The Secret Sauce for Recruitment Success

At a recent trade show, I was asked how I work with clients.  I thought I could explain it best with our success funnel below.  You’ll see that as you progress down the pyramid our overriding goal is to reach the offer and success phase by following a process-driven approach.

In a typical search, we typically input on average 80-90 hours of work to build a pipeline of candidates for a search.

Our Proven Process (Client)

But wait, there is more to our success formula.  

Here is how I work with the Executive aka the Talent side of my business - the key is not just finding the talent with the most relevant skills and access to a robust CRM and databases, but also knowing how to engage, communicate and market the opportunity to the executive. 

Providing what success looks like is one of the most important pieces of information we can acquire from the client company and convey to the executive.

Our Proven Process (Candidate)

Throughout the search process, our communication with both the client and the executive (candidate) is consistent and timely as we provide check-ins and updates. Our goal is to ensure that there is a high level of understanding and engagement with both parties.

We pride ourselves on having access to the actual Hiring Authority. This is established early on in the search process which we show at the top of our Success Funnel. This is why we are able to bring our search assignments across the finish line.

The Connector Team secret sauce is pretty simple…we follow a clear and consistent search process. We put in the hard work to source and engage with the talent…so you do not have to. Our ability to perform this detail work and heavy lifting as we move through the search funnel allows you to continue to do what you do best…run your business every day.


Bill O’Malley is President of Connector Team Recruiting a firm headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia specializing in the Furniture | Appliance and Sleep verticals. Connector Team is a full-service Search Firm offering permanent placement recruiting and interim staffing solutions.

Feel free to contact Bill at bill@connectorteamrecruiting.com.

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