Gino Scialdone, CEO
Gino began his career at American Recruiters in July of 1986 working as a mortgage banking recruiter. After working his way up into the sales management role, he continued to successfully work his own desk for nine consecutive years.
In 1990, Gino also played a key role in transforming American Recruiters into a national executive search & consulting firm on two new fronts. One was the establishment of what is presently our largest segment of executive search, our Healthcare Recruitment business segment. Second, together with his now retired partner, was American Recruiters’ entrée into specialized recruiting for the food and food service equipment & supply industries.
Under Gino’s leadership, he realized that the business was poised for a new type of growth. He embarked on an initiative to replicate the American Recruiters’ business model, along with its successes, through the establishment of our franchising model, and in 1999 American Recruiters opened its first franchised location in Schaumberg, Illinois.
Gino is originally from Herkimer, NY and is a University of Miami graduate, BBA, 1984. He married his wife Terri in 1993 and has two children. He is a very active member of his church. He was a University of Miami Cheerleader for their first National Championship, is a member of the University of Miami Alumni Association, Proud sponsor of the University of Miami Co-ed Cheerleaders, and also coaches in various children’s sports leagues for the City of Parkland, Florida. He is also a talented musician and plays the drums & guitar.
Patty Sakala
Director, Long Term Care & Assisted Living Recruitment
Patty is the Director of the Long Term Care Recruitment Division of American Recruiters. She has over 30 years of experience in health care marketing and sales and has been with the organization for the past 12 years.
Prior to joining American Recruiters, Patty spent 14 years as the Regional Director of Operations for one of the nation’s largest business-to-business service companies where she also worked as a corporate and sales trainer. One of her major accomplishments was the training of over 500 sales representatives at Arthur Anderson in Illinois. In addition, Patty worked for a large, privately held funeral company in South Florida providing extensive support in pre-need and at-need services to clients.
Patty has established herself and her division as one of the premier recruiting teams in the nation in servicing long term care, home health care, hospice, cancer centers, acute care, and rehabilitation care clients. Her strength has been the ability to quickly assess the needs of her clients and recruiting the right candidate fit to match their culture, values, and beliefs. Patty is widely regarding by many as a national expert in the area of long term care talent acquisition.
Scott Joiner
Director, Hospital & Pharmacy Recruitment
Scott has been with the American Recruiters for nearly 6 years. His team specializes in staffing the needs of our many hospital clients. His areas of expertise are in pharmacy services, rehabilitation, nurse management, long term care and healthcare administration.
Prior to joining American Recruiters, Scott held various executive management positions in both the public and not-for-profit sectors. Previously, he was a Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and has been a volunteer leader with many community support groups. He has served on the Executive Board of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and has been the President of both the Tallahassee and Miami Chapters of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).
Scott holds a Bachelor’s degree in Adult Education from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and has completed graduate course work in Public Administration with a concentration in human resource management at Florida State University. He is a Certified Public Manager (CPM) and an adjunct instructor at Florida International University and the University of Miami where he teaches leadership and management development courses to executive MBA students and local professionals.
