, it engages leaders and executives in a productive and insightful exchange of ideas, to take stock of good and breakthrough practices and approaches, like digging for gold.”
Leigh James Dahl
General Manager, II-VI Philippines
John Clements is a highly professional and diligent recruitment organization that understands their client’s requirements. Their agents are always fully engaged and in constant communication. They do more than just find candidates and offer a broad range of support services to our business. Their extensive and very capable team has a willingness to actively seek out unique people with the skills to fill our most difficult technical roles to support our high technology manufacturing operations in the Philippines by matching the needs of both the prospective new employees and our organization.
Michael Howard
Founder and Managing Director
of Frontier Software
of Frontier Software
The benefit Frontier Software had from working with John Clements was that we didn’t have to do the work. They found the applicants, and we were very pleased with the results.
Makoto Yamagishi
President of JFE
Techno Manila, Inc.
Techno Manila, Inc.
With its very long experience in the industry, John Clements is well known to jobseekers, particularly those looking for career growth.
Munnish Banbah
I have had the pleasure of working with staffing resources team of John Clements when I was heading Operations team for a leading financial institutions. What started as 10 FTE ‘ Project’ for 6 months ended up as sharing of more then 50 % of Operational outsourced work simply because of the ease & simplicity of the project . I was able to upskill my FTE to take on complex job while other tasks were ‘ insourced’ – ‘ outsourced’ to John Clements team . It was a resounding success which lasted for years till completion of work . This was my second interaction with John Clements and in both the firms , the John Clements team delivered exceptionally , professionally and ahead of time . Their recruitment team is one of the best – dedicated and committed
Randy K. Rively
Head, Member Services Centre
Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Entrepreneurs’ Organization
I have worked with John Clements for over 20 years – using their Executive Search, Professional Staffers, and most recently StaffBuilders Asia. The John Clements leadership team and staff have been a trusted partner of mine in both my executive career and staffing solutions – both full-time employees and outsourced.
Ms. Elina Koskela
Director, Global Manpower Solution,
Barona
Barona
We started our recruitment activities in the Philippines in 2007 but from 2008 we’ve had the pleasure of co-operating EDI Staffbuilders Intl. Inc. The reason why we chose EDI Staffbuilders as our partner was their experience, professionalism and most importantly, their commitment to ethical recruitment as well as understanding of the European market. During our co-operation we’ve recruited nurses, cooks, accountants and IT consultants for different positions – and there will be many more to recruited.
We’ve developed our processes and ways of working together throughout the years in order to meet the growing needs of our customers in the Nordic Countries. The shortage of labour force is global and the competition thereof is getting more intense. In this situation it is crucial to have a partner who is able to attract professionals from different industries and deliver first-class service to both the jobseekers and us as the recruiter and employer.
We’ve developed our processes and ways of working together throughout the years in order to meet the growing needs of our customers in the Nordic Countries. The shortage of labour force is global and the competition thereof is getting more intense. In this situation it is crucial to have a partner who is able to attract professionals from different industries and deliver first-class service to both the jobseekers and us as the recruiter and employer.
Ferdie M. Mangali
Makati Development Corporation (MDC) Vice President / Corporate Resources and Services Group Head
John Clements has been a valuable partner of MDC for the past 7 years and have consistently provided quality service, delivering some of MDC Corporate’s outsourced services, especially in document management. Their dedication has allowed us to focus on the critical areas of our operations
Ramon Segismundo
Former SVP and Head of Human Resources,
Meralco, Founder and CEO, 1-HR.X
Meralco, Founder and CEO, 1-HR.X
“The concepts, frameworks and tools coupled with the action learning component provided opportunities for business value creation (revenue generation, margin improvement, cost reduction and intangible value upgrades) across Meralco”
Sylvia Duque
Vice President & Group HR Head, Alcantara
I have been a client of John Clements for most of my professional life in HR, starting in San Miguel Corporation and now with the Alcantara Group. It has been a long and productive relationship that has evolved into a strong bond of friendship with Carol, Grace and Mario. Working with John Clements is like having an internal recruitment arm in the organization. They have familiarized themselves with the needs of the organization, understood the culture and have kept in touch with the key players. Over the years JCCI has provided us manpower who have proven to be valuable assets in the organization.
More power to JCCI!
Christian Hallerbach
CEO, C&C Human Resource Development GmBh
The John Clements group through EDI Staffbuilders International, Inc. is our key partner when setting up an ethical recruitment program through the private sector. Their knowledge, the ethical approach and the professional way of cooperation helped our recruiting program for nurses to become the first mover in Germany. Our cooperation is highly appreciated and I can clearly recommend John Clements and EDI Staffbuilders as strong and loyal partners.
Mike Macapagal
P&C Director 2021, JTI Philippines
John Clements has always been a very professional and reliable partner for the services that they have done for me in the past. Be it in the area of consulting or RPO.
I’ve engaged them recently for an RPO project for a mass hiring that we were doing. From the get go, John Clements proved its professionalism by not simply jumping on the project just for the sake of it. They took time to understand what was really being asked and what support I truly needed. The prep work paid dividends when it came to the implementation. The recruitment proceeded smoothly and efficiently.
Raghu Narain
Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, Natixis - Hong Kong Branch Corporate & Investment Banking
John Clements Consultants did a great job in Unlock…for our talent and leadership group training. They created an environment of discussion while being inclusive with participants from several Asian countries. The leaders received practical tools to enable their leadership journey. Case study approach and interactions are highly effective in bringing real world examples to link to learning. All the instructors are knowledgeable and brought their own professional experiences for the benefit of the group. Top class delivery!
Jade Marie Lising
Director, Financial Data Operations (DPCDATA)
John Clements was tasked in helping us find qualified candidates for one of our Company’s most important projects, and they delivered. They did it all, from finding candidates, pre-screening them, setting up interviews and eventually helping us with HR-related matters as we went through the hiring process. Thanks to John Clements and the excellent employees they found for us, our project has successfully become a permanent department and an important part of DPC DATA (Philippines) Inc.
Rose Katalbas
Former Vice President for Human Resources of Sunpowers Corporation
John Clements is a legend in the industry. It’s not just a search firm; it’s a business enterprise that caters to the needs of every customer.
Eduardo Litonjua
Business Development & Recruitment, Vacuumlabs
It has been great working with John Clements and we are happy to have hired our first Filipino engineer remotely through them. We have worked with 5 other agencies in the Philippines and have very strict hiring standards for our engineers, but John Clements was able to properly identify and source this engineer. They have been instrumental in our South East Asian expansion process and we are looking forward to our continued cooperation with them in the future.
Jane Montilla
Former HR Director of Tupperware
I’ve been a client of John Clements for more than twenty years. I appreciate its wide and deep experience in the area of HR consulting, its network and its stability as a company; and to me, it has been a very reliable partner.
Mecyl Darilay
It was the year 2017 when John Clements came to Naga City for a job fair affiliated with CBPS where I was given such a wonderful opportunity that changed my life ever since that day when I was placed by John Clements to Citigroup. I was offered great starting pay with a relocation package from Naga City to Manila. I will never forget those 2 days, it was both tiring, but fulfilling being able to pass the interviews with such a friendly and very light team, especially the moment I was having that Job Offer with Dennis Pabelico who became one of my good, smart, and trusted people after I got hired. Everything was convenient during the hiring process even after I got hired, they were still checking on me and making sure everything was okay, even until now. Getting hired by John Clements’ team was one of my most unforgettable moments, the process, the people, and the experience. I hope someone will get to experience that too. 😊
Maribeth B. Ambon
HR/Admin Manager of JTB Asia Pacific Phil. Corp.
Recruitment is one of the hardest and more crucial part of being an HR, as this is where you will get employees to be part of the company’s workforce. And when you talk about partners in recruitment and sourcing, the first thing in my mind is John Clements.
Aside from dealing with good account managers who answer my queries on time, they have done their best and fulfilled my hiring requirements. You got to get choices and gives you options on how your hiring will be prioritized. It was a matter of giving their best efforts in giving you the best candidates.
This is how John Clements will work with you as a team and i always believe that “Teamwork is the ability to work together towards a common vision, the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”*
Really, hiring is a choice, but having one arm to help you ease your work, that would be John Clements. for me.
Isaiah de Vera
As an individual beginning my journey into a new industry, I had little to no knowledge of the opportunities available to me. From applying to online job boards to asking around for referrals, my main goal was to just get my foot in the door. However, John Clements allowed me to go a step further by helping me realize opportunities that I thought were unreachable. Now that I have seized the opportunity, I am eager to continue growing my career knowing that a strong foundation has been set.
Partner Testimonials
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Sharon Dayoan
Chairperson KPMG
John Clements Consultants has been a valuable partner for our talent management strategy. As a people-first organization, it is important that we hire the right people with the right skillsets and attitude. Their executive search team understands this, endorsing candidates to help us grow our audit, tax, and advisory teams. I also appreciate their hands-on approach of having regular weekly meetings to ensure alignment and follow-through.
Guillermo Luchangco
Chairman and CEO, ICCP Group
I am pleased to give this testimonial covering the ICCP Group’s experience with John Clements. We have been using them extensively to assist us in executive recruitment and in recruiting for staff-level positions. We have always found them to be professional in their conduct of our engagements, as well to have a wide network of contacts from which to recruit. What is more, they are able to devote experienced and capable professionals to our requirements. John Clements also has a number of other activities which are of interest to us, such as their seminars and conferences, which often include global personalities and institutions.
Kees Bruinsma
CYS Group CEO
CYS Group is the world largest supplier of custom-made orthopedic shoes. We have our headquarters in Europe (The Netherlands) and had to recruit a new General Manager for our factory in the Philippines. Due to the travel restrictions we were not able to travel to the Philippines, so it was quite a challenge. After a careful selection we selected John Clements Consultants to assist us in the recruitment. We choose them for being one of the biggest recruitment firms based in the Philippines and also extensive experience (and database) regarding Industry. The take-in was very professional and pleasant. After refining the profile we were able to zoom in on a handful of candidates and were able to select and hire a new General Manager! During the process John Clements kept us informed regarding the progression. We are very satisfied with both the process and the end result as delivered by John Clements.
Morris Agudo
CEO MV Softech
John Clements is a reliable partner in bringing different opportunities to Mindoro through the collaborative relationship with the Oriental Mindoro ICT Council and a strong advocate for countryside development in the person of Mr. Dennis Pabelico within JC.
We have chosen John Clements as our partner in countryside development for their unwavering dedication and commitment in bringing forth better opportunities for people, including those in the provinces, through talent development and recruitment for higher employment opportunities. With these, we have built an exceptional working relationship with them in moving forward into different activities and actions towards building a better Philippines.
Emmanuel G. Herbosa
President and CEO
Development Bank of the Philippines
Development Bank of the Philippines
“Leaders who thrive in multi-layered systems and processes serve as part of an organization’s critical lines of defense. At some point, however, they may be challenged by organizational inertia that may influence them to take a less proactive approach amidst changes and the need for innovation.
John Clements Leadership Institute’s LEAD Reimagined program comes as a transformational program that empowers leaders to push their limits amidst organizational challenges. The program is epochal, representing an exceptional generation-defining program for leaders and high-potential members of organizations that are willing to listen and innovate.
A truly worthwhile investment in human talent, LEAD Reimagined echoes a clear and timely call for organizations not to leave the development of a strong and future-ready leadership to chance. As an opportunity for diligent and thorough learning, it engages leaders and executives in a productive and insightful exchange of ideas, to take stock of good and breakthrough practices and approaches, like digging for gold.”
John Clements Leadership Institute’s LEAD Reimagined program comes as a transformational program that empowers leaders to push their limits amidst organizational challenges. The program is epochal, representing an exceptional generation-defining program for leaders and high-potential members of organizations that are willing to listen and innovate.
A truly worthwhile investment in human talent, LEAD Reimagined echoes a clear and timely call for organizations not to leave the development of a strong and future-ready leadership to chance. As an opportunity for diligent and thorough learning, it engages leaders and executives in a productive and insightful exchange of ideas, to take stock of good and breakthrough practices and approaches, like digging for gold.”
Leigh James Dahl
General Manager, II-VI Philippines
John Clements is a highly professional and diligent recruitment organization that understands their client’s requirements. Their agents are always fully engaged and in constant communication. They do more than just find candidates and offer a broad range of support services to our business. Their extensive and very capable team has a willingness to actively seek out unique people with the skills to fill our most difficult technical roles to support our high technology manufacturing operations in the Philippines by matching the needs of both the prospective new employees and our organization.
Michael Howard
Founder and Managing Director
of Frontier Software
of Frontier Software
The benefit Frontier Software had from working with John Clements was that we didn’t have to do the work. They found the applicants, and we were very pleased with the results.
Makoto Yamagishi
President of JFE
Techno Manila, Inc.
Techno Manila, Inc.
With its very long experience in the industry, John Clements is well known to jobseekers, particularly those looking for career growth.
Munnish Banbah
I have had the pleasure of working with staffing resources team of John Clements when I was heading Operations team for a leading financial institutions. What started as 10 FTE ‘ Project’ for 6 months ended up as sharing of more then 50 % of Operational outsourced work simply because of the ease & simplicity of the project . I was able to upskill my FTE to take on complex job while other tasks were ‘ insourced’ – ‘ outsourced’ to John Clements team . It was a resounding success which lasted for years till completion of work . This was my second interaction with John Clements and in both the firms , the John Clements team delivered exceptionally , professionally and ahead of time . Their recruitment team is one of the best – dedicated and committed
Randy K. Rively
Head, Member Services Centre
Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Entrepreneurs’ Organization
I have worked with John Clements for over 20 years – using their Executive Search, Professional Staffers, and most recently StaffBuilders Asia. The John Clements leadership team and staff have been a trusted partner of mine in both my executive career and staffing solutions – both full-time employees and outsourced.
Ms. Elina Koskela
Director, Global Manpower Solution,
Barona
Barona
We started our recruitment activities in the Philippines in 2007 but from 2008 we’ve had the pleasure of co-operating EDI Staffbuilders Intl. Inc. The reason why we chose EDI Staffbuilders as our partner was their experience, professionalism and most importantly, their commitment to ethical recruitment as well as understanding of the European market. During our co-operation we’ve recruited nurses, cooks, accountants and IT consultants for different positions – and there will be many more to recruited.
We’ve developed our processes and ways of working together throughout the years in order to meet the growing needs of our customers in the Nordic Countries. The shortage of labour force is global and the competition thereof is getting more intense. In this situation it is crucial to have a partner who is able to attract professionals from different industries and deliver first-class service to both the jobseekers and us as the recruiter and employer.
We’ve developed our processes and ways of working together throughout the years in order to meet the growing needs of our customers in the Nordic Countries. The shortage of labour force is global and the competition thereof is getting more intense. In this situation it is crucial to have a partner who is able to attract professionals from different industries and deliver first-class service to both the jobseekers and us as the recruiter and employer.
Ferdie M. Mangali
Makati Development Corporation (MDC) Vice President / Corporate Resources and Services Group Head
John Clements has been a valuable partner of MDC for the past 7 years and have consistently provided quality service, delivering some of MDC Corporate’s outsourced services, especially in document management. Their dedication has allowed us to focus on the critical areas of our operations
Ramon Segismundo
Former SVP and Head of Human Resources,
Meralco, Founder and CEO, 1-HR.X
Meralco, Founder and CEO, 1-HR.X
“The concepts, frameworks and tools coupled with the action learning component provided opportunities for business value creation (revenue generation, margin improvement, cost reduction and intangible value upgrades) across Meralco”
Sylvia Duque
Vice President & Group HR Head, Alcantara
I have been a client of John Clements for most of my professional life in HR, starting in San Miguel Corporation and now with the Alcantara Group. It has been a long and productive relationship that has evolved into a strong bond of friendship with Carol, Grace and Mario. Working with John Clements is like having an internal recruitment arm in the organization. They have familiarized themselves with the needs of the organization, understood the culture and have kept in touch with the key players. Over the years JCCI has provided us manpower who have proven to be valuable assets in the organization.
More power to JCCI!
Christian Hallerbach
CEO, C&C Human Resource Development GmBh
The John Clements group through EDI Staffbuilders International, Inc. is our key partner when setting up an ethical recruitment program through the private sector. Their knowledge, the ethical approach and the professional way of cooperation helped our recruiting program for nurses to become the first mover in Germany. Our cooperation is highly appreciated and I can clearly recommend John Clements and EDI Staffbuilders as strong and loyal partners.
Mike Macapagal
P&C Director 2021, JTI Philippines
John Clements has always been a very professional and reliable partner for the services that they have done for me in the past. Be it in the area of consulting or RPO.
I’ve engaged them recently for an RPO project for a mass hiring that we were doing. From the get go, John Clements proved its professionalism by not simply jumping on the project just for the sake of it. They took time to understand what was really being asked and what support I truly needed. The prep work paid dividends when it came to the implementation. The recruitment proceeded smoothly and efficiently.
Raghu Narain
Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, Natixis - Hong Kong Branch Corporate & Investment Banking
John Clements Consultants did a great job in Unlock…for our talent and leadership group training. They created an environment of discussion while being inclusive with participants from several Asian countries. The leaders received practical tools to enable their leadership journey. Case study approach and interactions are highly effective in bringing real world examples to link to learning. All the instructors are knowledgeable and brought their own professional experiences for the benefit of the group. Top class delivery!
Jade Marie Lising
Director, Financial Data Operations (DPCDATA)
John Clements was tasked in helping us find qualified candidates for one of our Company’s most important projects, and they delivered. They did it all, from finding candidates, pre-screening them, setting up interviews and eventually helping us with HR-related matters as we went through the hiring process. Thanks to John Clements and the excellent employees they found for us, our project has successfully become a permanent department and an important part of DPC DATA (Philippines) Inc.
Rose Katalbas
Former Vice President for Human Resources of Sunpowers Corporation
John Clements is a legend in the industry. It’s not just a search firm; it’s a business enterprise that caters to the needs of every customer.
Eduardo Litonjua
Business Development & Recruitment, Vacuumlabs
It has been great working with John Clements and we are happy to have hired our first Filipino engineer remotely through them. We have worked with 5 other agencies in the Philippines and have very strict hiring standards for our engineers, but John Clements was able to properly identify and source this engineer. They have been instrumental in our South East Asian expansion process and we are looking forward to our continued cooperation with them in the future.
Jane Montilla
Former HR Director of Tupperware
I’ve been a client of John Clements for more than twenty years. I appreciate its wide and deep experience in the area of HR consulting, its network and its stability as a company; and to me, it has been a very reliable partner.
Mecyl Darilay
It was the year 2017 when John Clements came to Naga City for a job fair affiliated with CBPS where I was given such a wonderful opportunity that changed my life ever since that day when I was placed by John Clements to Citigroup. I was offered great starting pay with a relocation package from Naga City to Manila. I will never forget those 2 days, it was both tiring, but fulfilling being able to pass the interviews with such a friendly and very light team, especially the moment I was having that Job Offer with Dennis Pabelico who became one of my good, smart, and trusted people after I got hired. Everything was convenient during the hiring process even after I got hired, they were still checking on me and making sure everything was okay, even until now. Getting hired by John Clements’ team was one of my most unforgettable moments, the process, the people, and the experience. I hope someone will get to experience that too. 😊
Maribeth B. Ambon
HR/Admin Manager of JTB Asia Pacific Phil. Corp.
Recruitment is one of the hardest and more crucial part of being an HR, as this is where you will get employees to be part of the company’s workforce. And when you talk about partners in recruitment and sourcing, the first thing in my mind is John Clements.
Aside from dealing with good account managers who answer my queries on time, they have done their best and fulfilled my hiring requirements. You got to get choices and gives you options on how your hiring will be prioritized. It was a matter of giving their best efforts in giving you the best candidates.
This is how John Clements will work with you as a team and i always believe that “Teamwork is the ability to work together towards a common vision, the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”*
Really, hiring is a choice, but having one arm to help you ease your work, that would be John Clements. for me.
Isaiah de Vera
As an individual beginning my journey into a new industry, I had little to no knowledge of the opportunities available to me. From applying to online job boards to asking around for referrals, my main goal was to just get my foot in the door. However, John Clements allowed me to go a step further by helping me realize opportunities that I thought were unreachable. Now that I have seized the opportunity, I am eager to continue growing my career knowing that a strong foundation has been set.