Practice Director - Ruminants & Swine Nutrition and Health

Rick Pascual is continuing his career growth at Continental Search. In August 2022, Rick was promoted to Practice Director, Ruminant Nutrition & Health. He leads business development, recruiting, and research for all dairy and beef recruiting. Most of his work is recruiting sales, technical and management professionals for feed manufacturers, feed additive suppliers, and animal pharma.

Rick has a background in business process outsourcing (BPO) training and management with a sales focus. This experience made him a perfect fit for Continental Search when he joined the firm in 2015. Initially hired as a Talent Scout, Rick soon advanced to become a Dairy Recruiter. His strength in recruitment sales, sales management, and technology support talent within the dairy industry. In December 2018, Rick was promoted to manage to recruit for both dairy and beef clients.

Rick uses a unique and comprehensive approach to fully understand candidate accomplishments and career goals to ensure alignment with clients’ needs. Rick’s significant placements include Head of North American Dairy Programs for a major animal health company, Western Regional Sales Manager for a global animal nutrition company, two Cattle Sales Reps for a worldwide animal pharma company, a Senior Nutritionist for a national feed ingredient company, Dairy Nutritionist for a feed manufacturer and Ruminant Technical Manager for an international feed supplement company.

Rick is a NAPS Certified Personnel Consultant and is certified by AIRS as a Professional Recruitment Consultant and a member of the American Dairy Science Association.

You can meet Rick at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, and at the ADSA national meetings.

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Rick loves to travel. He has been to Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taipei, Dubai, and The Maldives. He’s planning his next trip right now.