Celebrating 30 Years in Business

5/31/2017 by julie

 Over thirty years of partnering with clients on the recruitment of talent, Bohan &

Bradstreet has assisted businesses on strategic hiring, successfully guided
clients through confidential replacements and upgrades, and advised on
organizational realignments and structuring. We are blessed with long term
relationships and a stellar team who has completed thousands of searches
from senior staff to Clevel.

And the #1 question we get asked over the 30 years is:

Who is Bohan?

When a business is called Bohan & Bradstreet, people want to know who the
founders are. Ed Bradstreet (EBB) was a former partner of a national search
firm; however, Wahoo Bohan was a walkin, preferred to be called by his last
name, became an excellent recruiter and was the CCO. The intriguing part of
the story is how we met.

Prior to 1987, EBB was establishing a new search firm and looking for a new
employee. Our office was street level and we had posted a sign that read,
“Recruiter Wanted. Must like people. Must be able to type. Must be good with
the computer. Must be bilingual. We are an equal opportunity employer. Apply
within.”

It was to our surprise that Bohan, a congenial yellow lab, waddled into the
office and with an undaunted flair, jumped into the chair, wagged his tail and
gave me the “ I love you” grin with his pink tongue hanging out between his
lips. EBB looked at this lovable dog and said, “I can’t hire you. You have to be
able to type.” Bohan jumped down, went to the typewriter and proceeded to
type a flawless business letter.

EBB was shocked and responded. “But you have to be good with the
computer.” Bohan then proceeded to the computer and created a search
program that worked perfectly the first time. EBB was in awe because to this
day he is not totally computer literate. EBB looked at Bohan and said “Wow,
you are a very intelligent dog, however, I really can’t give you this job.”

Following a cold nose sniff test of applicants, Bohan went over to the sign in
the window and put his paw on the “equal opportunity employer” statement.

“Fine”, EBB said, “but it also says that you must be bilingual.” 

And with that, Bohan looked up at EBB, flashed those big brown eyes and
calmly said, “Meow.” The rest is history.