Hirewell

For all intents and purposes, this has been my career. I started as a technical recruiter when we were a tiny shop and was afforded a wealth of opportunities: I launched our Digital Experience & Marketing practice, I launched our internal marketing and content function, and I currently lead our business development and strategy.

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Partner & Chief Growth Officer

Gregory Laka & Company

Every recruiter has their first gig somewhere.

Technology Recruiter

Strateg -- Aperios

Obligatory failed start up. Great experience. Gotta take a shot, right?

Business Development

Akamai Technologies

Account Executive

WorldCom

If you don’t remember these guys, it’s only because of Enron. Fantastic way to start a career and gain perspective…

Hosting Sales Executive

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I’m a Partner at 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 and I host Hirewell's 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 podcast. Those are the high points.

But what do we do specifically?

We recognize that hiring is hard. And hiring well is even harder.

But, that’s exactly what we help companies do: 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.

Since 2001, we've been a staple in the Chicago business community, helping our clients grow by recruiting the top-tier talent they need.

𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱.
The recruiting industry is chock full of single skill set providers. What companies really want is a partner who can have a broad impact across all facets of their organization, solving whatever hiring challenges they have. We’ve done just that, building diverse teams of highly specialized recruiters in the highest demand fields:

𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀
𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴,
𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱...

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
Flexibility in creating our custom solutions has been a staple in our approach. During our own growth, we recognized that the traditional fulfillment models for recruiting service are deeply flawed. 

Contingent Search is expensive and the two-sided lack of commitment often yields poor results. Recruitment Process Outsourcing suffers from poor fulfillment; flat-rate service means providers have no skin in the game to maximize the end result. And traditional Executive Retained Search is exorbitantly overpriced, tone-deaf to the modern world of freely available data.

But Hirewell’s 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 are a paradigm shift in volume hiring. They’re built for fast growth situations, and more importantly, structured in a way that streamlines efficiency for all. It’s a best-of-all-worlds situation: Hirewell can provide dedicated onsite support, high-value services far beyond simple candidate sourcing (ATS management, hiring plans, job description creation and postings, interview set up and debrief, offer presentation and onboarding, etc.), and still utilize the entirety of Hirewell’s vast recruiting team and diverse skill area focus to achieve an optimized outcome.

See what our clients say about us on G2: https://www.g2.com/products/hirewell/reviews 

Contact me at james@hirewell.com or 312-386-1658.

James Hornick

TalentCentric

We founded TalentCentric on a simple premise: dream jobs attract dream candidates. 

Most job descriptions focus on what the company wants today - resulting in one-dimensional, static descriptions for dynamic, evolving roles. They rarely speak of what the role wants to achieve, leaving high performers - driven by growth, challenge, and impact – indifferent. 

Our unique, design-thinking approach - based on Jobs-to-be-Done Theory was recently endorsed by HBR Nov 2024 "Reimagining Work as a Product”

Recent Successes:

> VP EMEA Sales
> CTO - Deep tech 
> VP of Engineering
> Head of Data Science
> Lead Data Scientist
> CISO
> AVP Partner Marketing
> Infrastructure Director
> DS/ML Director
> Platform Engineering Manager 
> VP of Engineering
> Director of Engineering
> VP of Platform 
> Head of Engineering 
> VP Data Platform
> Head of Cybersecurity

Talent Advisor / Strategic Hiring Partner

Address Intelligence

Talent Acquisition Manager (via Troi)

Troi

Talent Acquisition Manager

Mention Me

Series B MarTech SaaS: scaling the engineering team - key hires.

Blockchain & Climate Institute

BCI is a progressive think/do tank providing leading expertise in the deployment of emerging technologies for climate and sustainability actions.
Emerging tech, smart cities, climate finance, DLT/smart contracts, ESG.

Led the integrated recruitment team of 5.
Introduced ATS + data collaboration.
Sourced the entire creative team for the prestigious COP21 presentation video project.

Head of Recruitment

T-Tech

Talent Acquisition Lead

A quick search of the internet shows 99% of job adverts are dull, generic person specifications.

Despite being businesses that ambitious people should want to work for, none of these companies or jobs stand out. There is no future in these lists of tasks & duties - they don't represent career moves. 
High-performing job seekers have no compelling reason to apply.

An assured talent delivery solution: integrated advertising / executive search for leadership & high impact roles. 

Start/scale-ups / Design & Build / Digital Transformation / SaaS / AI/bots / Cloud / IoT / Blockchain.

Strategic Search Partner

E4F New Start

(Failed) gaming app start-up at Birmingham Start-up Accelerator www.e4f.co.uk. 
Built to digest large amounts of unstructured data from multiple sources using IBM Bluemix and a hybrid front-end - when the tech was all really clunky.

Co-founder

PRFutures

Developed their digital & search capability as the PR industry transitioned to PR 2.0 (social)
Worked closely with embryonic WOM & Social Media Agencies.

Executive Search Consultant - Social | Digital

ZMK Recruitment

Built this Aus ERP contract Recruitment Consultancy, then merged with a friendly competitor and returned to the UK. 
SAP & PeopleSoft mostly.

My experience spans over twenty five years, and covers both Executive Search and Talent Acquisition Leadership within the technology sector, across the UK, Europe, Australia and USA.

I partner with technology-led companies aiming to improve their approach to the recruitment, and retention of high-performers - without these individuals, everything else is superfluous. 

A strong advocate of diversity, culture-add and candidate experience before it was a thing; I've been around long enough to see the consequences of people’s career choices (including my own) and remember when the internet was all fields.

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