25+

years of hiring experience

1,000+

candidates placed

2x

expected increase in hiring speed

"We hired SMG9 (Imbedded in our Team) with a specific mission-1) Build out a recruiting function!
2) Hire 48 full-time FTEs in 12 months.Almost immediately, an ATS was put in place and a recruiting process was rolled out-- a process that led to successfully closing over 50 hires in the first year. Once the hiring goal was met, SMG rolled off the project—and we still use the tools and processes they put in place."

Keith Steel, Former VP Finance @ Fulfil Solutions, Inc.

"Brought our recruiting process from a sporadic effort that we did as needed to a well thought out recruiting machine that could continuously hire against aggressive targets."

Jason Kalus, Former CTO @ Fulfil Solutions, Inc.

"...Extremely thorough and very attentive to small details. They employed many strategies in pursuing great candidates and were able to get in touch with them and graciously create genuine interest in these candidates and had the desire to engage. In a matter of less than a month, we had a healthy pipe full of great candidates that they were able to attract."

Mudhafar Hassan-Ali,
Former Sr. Director of Hardware Engineering @ Hinge Health, Inc.

"Exceptional recruiter and talent management professional… easily traverses the territory from the highest executive level role to the most essential positions...a very quick study of your business or organizational needs who starts quickly, communicates well and represents your brand flawlessly."

Allan DeNiro, Former SVP and Chief People Officer @
Havertys Furniture Companies, Inc.

Tom Schaefer

CEO/Founder

During the past 15 years, Tom has been providing strategic recruiting & consulting services to technology companies for accelerated recruitment of talent in key positions across engineering, sales, operations, manufacturing. These requisitions have resulted in hiring over 1000 people including executive staff, managers, and individual contributors.

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Mike Schaefer

VP of Recruiting

Mike has been helping companies with recruiting and strategy since the early 2000s. Most recently, helped source candidates for Continuum Powders, Hinge Health & Mainspring Energy based in San Francisco. These are all fast growth tech startups requiring qualified candiates fast. Prior to this, Mike recruited and sourced more than 300 roles for Havertys Furniture ($1B sales, 127 year old company based in Atlanta).

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