Paper-cut illustration of a working Central Valley corridor: a house under construction with a crane, a warehouse with a loading dock, a small farmstead with a barn and silo, and a home office, connected by one road under a rising sun

Hiring in the Valley?Let’s find your person.

Owner-led direct hire search for small and mid-sized employers across the Central Valley, Sacramento, and the Bay Area — the kind of firm that picks up the phone.

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We scope the search to fit. Owners, GMs, and hiring leaders who won’t settle for a national firm that doesn’t know their market — one open role or a standing need across a growing team.

Six practice areas. If it’s a direct hire role in one of these, we’ve likely filled one like it.

Technology & IT Construction & Infrastructure Government Affairs Operations / Ag & Industrial Sales & Business Development Finance & Administration

A partnership, not a black box. Here’s exactly how we work — and where we prefer to sit down with you face to face.

Paper-cut illustration of the four stages of a search as a drive down one winding road: Central Valley farmland at Exit 1 — Intake, orchards and agri-industry at Exit 2 — Sourcing, the Sacramento skyline and Tower Bridge at Exit 3 — Shortlist, and rolling hills, water and a distant suspension bridge at Exit 4 — Placement

  1. Intake

    We take on a handful of searches at a time — and we come to you before we start.

    • We run a handful of very intentional searches at a time. You’re not one of forty on a list.
    • Every search starts with a visit to your site — how the place works, who fits it, and how we’ll sell it to someone who isn’t looking.
    • Recruiting starts when the engagement letter is signed. Not before.

  2. Sourcing the valley

    Owner-led outreach across the corridors — not job-board scraping.

    • Phone first. Inboxes are noise — a call gets answered, and it gets a real conversation.
    • We work the corridors directly instead of waiting on applicants.
    • The people worth hiring usually aren’t looking. They still pick up.

  3. The shortlist

    A handful of vetted, genuinely interested candidates — days, not weeks.

    • Multi-step screening: a phone screen, then a video or in-person interview.
    • Reference checks run by Aidan personally — not outsourced, not skipped.
    • You see people who are genuinely interested, not a stack of résumés.

  4. The placement

    We stay in it through the offer, the move, and the first 90 days.

    • For out-of-area candidates we help with the relocation — a good hire shouldn’t fall through over logistics.
    • Every hire is guaranteed for 90 days.
    • We check in with both sides after the start date — candidate and client — to make sure it’s actually working.

Most searches run contingent — a standard 25% of the placed candidate’s first-year compensation, and you pay only when we place someone. No retainer, no upfront commitment.

Retained search is available for confidential, senior, or especially hard-to-fill roles — an exclusive engagement with part of the fee paid up front in exchange for dedicated attention and a defined shortlist date.

Every direct hire placement, contingent or retained, is backed by our 90-day replacement guarantee. Not sure which structure fits your role? Ask — we’ll tell you honestly.

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