Our Services

Engineering and Sales Recruiting

Most companies find it relatively straightforward to grow their team from seed to series C, which is about the time when most founders hit the “hiring wall”. This is when most companies need help building out their teams by pulling talent out of larger companies with the expertise and experience to drive the business forward faster. Growing companies need great talent, but they often are not as well known as the larger tech companies. To attract top talent, they need to rise above the noise and find candidates who are willing to take the risk and know how to work in and grow in a start-up environment. We find, deliver and close this special breed startup go-getters who not only have the precise skills you need but are also have the tenacity and “all hands-on-deck” attitude you need for your start up you need – delivered right to your inbox.

Professional Retained Search

Most companies find it relatively straightforward to grow their team from 0 to ~25 people, which is about the time when most founders hit the “hiring wall”. This is when most companies need help building out their executive leadership team by pulling talent out of larger companies with the expertise and experience to drive the business forward faster.

Pierce Dane believes in providing our clients with a custom FIXED FEE quote

based on (1) the complexity of your requirement (2) your expectations and timeline, and (3) our availability to prioritize your search. We only require a minimal ONE TIME upfront deposit to kick things off, and only receive the balance of the fee upon completing the search. We can work faster, and produce the same if not better quality outcomes than the larger firms most times at a lesser cost, because we keep our overhead low, and have fewer hands involved in the search. This more modern payment structure ensures you get more value for less cost and avoids you only seeing the most expensive candidates.

Professional Retained Search

If you’ve been trying to fill an important mid-level (or senior individual contributor) role, and aren’t getting enough quality pipeline from your own network, and you’re ready to bring in some outside help on a contingency basis, then this could be a solid option.

You’ll just need to make sure you limit the # of recruiters allowed to work on the search (i.e. 2 to 3 outside recruiters max). You’ll also want to provide everyone visibility into the candidates that have been submitted and are under consideration at all times to avoid overlapping efforts and causing possible damage to your brand reputation. You’ll also need to set realistic expectations because (1) contingency recruiters will be initially working for free (2) you’re setting them up to be in competition with your other recruiters without any guarantee of being paid, so most will only due a cursory database query and (3) they’ll then move on to the other 20+ projects they’re working on at the same time, essentially just throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what’ll stick, hoping they end up getting paid on ~10% of their jobs. Believe it or not, this is the way that 95%+ of the recruiting market operates.

Structure: We do occasionally believe in taking on contingency projects under certain circumstances, such as (1) we may have someone we can quickly throw into the mix who may have come in late on another very similar search, or (2) we may want to “date you” first before deciding that we want to get married by entering into a retained relationship and/or (3) you may want us to enter into a retained relationship, but we may simply not have the bandwidth and therefore we may suggest we take the project on contingency so we can work on it only when we have the time. However, because we’re taking on a higher degree of risk working on contingency, that carries with it a premium fee if our candidates end up getting hired.

Schedule a Free Recruiting Consultation

This call is for busy Sales and Technology Leaders who want to hire the very best talent in the market.

On our call, we will share what is working and not working in and discuss how you can strengthen your recruiting strategy in today’s competitive market We will also both determine if it makes sense to work together, and if so, how we can be your direct conduit to the top \ professionals that I have been networking with for years, but that are next-to-impossible to find.

You can also reach us anytime at 408 458 0996 if you have a quick question or an urgent need.

Schedule a Free Recruiting Consultation

This call is for busy Sales and Technology Leaders who want to hire the very best talent in the market.