Here at Southwest Search we are not just “headhunters”, in fact I would say we are more of opportunity seekers.  We look for individuals who either want a change in their current employment or who need a new position due to a layoff that has left them out of work.  It is our mission in this company to find a perfect match between candidate and client, a perfect match between skills possessed and experience needed, and a perfect match between an individual who wants to make a change and a company that seeks to find some change.

As recruiters we see people of all walks of life: new grads, CFOs, back-to-work moms, and even those who have not been on a job interview in 25 years.  We meet with everyone before we ever send them out to a client just so that we have a good background knowledge of their work and who they are as a person.  Thinking back to when I started with this company (a mere 8 months ago) one of the first things I was told was, “Get to know who you are interviewing, ask about their life, their kids, how they got to this point in their life.”  This advice has been a constant reminder to me that we are here to help others make a needed change, therefore we as recruiters have to make a conscious effort to remember that change.

So to be called a “headhunter” sends chills even up my spine at times because we are so much more than that.  Our mission here at Southwest Search is not about putting a warm body in a desk chair to crunch numbers all day, it’s about finding the right opportunity for all parties so that the end result is satisfaction.

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