Our Associates
Marc Chaifetz
President
Marc opened Management Recruiters of Chicago-Far West with his partner (and wife), Sherri Chaifetz. Management Recruiters of Chicago-Far West has quickly grown into one of the top, award-winning franchises in the Management Recruiters organization.
Marc came to Management Recruiters with 29 years of experience in corporate America. His management experiences include accounting, logistics, administration and human resources positions with Fortune 500 companies. The last 12 years of his corporate life were primarily spent leading human resources at a senior level. Marc’s experiences include extensive domestic and international staffing from entry level to senior management levels.
Marc is a native of Philadelphia and graduated from Penn State University. He transplanted to the Midwest more than 20 years ago, relocating for a job promotion.
Marc recruits executive positions within the manufacturing and service industries. Because of Marc’s strong business experience in the corporate world, as well as his extensive staffing experience, he provides value-added service through his advice and counsel.
Sherri Chaifetz
Vice President
Sherri is co-owner of Management Recruiters of Chicago-Far West, together with her husband, Marc. She had an outstanding and diverse 26-year work history before joining Management Recruiters, combining a Master’s degree in counseling and six years of professional counseling experience with 19 years owning her own retail store and business. As a generalist in manufacturing and consumer products, Sherri’s award-winning executive search talents have had major focus in the areas of marketing and sales, engineering, human resources and supply chain.
Sherri's vast experience and knowledge have given her a strong intuitive ability to surface on-target "A-player" candidates for her clients.
Sherri develops and maintains her many long-term client and candidate relationships with her warm and engaging communication style, tenacity, and excellent recruiting sense and expertise. Her impressive amount of successful placements are the result.
Joe Oczak
Account Executive
Joe has spent the past eight years as a search consultant working with a variety of clients in diverse industries. The last ten years have been with Management Recruiters of Chicago-Far West. Joe brings over 30 years of corporate and consulting experience developing strategies to add talent and achieve organizational goals and successes.
His corporate experience includes over 25 years as a human resource professional in a variety of industries from the plant level to corporate headquarters. His experience encompasses all areas of human resources. Prior to becoming a full-time search consultant, Joe was Vice President of Human Resources and held other senior-level human resources positions for a number of manufacturing organizations.
Joe’s extensive search experience covers the full range of professional, technical, managerial, and executive-level positions. He has been responsible for large-scale staffing assignments of up to 150 people.
Jana Ratz, CSPC
Senior Project Coordinator
Jana has been on the Management Recruiters of Chicago-Far West team since August 2004. Her prior background was in management and human resources.
Jana has six years of experience in executive recruiting at the corporate level and brings this high degree of expertise to her clients. This background, coupled with her strong interpersonal abilities and enthusiasm, has given her extensive insight into successfully identifying and qualifying high-caliber candidates from all levels to fulfill the needs of clients in a variety of positions and industries.
Jana seeks an in-depth understanding of the client’s requirements and culture, and provides top talent with the right skills, expertise, and attitude. It is her mission to supply clients with the highest caliber candidates that will add immediate value to their organization.
Heidi Blood
Office Manager
Heidi joins MRI with a diverse background and experience in sales, management and recruiting. Over ten years of outside sales experience in the furniture and temporary industry has provided her with vast experience selling to a broad client base. With her great interpersonal skills and dedication she has consistently been a top achiever. Heidi takes a genuine interest in ensuring our clients needs and expectations are met.
Heidi received a B.A. from Miami University and has resided in the Chicago land area for over 20 years.
Melissa Hartge
Melissa spent the summer of 2011 as an Intern at Management Recruiters of Chicago-Far West working closely with the Senior Project Coordinator. Because of her outstanding performance researching, sourcing, screening, and presenting candidates, Melissa now joins us as a Project Coordinator while completing her Bachelors at
In May of 2012, Melissa graduates with a degree in Human Resources Management with a French Minor. She spent a semester studying at the École de Management at the