Company Background

Alcock & McFadden, founded in 1996, offers services to a broad base of clients throughout the United States. While Alcock & McFadden is a small firm, the consortium of experts we represent can handle projects of any size, including highly technical ones. Projects are billed on a time and materials basis and all work is guaranteed.

We help firms with as few as one employee (an entrepreneur) to organizations employing thousands (government agencies). Our clients work in diverse fields from manufacturing to high tech.

We have successfully completed projects including executive searches and staffing, strategic staffing plans, compensation structure development, salary surveys, employment structures, employee relations and cost-effective recruitment campaigns.

We offer training seminars for small teams as well as large groups covering performance appraisals, performance management, interviewing, selection and retention, communication and harassment.

Mary E. Alcock, President of the firm, has over twenty years experience in Human Resources spanning the fields of Bio-related (Pharmaceutical, Medical, Technology) Telecommunications, Manufacturing and general service industries. Mary holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from San Diego State University as well as Certification in Employee Relations from the Institute of Applied Management and Law.

Prior experience includes divisional and functional responsibilities for Fortune 500 organizations in Human Resources and general business. Currently she teaches Recruitment, Selection and Employment in Human Resource Management in SDSU and UCSD’s Extension Certificate Program. She serves on the UCSD HR Certificate Program Advisory Board and BioCom Workforce Partnership and is an invited guest speaker for numerous organizations. Mary was a 1995 and 2005 finalist in San Diego Women Who Mean Business Award Program and a 2008 nominee for Athena’s Pinnacle award. Mary serves as a Commissioner with the City of San Diego Human Relations Commission.