Meet the Team

Nanette Sciolla Carney is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Carney Group. Nanette’s background includes many years’ experience with the IBM Corporation. After several promotions and a successful run with the company, Nanette left the corporate world to raise a family of seven children. With a strong desire to return to the workforce years later, Nanette discovered a need in the employment sector for mature, experienced professionals. In 1992, along with her husband, John, she launched The Carney Group. Since then, her dedication has led the company to an award-winning, nationally recognized recruiting firm.

She is deeply committed to supporting the growth of professional women in the business community. She was integral in the founding of the Society of Professional Women, which is part of the Main Line Chamber of Commerce. In addition, she was a founding member of the North Penn Women’s Network over 20 years ago and has served as its chairperson. This network was a newly created council of The Chamber of Commerce of Greater Montgomery County (formerly the North Penn Chamber of Commerce). Service to the community has always been an integral part of her life and she currently serves on the President’s Council of Gwynedd Mercy University and the Board of Directors of Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Nanette has been honored with many awards over her career to include:

• Gwynedd Mercy University Distinguished Alumnae Award, 2001
• Woman of Distinction Award, Philadelphia Business Journal, 2012
• Brava Award, SmartCEO, 2012
• Hall of Fame Honoree, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, 2014
• Finalist, Cornerstone Awards, SmartCEO, 2015
• CEO of the Year Main Line Chamber of Commerce, 2016

Where did you grow up? East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia

Where do you live Now?  North Wales, PA

First Job:  Hostess at Sciolla’s Supper Club, owned by my family. Hospitality has always been part of my family. I was able to greet the guests each night and treated each person with dignity and kindness. I realized the importance of first impressions at a very young age. 

Where did you go to college? Gwynedd Mercy University

Favorite quote: “Tough times don’t last. tough people do.”

Favorite Vacation Spot: Any place where I can put my feet in the sand and have a bucket of salt water next to me. 

Charity that matters to you: Variety Club and Special Olympics, impacting the lives of special people every day.

Michael has been with The Carney Group since 2008 and has been very influential in the firm’s continued success by managing and developing a diverse base of clients and candidates throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region. Michael also supports key firm initiatives in the areas of recruiting, marketing, events, and operations. Michael began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he successfully helped drive the firm’s business development, marketing and branding efforts during his tenure.

Where did you grow up?  North Wales, PA

Where do you live now? Phoenixville, PA

First Job: Paper boy. Had to get up very, very early to have those papers on the driveways in our neighborhood.

Where did you go to college? Penn State University

Industry specialty:  Successfully staffing across most industries including healthcare, manufacturing, construction, executive, accounting, finance, HR, admin, customer service

Favorite quote:  You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

Favorite Candidate Placement: HR Director. We executed a hiring strategy that allowed the client and its management team to see an array of talent. The candidate selected received a life changing offer with tremendous growth opportunity.

What do you like to do in your spare time? Kids, Family, Sports, Friends, Lawn

Favorite sports team: Penn State

Favorite book: Band of Brothers

If you are relaxing with a cocktail after a long day, what are you enjoying? New England style IPA

Charity that matters to you:  Serve on the Board of Directors for RSVP, a nonprofit that meets the needs of disadvantaged populations in our local community through volunteerism.

I’ve always been a connector.  I began my career with the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group, then part of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and ultimately spent 11 years leading the organization. It put me in the middle of Greater Philadelphia’s business and entrepreneurial community, working with entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders who were building companies, creating jobs and growing our region.

I later joined CBIZ MHM as National Marketing Director, broadening my experience across a national professional services organization focused on data analytics and trends. But in 2014, my career took a more personal turn when I joined my family at The Carney Group.

My family has been helping companies find great people — and helping great people find the right opportunities — since 1992, when my mom and dad founded The Carney Group. When I joined the business, I quickly realized how naturally my own career had prepared me for recruiting. I had spent years building relationships, understanding businesses, connecting people and learning how organizations grow.

In 2025, I took that experience — and a piece of the family business — and launched Carney Jobs.

Carney Jobs carries forward more than three decades of recruiting experience, relationships and reputation, but with an approach that is distinctly my own. I believe recruiting should be personal. I want to understand the organization behind the job description: its culture, its challenges, its personalities and what success will actually look like once someone is sitting in the seat. Then I go find that person.

I’m a proud Mountie and King’s Monarch, and my Greater Philadelphia roots run deep. Relationships have been at the center of my career from the beginning, and many of the clients, candidates and business leaders I work with today have come through relationships built over decades.

Along the way, I’ve been honored to receive the King’s College Leo Award for Outstanding Achievement in Profession and the Early Stage East Raymond Rafferty Memorial Award. But what still means the most is hearing that someone we placed years ago is thriving — or having a client call again when it’s time to make their next important hire.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT SUZY

Where are your roots?

Born in South Jersey, raised in North Wales, PA, and now living in Conshohocken. Greater Philadelphia has always been home — with plenty of time spent down the Shore, too.

What was your first job?

Babysitting! But apparently simply babysitting wasn’t enough for me. I designed my own business cards and handed them out around the neighborhood. The entrepreneurial streak started early.

What do you love most about recruiting?

The moment when you realize, this is the person. A résumé can tell you what someone has done, but it can’t tell you the whole story. I love getting to know what makes an organization tick, understanding what they really need and then finding the person who can make a difference there. Some of the placements I’m proudest of are people who joined our clients years ago and are still thriving today.

What do you want a Carney Jobs client to know about you?

I take every search personally. When a client trusts us with an important hire, they’re trusting me to represent their organization in the marketplace — and I don’t take that lightly. I’m going to ask a lot of questions, listen carefully, tell you what I’m seeing and put my name behind the candidates I present.

What's something your career taught you before you ever became a recruiter?

How to read a room, build genuine relationships and connect the dots. I spent years working with entrepreneurs, executives, investors and business leaders before I officially became a recruiter. That experience taught me that the best person on paper isn't always the right person for the organization — and that understanding people matters just as much as understanding a résumé.

What does being a Mountie mean to you?

When you first walk through the doors of Mount Saint Joseph Academy as a young teenager, the world can feel like a pretty intimidating place. By the time you walk back out those doors four years later, you’ve been given an incredible gift: the confidence to believe there really isn't much you can't do if you're willing to work for it.

The Mount has been nurturing, challenging and developing generations of women to become leaders in their careers, their communities and their lives. I’m incredibly proud to be a Mountie — and proud to be one of those women.

What does being a King’s Monarch mean to you?

King’s has always felt like home to me. I met some of my closest lifelong friends there, I’m a second-generation graduate, and my brother is a fellow Monarch. And there’s a little family bragging right involved: the Carney tally for King’s is three graduates to Penn State’s two — something we’re always happy to point out!

I’ve stayed connected to the College over the years, including helping raise money for the Presidential Hope Fund, which supports current King’s students in need.

What might surprise people about you?

I genuinely enjoy doing laundry. Yes, really. There’s something extremely satisfying about an empty hamper.

What does your perfect weekend look like?

A great workout, sitting on the deck, good food and time down the Shore in Sea Isle. Put the Eagles or Phillies on and I’m locked in.

What's in your glass?

When it’s cold, a good glass of red wine. In the summer, you’ll probably find me with a Surfside can in my hand.

Favorite sports team?

Asking me to pick just one Philly team isn't really fair. I’ve been a Sixers fan since meeting Allen Iverson and Pat Croce at a Chamber of Commerce event early in my career, and the Eagles have always been appointment television.

But my favorite time of year is when the seasons overlap and I can flip through the channels and find the Birds, the Phils, the Flyers and the Sixers all on my TV. That's a pretty great night in Philadelphia.

Favorite quote?

“Don’t get caught watching the paint dry.” — Hoosiers

It’s my favorite movie, but that line has always stuck with me for a bigger reason. You can’t spend your life waiting to see how things turn out — or being afraid to put yourself out there in the first place. Whether it’s an interview, a new job, a first date, sometimes you just have to take a chance on yourself. Make the call. Have the conversation. Ask the question. You’d be surprised how often you can get to “yes” simply because you asked.

There are a lot more memories to make, relationships to build and lives to impact when you’re willing to go for it.

John possesses extensive experience in the professional services industry, including accounting, sales management, recruiting and placement. John offers a deep understanding of personnel services that complements his proficiency in career counseling.  John’s first job took him to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Washington, DC. John spent the majority of his career with the IBM Corporation in Philadelphia and Source EDP, a national recruiting and placement firm. John is considered a mentor by his colleagues, as he utilizes his unmatched experience to help coach his employees with client and candidate processes. John was honored with the King’s College Robert J. Ell Alumni Award for Outstanding Service to Alma Mater.

Where did you Grow Up? Montrose, PA. A small farming town, population of 1,500, about 10 minutes south of the NY state border. We still own a home on a lake in the town where I was raised.

Where do you live now? North Wales, PA

First job: Pin setter in the Montrose Bowling Alley followed by working as a soda jerk in a creamery throughout high school.

Where did you go to college? King’s College, PA. The school has a strong connection to Notre Dame as they are both run by the Holy Cross Order.

Favorite quote: From the great philosopher, Lou Holtz “Stop Complaining. Because 90% of the people don’t care and the other 10% are glad you have problems.”

What do you like to do in your spare time? Watch Sports

Favorite vacation spot: The Caribbean

Favorite sports team and why? The New York Giants because I started watching them on a 13-inch black and white TV.

Favorite book: Killing Lincoln. Killing Kennedy. Killing Patton.

Favorite movie: Long Gray Line

Charity that matters to you: Variety Club of Philadelphia because I am the proud father of a son with Down Syndrome.