Most firms search the same pool. We go deeper into networks, longer into conversations, and further past the resume, to the person who changes everything for your organization.
The difference is not effort. It is discipline. Four things we hold to on every search, whether the role is a first hire or a chief executive.
We start with your direction, not your vacancy. Understand the next chapter and the people we find are built for it.
How you treat the people who don't get the job matters as much as how you treat the one who does. We never forget that.
If the role is mis-scoped, the comp is off-market, or the timeline is unrealistic, we say so. That is what you are paying for.
We stay close after placement, because a great hire is not just found. It is onboarded, supported, and retained.
We spend serious time with you before we spend any time searching. The role, the team, the culture, the gap. All of it, before we find the right person for any of it.
We don't post and pray. We build a target list, work our network, and reach out directly to people who are not actively looking. Those are often the best ones.
An accepted offer is not a completed search. We manage the close with honesty and care on both sides, so the placement sticks and everyone starts well.
15+ years in search. Built Hawthorne to do this differently, with honesty, curiosity, and discipline.
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Sharp instinct and genuine warmth. The kind of recruiter who remembers what you said six months ago, because she was actually listening.
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the candidates who matter most are rarely looking.
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