Who We Are
Established in 1969, Andcor is a premier executive recruiting firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. From the start, we have committed to partnering with exceptional leadership teams to build visionary emerging companies.
Our extensive experience provides the critical perspective necessary to advise its clients on the strategic and organizational development roadblocks that are often experienced. Their clients’ successes are often driven in large part by their network-centric approach. Andcor leverages the relationships they have built over the last 45 years to provide their clients unparalleled access to high-impact talent.
The Andcor Model for Growth & Success
The Andcor Model for Client Growth and Success Andcor fuels growth through human capital; we identify, attract, and develop the right people, focused on the company’s mission. Our formula focuses on building a foundation for the growth and success of emerging market companies. It’s Andcor’s belief that true change starts with a world-class executive team within each stage of a company’s development; Andcor ensures that not only the right complementary skills and technical match are in place, but that there is an appropriate cultural fit as well.
Andcor’s commitment and accountability to each client and project allows a level of involvement and personalization that generates success and client satisfaction.
Our Vision
For any emerging company to be successful, it must have a world-class leadership team with shared vision, complementary skills, and mutual trust and respect. Not all companies have the time nor the ability to recruit the team they need and build the vision they desire – let our experienced team of executive recruiters in Minneapolis take on that responsibility for you.
ANDCOR’S LEGACY
Dennis Anderson
Founder
Dennis, known to many as the godfather of executive headhunters in Minneapolis and a key contributor to emerging companies in the state of Minnesota, lead Andcor to become nationally recognized for its commitment to client satisfaction through its nontraditional approaches.
Dennis founded Andcor in 1969 as a general employment agency. Over time, Andcor would transform the traditional paradigm of the recruiting industry by replacing less credible headhunting techniques with a highly respected equity-for-services model. He was a leader in the advancement of strategic human resources and an active angel investor. Under Dennis’ guidance, Andcor became a change agent in the industry, driving themselves and their competitors to higher levels of performance and service.
Throughout his career, Dennis played an active role in the professional community:
Minnesota and National Chairman of the CEO Roundtable
The Dennis D. Anderson CEO Roundtable Scholarship was created in recognition of his leadership, and is presented to a graduate or undergraduate student at the University of St. Thomas’ John M. Morrison Center for Entrepreneurship.
Member of the Advisory Board and Ventures Plus Advisory Board for the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota
Cabinet member of the Minneapolis United Way, oversaw the Emerging Market Segment
Served on the Board of Directors of City House, a non-profit organization devoted to inspiring hope and tending to the spiritual life of the poor
Named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 1993 by the Twin West Chamber of Commerce
Friends and family will remember Dennis’ zest for life and competitive spirit; he loved to regale his daily push-up and sit-up totals to anyone who would listen. Dennis and his late wife Suzy traveled a great deal, and he continued to travel the world until very recently. He was also an avid skier and boater. And last but not least, Dennis would want everyone to know he had been named “Best Groomed” and “Athlete of the Year” from various groups and associations. In May 2008 Dennis D. Anderson, Andcor’s founder and visionary, passed away due to complications from a rare disease known as Amyloidosis.