Forward Motion: The What & How
What We Do
Short & sweet, we do the heavy lifting.
We keep you educated and informed on the market. We listen to your insights. Together, we refine a candidate profile and develop a hiring strategy. Then, we launch it.
Once it's go-time, we employ our craft to connect you with great individuals. We bring the best to you. We honor your role as chief decision maker and we advise you.
Finally, we leave you better off—equipped with hiring know-how and resources for the future.
"Even CEO's need to declare a major."
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Lazlo Bock, Work Rules!
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How We Do It
Our M.O.
A Strategy for Smooth Sailing
We slow it down to speed things up. Hiring is innately human, and a good match mutually enables all sides to achieve their goals. We look at your big picture. We emphasize informed, agile planning and transparent, thorough communication. We make it easy.
Onboarding
Laying the foundation
We begin with immersion, which means getting to know you, your team, values, product, market, and goals. Then we dial into specifics: the skills, attributes, and experiences you're looking for. We draft and refine a job ad, an interview flow, and a plan of action. We outline a calibration system to adjust as we go.
Sourcing & Vetting
The thick of things
We screen intensely. Each week, we brief you on pipeline metrics, market signals, and qualitative insights. For every candidate we introduce, you get a detailed recap of topics we've covered so far. We cut through the noise, enabling you to discuss more nuanced and diverse subjects with key people.
Going the Distance
Our work doesn't end at the intros
We're with you through the whole process. We handle scheduling and feedback. We don't just check references; we find out how to maximize your working relationship from others who've worked with that person before. We offer an outside perspective on negotiations. We lay the groundwork for your employer brand by creating excellent candidate experiences.
Talent Strategy
Fractional Leadership
The right planning and preparation maximize your capacity to hire and equip the right people. They'll also give your first Director of Talent a head start when it's time to hire in-house. This could mean optimizing your web presence and IRL employer brand, mapping out future hires and budgets, building your talent pipeline, or creating an onboarding process. We'll track metrics & results throughout, and the data is yours to keep. Strategic, fortifying efforts like these are the yin to active recruiting's yang. Reach out to learn more.
Fee Structure
Sandpiper is not a typical agency. For starters, we're independent and fully remote—meaning we don't share the cost burdens that most firms operate under. Instead, we share that opportunity with you.
Every contract conversation is rooted in your goals, values, and priorities. Whether you're looking to make multiple hires, protect your burn rate, expedite a search, or strengthen your pipeline, we meet you there.
Our Northstar: "The best wins are all win-win."
Fee Programs Customized to Your Funding Level
We choose clients we believe in. You're building something that belongs in the world. We want to see you make it.
So when you're starting out, we meet you where you are. We offer individualized fee programs based on funding stage.