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JDR Media is working with our existing JDResources clients, to grow their businesses by producing exciting and innovative media products, to help them market their merchandise or services and expand their customer base.

Additionally we will work with new clients who feel we can help them to achieve maximum exposure in the marketplace.

Biography:  Peter McGowan

Peter is a UK citizen who was educated in England and Wales, attended the Welsh College of Music & Drama, followed by the University of Wales, where he received a Post-Grad Teaching qualification in Performing Arts.

Established Memphis Firm Expands, Beating Recession!

JDResources Inc., an established Memphis – based Recruitment and Consulting Company, has proudly announced that, despite the recession hitting businesses across the US, they are expanding to meet client growth, needs and expectations.  JDR provides qualified candidates to companies in the areas of Information Technology, Healthcare, Engineering, Accounting and Supply Chain for talent requirements nationwide.

A combination of American assertiveness and European precision has been the keynote to the stimulating 23 years of JDR’s successful trading in Memphis, as demonstrated by JDR’s CEO, British entrepreneur Jill Herrin.

I had just graduated high school and was working at a small home improvement store running the cash register.  At this point, I really wanted to work in an office, answering phones, typing and filing Monday through Friday…no weekends for me since I was young and wanted the weekends free.  I asked a friend if she knew of any job openings and she said the office next door to her was looking for a Receptionist.  I sent my resume, got the interview and was 20 minutes late.  I was very shy and quiet and I think they all felt sorry for me so they hired me as their Receptionist…..either that or they were desperate.  That was in 1991 and I was 18 years old. 

Growing up, you start forming ideas early on about the job that you want to have when you get older.  If you ask most children what they want to be “when they grow up,” they will likely rattle off a list of some of the more exciting and well known jobs…Police Officer, Fireman, Astronaut, etc.  Early on in my childhood, I thought that I wanted to be an Archaeologist!