I have spent my career in software companies, working in sales and marketing. I started Silky Talent because I wanted to recruit for the jobs I actually understand, rather than a bit of everything.
Plenty of recruiters can tell you where a candidate has worked. The harder question, and the one I care about, is whether they will do the job well in your team. Having done these roles myself, I have a reasonable sense of who will and who will not.
So I keep it deliberately narrow: software companies, sales and marketing, Australia and New Zealand. It is a small enough patch that I can properly know it, the companies and the people worth knowing and what roles actually pay, instead of guessing across industries I only half follow.
I would rather do a handful of searches properly than take on everything and do a mediocre job of it.
What I am good at
- ✓Commercial leadership searches, VP and above
- ✓Reading whether a number is real or inherited
- ✓Telling you the truth about your salary band
How I work
- ✓One consultant, start to finish. That is me
- ✓Three candidates, each with a written case
- ✓Check-ins at 30, 60 and 90 days
