The History of MRINetwork

MRI Network was founded in 1965 in response to a growing but largely unmet need in the business world - providing search and recruitment services to companies who needed mid-to-upper level managers and professionals to run their businesses. Firms that covered both the high and the low ends of the recruitment business were available, but none dealt exclusively with the sector that came to be known as mid-management.

The concept caught on almost immediately, and MRINetwork determined that the best way to replicate its business model ahead of any new competition was to franchise. By this time, a solid methodology and a unique training program had been developed, and what would become the MRINetwork global network was launched. Before long, MRINetwork franchises existed is almost every major metropolitan area in the United States. Over the course of the next decade the network continued to grow, and MRINetwork became a wholly owned subsidiary of CDI Corp., which remains its parent company today. The next step in MRINetwork's evolution was international expansion, and it was readily apparent that the model that worked so well in the U.S. was indeed transferable to other countries and other cultures.

Over the course of the past nearly 35 years, MRINetwork has continued to refine, redesign and adapt in response to changing needs in its marketplace. This ability to reinvent itself is the chief reason that MRI Network continues to thrive and grow when many companies that tried to imitate its success have failed. Today,  MRI Network has approximately 950 offices in over 35 countries, with systemwide revenues of US$500,000,000.

The same strong entrepreneurial spirit that led to MRINetwork's creation and its growth is still much in evidence today. The outstanding success MRINetwork enjoys as the world's largest search and recruitment organization is founded on the cornerstone of the franchise approach to the business.