As a mid-level and executive business manager with several small to large companies, I have engaged many recruitment firms to assist me with identifying and hiring new employees.
Unquestionably, from the services provided, the thoroughness of search process, and the quality of candidates identified, Kyle and the team at Skywater Search Partners is head and shoulders above all other search firms with whom I have worked in identifying the best candidates. It would be extremely difficult to persuade me to use a different search firm for any future engagements.
Working with SkyWater was a great experience for me. Brian sent us good candidates, understood our feedback, was able to work with our calendars, and communicated well.
Our new employee started yesterday and is really enthusiastic and motivated. I am glad we chose to work with Matt and Skywater. Matt is professional and trustworthy and I would certainly recommend him to others.
Working with August on the ERP Admin role was great. August provided detailed write-ups for candidates and offered valuable insights into who he thought would be the best fit for the role. Interviews were scheduled quickly, and the process was fairly seamless. We appreciate the commitment and attention to detail from the SkyWater team.
We still have the Sr. Manager BI role open and in progress with the SkyWater team. This role is extremely important to the success of our iniciatives, but the candidates so far haven’t been as strong as I had hoped. The SkyWater team continues to work diligently on filling this role, and I am confident it will be filled soon.
We look forward to continuing our partnership with your team.
Working with Brian was great. He was always quick to get back to me via email or to hop on a quick call. We had a few tech issues with the assessments we have candidates do as part of the interview process and Brian would kindly check in with me (and Ian) to keep that line of communication open so everyone could on the same page. We really appreciate his efforts and SkyWater’s!
We were highly impressed with Alex. He presented a very strong slate of candidates very quickly. It’s a pleasure working with Alex as he knows our firm and culture well. I believe this is the 5th or 6th placement he’s helped us with. We are very excited about our new hire and feel that he is going to be a great fit for our firm and bring our IT team into the future.
Thanks for reaching out. Overall, I liked Zach’s approach. He reached out and learned our team’s needs but did end up staying back after interviews were started. We hired pretty quickly after the first few candidates we reviewed.
I’ve been working with recruiting services to hire engineers for about 15 years now. I get cold calls from new recruiters all the time but have found very few worth my time. There’s only one fellow I have been working with long term. The reasons for that come down to personal follow up, clear understanding of the needs, and obvious course correction based on feedback. Zach is the only recruiter I’ve worked with in the past 10 years that has come close to my benchmark guy.
Zach wasn’t pushy. He took the time to ask me good questions about my needs & expectations, going much deeper than typical recruiters. His follow up wasn’t too frequent nor was it scarce. He listened to my feedback about first candidates and quickly refined his search. I never dreaded a call from Zach, wondering what smoke he’d blow my way next. He even handled some awkward interactions with our brand new controller and our HR generalist with class. I struggle to find ways to suggest improvement for Zach or the Skywater approach.
You’ve got a good formula going and Zach’s approach really jives with me. He has earned a spot on my benchmark list. I look forward to another opportunity to work with Zach and Skywater.
BTW, we are three days into our first week with our new hire and I’m super happy.
Working with Julie was great. I know she worked really hard to find qualified candidates for us and we’re excited to have our new hire join us. Julie was very collaborative throughout the process. I could give her very candid feedback on applicants and on our process. She was responsive, often taking my calls in the evening after typical work hours. When the first batch of candidates didn’t meet our targeted profile, she took the time to better understand what we were looking for and provided strong candidate profiles.
Tom is great. He is very responsive and spends time understanding the needs and makes appropriate adjustments as we work on each candidate. I am happy with the overall experience.
