1. Tell us something about the origin, growth and success of ‘ Antal International network ’? When, where and how did it originate?

Antal started in 1994 as company owned operation in mid level to senior level executive recruitment. It entered franchising about 5 years ago. I am a major investor/shareholder/director and run the business as CEO.

Historically what is really interesting is Tony Godwin the founder, went into Eastern Europe, e.g. Russia, Poland, Hungary long before any other western recruitment firms.  Even today, due to this history, Antal has gone into and successfully penetrated mainly developing as well as developed economies and feels very comfortable and confident–frankly ,unlike many of our competitors both inside and outside of franchising in doing this as we have blazed this trail before.  This is why we are very optimistic and excited about expanding into India.

In Russia and Poland and now China, Antal has surged to the leadership position in recruitment and is arguably the fastest growing privately held recruitment business in the world today.  We intend to do the same thing in India, i.e. become the clear market leader .

2. When did you start franchising? From where did you get the inspiration to opt for franchising as a mode of expansion?

I have been in recruitment franchising for 26 years and for 19 of those years in the global market, in excess of 40 countries, always in executive and mid range recruitment.  I got my start studying at the feet of giants in the USA, Alan Schonberg and founder and CEO of the largest franchise in recruitment there, MRI (where I served as marketing director for my first 6 years in franchised recruitment) Bob Angell, arguably the most successful USA based franchise salesman in the history of this industry, with over 2000 sales in his career.

I have sold about 600, 375 in the USA and 225 globally.  With Bob retired and Alan effectively retired from active duty.  I’m the ‘old man’ of the global industry at 56, –but still have a lot of juice left!

Alan and Bob remain friends and Alan is still my number one lifetime mentor. They have irreplaceable experience and wisdom.
Tony Goodwin , the founder of Antal International, saw that franchising could be a great way to expand his highly successful group of wholly owned businesses and he and I got together to combine our thinking and expertise to drive the business forward via franchising….and this is clearly getting a positive result!

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Doug Bugie, CEO of Antal International Network has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the India Franchise Exhibition, which is one of the biggest franchising exhibitions in Asia, being held at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi from Thursday 26 – Friday 27 November 2009 and where an expected 25,000 people are expected to attend! www.franchiseindia.net

Antal International is a mid to senior level executive recruitment company with 66 offices in 28 countries. Antal International has been in Mumbai for the last 2 years and our first franchised office made over 250 placements during this time. We have now launched 12 offices in India in the past year! Doug says ‘the recruitment market in India is growing steadily and we are delighted that our recruitment brand will likely be a household name in the next 5 years’. Just click this link to see how we are being viewed by the media. 

Please feel welcome to visit us at the franchise exhibition in New Delhi, or alternatively contact us for more information on the group seminars we will be holding in both Mumbai and New Delhi from Monday 23 November until Wednesday 2 December 2009.

Please email: franchise@antal.com for more information.

We look forward to seeing you very soon in India!

The Global Snapshot from Antal International is gaining market reputation and the 4th one has also been scooped up by the Indian media. Some of the online coverage is documented below.

Meanwhile, elsewhere across the globe too the 4th Global Snapshot was well received, with Antal’s Chairman Tony Goodwin being on TV, Radio in China on several shows.

The UK, Italy, Poland, Spain and Germany have also well received this survey which infuses confidence into the minds of both employers and job seekers.

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