Stop waiting for applicants.
Start hiring the right people.
The best candidates aren’t applying anywhere. They’re heads-down, doing great work for someone else, so we go get them: working our magazine networks and 15 years of relationships to reach the people job boards never will.
We use everything at our disposal, and we mean everything.
It starts with our exclusive magazine networks (Blueprint, Vanguard Law & Equity), then widens to warm referrals, professional associations, direct outreach, and mutual contacts. Whatever it takes to reach the right person, we find the way.
Magazine networks
Blueprint, Vanguard Law & Equity. Executives take our calls because they know our publications.
Our edgeDirect outreach
Personal, one-to-one outreach to high performers currently employed at your target companies.
Referral networks
Former placements, mutual contacts, colleagues of colleagues, two degrees out.
Social channels
LinkedIn, industry groups and online forums, wherever professionals are findable.
Multi-touch outreach
Phone, email, follow-up sequences. We don't stop after one attempt.
Professional associations
AGC, ABA, AICPA and regional chapters. We know who’s active and who to introduce you to.
Events & conferences
Industry trade shows, summits and regional meetups. We know who’s in the room and who to introduce you to.
Whatever it takes
Every angle to reach the right person, up to and including smoke signals. If speaking fluent dog gets us the intro, we’ll learn to bark.
No dead ends“If the right person is hard to reach, we’ll find another way in: a referral, a mutual contact, a warm intro from someone two desks over.”
That’s our sourcing philosophy in one line: the best candidates aren’t applying anywhere, so we go to them.
Pre-vetted shortlist on most mid-level roles, from kickoff
Job boards harmed in the making of your shortlist
Building trusted industry relationships across 200+ US markets
No guesswork. Here’s exactly how we work.
From kickoff call to accepted offer. Every step, every time.
Kickoff & target build
Before we make a single call, we build a target list. In the first 48 hours we define the exact profile, comp range, and geography, then map who holds that role at every relevant company in the market. We talk to your hiring manager, not just HR.
Research, network & list-build
We go wide before we go deep. LinkedIn, the Blueprint and Vanguard magazine networks, professional association rosters, industry forums, wherever the right person surfaces. We build a precise, targeted list before we make a single outbound call.
Aggressive outbound: we find a way in
We call. We email. We follow up. Then we follow up again. If we can’t reach someone directly, we’ll find who can: a former boss, a mutual contact, the mother-in-law, the old college roommate, whoever picks up. We work every angle to reach the right person, and we are not even a little bit shy about it.
Screen, vet & qualify
We screen so you don’t have to. By the time a candidate reaches your desk, we’ve confirmed comp alignment, validated the experience, and had the real conversations about their reasons for moving. No surprises at the offer stage.
Introduction, interviews & close
We stay in the loop through every interview round and manage the offer end-to-end. We don’t disappear when it gets to the offer stage. It’s where we do our best work. You pay only when your candidate starts.
Most recruiters post your job and wait.
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what we do instead.
Trueline Talent
Ready to meet your next great hire?
Tell us the role. We’ll have pre-vetted candidates in front of you within 48 hours on most roles. No retainer. No risk. You pay only when you hire.
Serving construction, legal, and accounting & finance employers across 200+ US markets.