The engineer you need already has a job.
Your posting found people who are looking. The person who fits your critical IT role is busy doing good work somewhere else, and they won't apply. Affinity Search Partners goes and finds them.
Why a posting stalls on senior and specialist roles
A job ad works well when plenty of qualified people are out looking. For a cloud architect, a data engineering lead or an IT director, that is rarely the case.
The strong ones are settled
People who solve hard problems with technology tend to be valued where they are. They aren't scrolling job boards, so your ad never reaches them.
The stack of applicants misleads
Plenty of résumés arrive and still none of them is the one. Weeks go into screening while the work the role was meant to carry piles up on your team.
Warmest to coldest: how we reach the right person
We start with a written profile of the person you need, agreed with you and your leadership. Then we work outward through three circles, closest first.
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Inner circle
People we know
Technologists we have placed, interviewed or kept in touch with since 2013. Trust is already there, so a first conversation is easy.
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Middle circle
People they know
Our contacts point us to colleagues they rate. A name that comes with a recommendation is worth more than a keyword match.
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Outer circle
People we find
When the circles we know run out, we research companies and teams where the skills you need are being used today, and approach them directly.
Approaching someone who is happy where they are
A passive candidate owes us nothing. We treat their current job with respect, and that is why they keep taking our calls.
- We open with the role and the problem it solves, not a hard sell, and accept a no gracefully.
- Conversations happen on their schedule and stay discreet with respect to their present employer.
- We screen every person against the same scorecard: skills, motivation, compensation fit and references.
- You see a shortlist of two to four people worth interviewing, with our plain recommendation among them.
- We plan the offer with you, prepare for a counter-offer, and check in after the start date at 30, 60 and 90 days.
- If we think a search isn't one we can win, we say so up front.
What we fill
Ways to engage
- Contractors and consultants who add capacity to your team
- Contract-to-hire, so both sides can see the fit first
- Permanent hires for key technical seats
- Technology leaders, from IT manager to CTO
Areas of work
- Cloud and infrastructure: cloud, systems and network engineering
- Software: engineers, product and project managers, analysts, QA
- Data: data engineers, data scientists, BI and analytics
Industries we know
Middle Tennessee is home, and our searches run nationwide for employers in:
- Technology
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Financial services
2013
Founded in Brentwood, Tennessee
Affinity Search Partners is a founder-led IT and information systems recruiting firm, based in Brentwood since it began in 2013. We care about cultural fit as much as a skills list, and we would rather build a long working relationship with you than close one quick placement.
Tell us who you are missing
Describe the role and what has not worked so far. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help and how we would go about it. No obligation.