First, we’re practitioners who live in the real world.
Our consultants and trainers have the confidence and humility that comes from being recruiting leaders at global, complex organizations like Google, Amazon.com, Expedia, Yahoo, and Starbucks. We understand the challenges of running a recruitment function, and know how important it is – to you and us – that we understand your world before we jump in to help. Our successes – and, frankly, our missteps – in corporate recruiting make us more effective and pragmatic than most traditional consultants.

Second, we customize our work to meet your needs.
We listen to your needs and work backwards to identify, build, and deploy the strategy, process, technology, training and/or tools that align to your goals and fit your culture and budget. We don’t “do” cookie-cutter stuff. If it’s worth your time and money to engage a third party to help you, the end product should be customized to your needs.

Third, we’re easy to work with.
We’ve been buyers of services like ours, and have tried to juggle many competing priorities while engaged with consultants. So, we make sure that engaging with us is easy. Our proposals contain clear deliverables and role expectations, so that we both know how to make our relationship and project a success. We know how to best leverage your limited time, and never waste it. And, we love what we do, and are usually involved in projects that make your life easier (not harder), so our clients generally enjoy working with us.

Fourth, we don’t accept vendor commissions.
If we recommend a firm, product, or service, it’s because we think it’s the right solution for you. We don’t accept commissions or kickbacks from vendors. Our credibility and effectiveness – and even repeat business – comes from our objective, independent, on target recommendations and deliverables.

Fifth, we’re a smaller, boutique firm.
We don’t have a big sales or customer service staff. When you work with us, you’re working directly with a senior person on our team. The person who scopes out your project is probably the same person who will deliver your project, so you know what you’re getting, and you get what you asked for.