targeted Hiring Initiatives

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Strategy + Execution for Critical Hires Building Your Next Stage Of Growth

When a hire matters, getting it wrong is expensive.

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Where Hiring Breaks

Most hiring failures don’t come from bad candidates.
They come from unclear decisions.

→ Hiring the wrong level (leader vs doer)
→ Searching in the wrong talent pools
→ Changing direction mid-search
→ Delayed hiring that slows growth

One misaligned hire can cost $75K–$150K+ in salary, time, and lost momentum.

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What This Is

This is not just about filling a role.

It’s about making sure you’re solving the right hiring problem before going to market and executing with focus to hire the right person.

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How the Engagement Works

Hiring Strategy
Define the role, success profile, and alignment to your business.

Talent Market Mapping
Identify where the right talent actually sits and how to reach them.

Targeted Search
Curated, high-signal candidates—no volume-based recruiting.

Interview & Decision Support
Structured evaluation and support to make the right hire.

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What This Looks Like

Instead of:

“We need a Head of Sales”
→ You get a clearly defined profile aligned to your stage

Instead of:
“We’re not finding the right candidates”
→ You get a targeted market strategy

Instead of:
“We like a few candidates but aren’t sure”
→ You get structured evaluation and confident decisions

Outcome/ROI

recruitment Engagement Outcomes

→ Avoid a six-figure mis-hire
→ Reduce time-to-hire by weeks
→ Focus on the right talent immediately
→ Make faster, more confident decisions

→ Most founders recover the cost of this engagement in one hiring decision.

Investment

→ $10,000 → High-impact IC
→ $15,000 → Manager / Director
→ $20,000+ → Executive / Leadership

→ 50% upfront
→ 50% at shortlist

How This Is Different

Traditional Recruiting
→ Starts after job description
→ Volume-based
→ Transactional

Targeted Hiring
→ Starts with strategy
→ Focused, high-signal candidates
→ Involved in decisions
→ Built for the right hire—not just a hire

Who This Is For

→ Founders (20–100 employees)
→ Critical or high-impact hires
→ Teams without internal hiring leadership
→ Founders who want to get it right—not just done

Inquire About a Targeted Hiring Engagement

Hire the right person before the cost of getting it wrong compounds.