Tributes paid to ‘godfather’ Bruce Dorskind
12 August 2013
Tributes are being paid to Bruce Dorskind, president of the Dorskind Group and a driving force behind the growth of leading job site Monster Worldwide, who has died aged 62 after long illness.
Mon, 12 Aug 2013Tributes are being paid to Bruce Dorskind, president of the Dorskind Group and a driving force behind the growth of leading job site Monster Worldwide, who has died aged 62 after long illness.
In the mid-1990s he played a key role in the purchase of the Monster Board by recruitment advertising firm TMP Worldwide, where he was a senior vice president.
The merged company later evolved with Monster and TMP operating as sister divisions from 2003, before splitting in 2006.
As president of Dorskind Group since 1993, he completed assignments for ad giants Omnicom and WPP, as well as media firms Dow Jones and News Corporation.
“For those of us who have recruitment advertising as part of our DNA, we understand that Bruce is the godfather,” says Cathy Shaker Breit of Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications, on a memorial website.
Harold Levy, then a colleague at TMP, says Dorskind brought thousands of people together: “His memory was astounding. Whether he was quoting an article he had read two years earlier or asking about an account executive who had caught his eye. Bruce never forgot a face or a name, or your spouse’s name, or where your son went to school.”
Dorskind, educated at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, was also a noted collector of baseball collectibles. His collection of baseball cards was one of the most valuable in the world.
In the mid-1990s he played a key role in the purchase of the Monster Board by recruitment advertising firm TMP Worldwide, where he was a senior vice president.
The merged company later evolved with Monster and TMP operating as sister divisions from 2003, before splitting in 2006.
As president of Dorskind Group since 1993, he completed assignments for ad giants Omnicom and WPP, as well as media firms Dow Jones and News Corporation.
“For those of us who have recruitment advertising as part of our DNA, we understand that Bruce is the godfather,” says Cathy Shaker Breit of Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications, on a memorial website.
Harold Levy, then a colleague at TMP, says Dorskind brought thousands of people together: “His memory was astounding. Whether he was quoting an article he had read two years earlier or asking about an account executive who had caught his eye. Bruce never forgot a face or a name, or your spouse’s name, or where your son went to school.”
Dorskind, educated at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, was also a noted collector of baseball collectibles. His collection of baseball cards was one of the most valuable in the world.
