"To celebrate diversity is to appreciate and value individual differences. Although the term is often used to refer to differences based on ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin and sexual orientation, diversity encompasses an infinite range of individuals' unique characteristics and experiences, including communication styles, physical characteristics such as height and weight, and speed of learning and comprehension."
- Society for Human Resource Management

Cannellos- Smartt Associates Diversity Recruitment Initiatives

	More than 62% of over two hundred searches we have conducted in the last five years were filled with diversity candidates (women, African- American, Hispanic, Asian).
	We have placed diversity candidates at various levels in an organization including: Product Managers, Group Director, Manufacturing Supervisor, Vice President, General Manager, Corporate Controller, Director of Finance, VP/General Auditor and Tax Director.
	A representative list of clients for whom we have provided diversity recruitment services include: Aventis, Schering-Plough, Wyeth, Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Baxter, PSEG, Prudential, Lucent.
	Over the years, we have compiled an impressive network of reliable contacts and referral sources in diversity communities including African American, Hispanic, Asian and women’s organizations and networks.
	We have established strong personal relationships with Deans, faculty and alumni of historically-minority educational institutions such as Florida A & M University; from whom we gain valuable information on top graduates and successful alumni.
	Rudy Smartt, an African-American himself, has maintained a strong, professional network with the African-American and Hispanic communities for over 30 years, through contacts with peers, bosses, subordinates, friends and sources. He has made it a personal goal to provide qualified diversity candidates for each search we conduct.
	We regularly attend conferences, seminars and conventions including: the National Black MBA Association, the Hispanic MBA Association, and the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR) to enlarge our network of qualified candidates.
	We purposefully work harder at developing a diverse slate of qualified candidates for each search we conduct and have compiled a healthy database of diversity candidates.
	We design aggressive diversity and traditional recruitment programs tailored to meet the individual needs of our client-companies.
	We have over 50 years of combined hiring experience in numerous industries, with particular emphasis on Marketing, Sales, Business Development, R& D, General Management, and Finance.
	We strategically maintain a very small number of clients so that we may recruit the most qualified candidates from all sources.
	We seek to become close partners with our clients to truly understand their business, strategic goals, and critical recruitment and human capital needs.

Strategic partnership for diversity/inclusion training

As a value added service to appropriate clients we have entered into a strategic partnership with Smart Solutions Enterprise, L.L.C., a provider of consultation and training services to individuals and organizations with a specialization in training in the areas of diversity and inclusive workforces, project management, organizational and managerial skills effectiveness, life strategy manangment. The training offered by Smart Solutions, L.L.C. can be tailored to match each client's specific individual needs.