Recruiting with Purpose
Partnering With Companies to Attract Difference-Makers. Targeted recruiting solutions to empower growth, innovation, and transformation.
Testimonials
"You helped me transform Kickstarter for the better this year and I'm so grateful for that."
Everette Taylor — CEO Kickstarter
“When you need to hire a difference maker to advance your company's growth, scale, and success, Jadey should be the centerstone of your talent acquisition strategy.“
Jennifer Singer — COO
“Jadey clearly understands the big picture and can help connect the dots for companies and candidates. I have no doubt that she can elevate the thinking of any organization she's a part of!”
Jon Lesser — CEO
“I have always looked forward to our connections and have appreciated your sense of humor, candor, and can-do attitude even when things got down to the wire. You are truly such a pleasure to work with and we ALWAYS knew that we could count on you. You are fabulous at what you do.”
Megan O’Laughlin — Leadership and Organization Effectiveness Consultant
Going Beyond Hires to Heroes. Specializing in talent that drives revenue, Vocation LLC was founded to partner with leaders to attract and hire superior marketing, Communications, and GTM players. Our bespoke approach gets personal. We dig in and understand the power of your company's unique, heroic, dynamic, gritty, and ultimately inspiring story.
We take the same care with potential candidates, going beyond their skills to uncover what truly drives them and what they uniquely bring to the opportunity.
Why do we focus on matching opportunities with professionals aligned on passion, purpose, drive, and mission? Because it’s good business.
Mission and Purpose-driven organizations are preferred by employees and outperform the market (Forbes):
54% higher employee retention rate
Employees tied to the company mission are 30% more likely to be high-performers
Positive impact on both financial and stock market performance
The Why
THE FOUNDER
Jadey Ryndak
Jadey Ryndak is a recruitment veteran with 20 years of experience leading and supporting recruitment firms (LHH, The Mom Project, Hunt Club) and working with companies across industries (startups, financial services, consulting, manufacturing, high-education, PR).
She is a hands-on practitioner with a passion for the art and science of recruiting. Based in Chicago, she supports companies nationally.
She has a journalism degree from The University of Kansas and a Master's in Organizational Psychology.
An active SHRM member, board member of Tutoring Chicago and ICF ACC certified Coach.
Her Team:
Jadey has a network of talented recruiters and HR practitioners ready to support engagements that may require additional manpower or specialized expertise.
Services
Fractional Talent Acquisition
A flexible extension of your organization. Integrating with your teams, culture, and processes to maximize speed, reach, and budget efficiency.
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Working as an extension of your team to maximize hiring initiatives, I provide:
Targeted external recruiting
Internal applicant and referral management
Hiring team counsel
Interview management
Offer negotiation
Compliance record-keeping
Executive support
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Working closely with your People and Leadership teams to support the implementation and onboarding of ATS systems.
Experienced with: Greenhouse, Lever, Bullhorn, and iCIMS
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Partnering to develop highly refined, company-specific support for:
Scorecard development
Manager interview training
Targeted talent pooling.
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Hands-on training and mentoring for your Talent Acquisition team members, providing practical, real-world approaches to:
Outbound search techniques and efficiencies
Candidate trust-building and experience management
Hiring team advising and coordination
Market intelligence gathering and data reporting
Early offer expectation-setting
Use Cases:
Rapidly-growth organizations without TA teams
Companies with small TA teams that require additional support for defined initiatives, hiring surges or cyclical hiring peaks.
Multiple hires that require external outreach
Fee Structure:
Fractional retainer or hourly rate aligned with company objectives and timing. Engagements range from 8-30 hours per week over a 3-12 month time frame.
Executive Search
External targeted recruiting for key talent. Working closely with your Leadership and People teams to pursue and land high-value hires.
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Working directly with ELT teams, Boards, Investors, and People Leaders to closely align on both the role and ultimate business objectives.
Conducting national targeted research and outreach to find leaders uniquely aligned with your:
Company stage
Company goals
Team needs
Market opportunity
Company mission and vision
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Providing discreet, high-touch, targeted outreach for confidential roles. Partnering with leadership when the stakes are high, and discretion is key in situations such as:
Leadership shifts or new roles
Replacing a current incumbent employee
Competitive advantage concerns for new initiatives
Reputation management concernsSelection, optimization, or transition.
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Active outreach to build talent pools aligned with defined business objectives. Highly refined research, messaging, and engagement to strategically attract key hires and achieve your goals, including:
Increasing leadership diversity from underrepresented groups
DEI and workforce development initiatives, such as caregiver returnships and military hiring programs
Geographic targeting
Industry specialization
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Team-building support to start or expand key teams. Partnering with you on 2 to 20+ roles allows for bundled hires to maximize hiring efficiency, budget, and time.
Use Cases:
Searches requiring extensive external research, networking and outreach.
High-value roles
Confidential searches
Targeted outreach to female and underrepresented candidates.
Fee Structure:
Container model - A small retainer to initiate a search. The remaining negotiated fee is earned upon successful placement. Multi-hire bundled pricing is offered.
Outcomes
With this highly personal approach we drive quick response and engaged candidate interactions.
+38%
Average message outreach response*
& <2% message rejection rate
*Double industry standard.
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Typically present first qualified candidates in less than a week of search kickoff.
7
Average number of highly qualified candidates presented per role.
>90%
Offer Acceptance Rate.
70 Days
Average days-to-offer for Leadership roles and sub-30 days for Individual contributors.
Experience
Search and Contract Placement Experience Spans Industries
from VC-backed Start-ups, Marketing Agencies, Financial Institutions to Privately-held manufacturers.
LET'S GET IN TOUCH!
Want to discuss your company's unique recruiting challenges? Schedule a time here to meet with Jadey or send her a message.