Michael A. F.

Hiring should not take months or drain your bandwidth. Most teams lose time because their recruiters cannot keep up or do not know how to attract the right people. That is where I come in. I operate as an embedded recruiter and hiring partner, helping companies attract talent, improve recruiting operations, and build scalable hiring systems. I plug directly into your company, running sourcing, interviews, and offers end-to-end. Beyond recruiting execution, I also help companies improve hiring processes, recruiting operations, and talent infrastructure as they scale. Roles filled: 1,000+ Industries served: Fintech, Healthcare Tech, SaaS, DTC, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Consumer Products, Mortgage, and Professional Services Results delivered: 98% offer acceptance rate, 40% reduction in time-to-hire, 60% reduction in early attrition, and up to 70% reduction in hiring manager interview load. If you are looking for a partner who can step in fast, act like part of your team, and deliver qualified hires that stick, that is exactly what I do. ⸻ ✅ Sourcing & Candidate Pipeline Strategic sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, and custom outreach sequences to surface qualified passive talent. ✅ Interviewing & Hiring Systems Structured scorecards, interviewer calibration, and clean reporting that reduce hiring manager interview load by 70%. ✅ ATS & Tools Hands-on experience with Greenhouse, Lever, JazzHR, Workable, and Airtable for tracking, scheduling, and analytics. ✅ Scalable Recruiting Process Full life cycle recruiting from intake through offer with dashboards and weekly metrics for clarity and accountability. ✅ AI & Automation-Enabled Recruiting Over the past several years, I have invested heavily in AI, automation, and recruiting technology to streamline hiring without sacrificing candidate quality or experience. By combining over 13 years of recruiting expertise with AI-assisted research, automated outreach workflows, sourcing technology, and structured recruiting systems, we help clients: • Reduce time-to-hire • Lower recruiting costs versus traditional agencies/recruiters • Increase qualified candidate reach • Improve hiring process visibility and reporting • Scale recruiting efforts without increasing internal headcount My approach combines technology with hands-on recruiting expertise, allowing us to move faster and more efficiently than traditional recruiting models while maintaining a high-touch candidate experience. ⸻ 📊 Performance Metrics • Average time to fill: 35 days • Offer acceptance: 98% • Roles filled: 1,000+ • Clients served: 100+ startups and growth organizations • Cost reduction vs. agency: 40–60% • Placement rate: 100% Proof of Results: Adyen (Fintech/Payments): Scaled GTM, product, and operations talent during U.S. expansion, helping revenue grow from $440M to $1.1B. True Classic (DTC/Retail): Delivered 18+ hires per quarter across marketing, ecommerce, and creative, supporting growth from $150M to $250M. Pison Technology (Neurotech/ Biotech): Built recruiting function from scratch, hiring 34 engineers and product leaders across ML, hardware, and software. TakeOff41 (Healthcare Tech): Built specialized hospital sales recruitment engine for stealth NICU software startup, supporting GTM expansion, Stanford pilot, early customers, and venture-backed growth. General Devices (Healthcare Tech): Hired 25+ roles over three years to support national expansion, growing from $2M to $6M. NewPoint Mortgage (Fintech): Built AE hiring engine that delivered 40+ hires, sustaining 2 hires per month, fueling revenue growth from $10M to $25M. Gorra Financial Group (Insurance): Built inbound/outbound recruiting process, hiring 7 Advisors and 1 Managing Director, growing from $3M to $5M. Stelic (Construction / Project Controls): Built scalable recruiting infrastructure for mission-critical construction and project controls hiring across data center, pharma, infrastructure, and multi-state project environments. Accutime Watch Corp (Consumer Products / Retail): Recruited specialized packaging design talent for licensed consumer products across Disney, Marvel, Nickelodeon, Sony, Minecraft, and major retail channels. Pac Team Group (Manufacturing / Product Engineering): Built specialized recruitment process for high-stakes product engineering hire across fabrication, overseas production, manufacturing, and client-facing execution. American Iron LLC (Construction / Sales): Built high-performance remote sales closer pipeline for fast-growing barndominium brand, reducing founder interview load and supporting scalable revenue growth. ⸻ Let’s connect and talk through your open roles. Whether you need support on one critical hire or want to ramp an entire team, I can step in quickly and start delivering results within days.