How We Work With You

Senior expertise. Embedded execution. Named tools.

Strategy and execution — not just one or the other. Every engagement is scoped to what you actually need, built by someone who has done this work inside organizations that can't afford to get it wrong.

Structural Moat · Specialty Service

Cleared & DoD Recruiting — Where the Industry Fails

Zero competitors combine cleared technical depth, AI-native sourcing, ATS build capability, and OFCCP/AAP compliance expertise in a single fractional engagement. The combination doesn't exist at the firm level. It exists here.

Average TTF on cleared technical roles: 12+ months industry standard → 25 days with Hire Up Resources. That gap is the value of cleared network, cleared-specific tooling, and 20+ years knowing exactly where cleared talent moves and why.

TS/SCI & Cleared Technical Roles
Data Scientists, AI Engineers, Cloud Architects, Systems Engineers. Full-cycle cleared sourcing targeting active and passively cleared talent.
GovCon Proposal & Post-Award Staffing
Rapid-fill pipelines for proposal submission, contract wins, and ramp-up requirements. Timed to your contract milestones, not a standard agency calendar.
OFCCP / AAP Federal Compliance
Federal contractor compliance built into every search — affirmative action plan support, adverse impact analysis, and documentation that survives an audit.
DoD Program Portfolio Experience
C5ISR, Space, Missile Defense, SAP, and Intelligence programs. Multimillion-dollar DoD contract TA leadership. Not a learning curve — a track record.
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Fractional TA

Monthly embedded recruiting partner. Full-cycle — brief to offer. Senior-level execution without the full-time overhead or agency markup. Priority access, dedicated hours, consistent partnership.

Avg TTF: 25 days on cleared & technical roles
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Cleared & Executive Search

Senior, technical, cleared, and executive searches. TS/SCI and cleared technical roles where the general market fails. Fully retained. No contingency. No shortcuts. 25-day average TTF where others quote 12 months.

DoD cleared programs: C5ISR, Space, SAP, Intel portfolios
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AI-Enabled Sourcing & TA Infrastructure

Active use of HireEZ, SeekOut, Gem, Paradox/Olivia, and Make — named tools running in live workflows, not a capabilities slide. ATS implementation acros(the iCIMS, Greenhouse, Loxo, Bullhorn, and Workable. Workflow automation, SOPs, and adoption protocols your team actually uses.

Built iCIMS and full TA infrastructure — reduced TTF from 12 months to 25 days
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HR On Call

Day-to-day HR support, employee relations, compliance, and ad hoc guidance — without the cost or commitment of a full-time HR hire. Fractional HRBP embedded into your business.

Compliance built proactively — not after the emergency
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People Operations

Onboarding systems, ATS setup, comp benchmarking, policies, handbooks, and processes — the infrastructure that makes HR actually function at scale. Built to last, not to be rebuilt every 18 months.

Infrastructure built to scale — not patched together
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Employer Brand Foundation

Careers pages, JD rewrites, candidate experience design, and interview reputation — built so the best candidates say yes before you ask. Audit-first, not assumption-first.

Employer brand that converts A-tier candidates
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Who I Work With

Three buyer types. All underserved by firms.

The common thread: hiring situations where the standard playbook doesn't work and the person showing up needs to know what they're doing from day one.

Defense Contractors & GovCon

DoD programs, cleared technical roles, GovCon proposal staffing, and OFCCP/AAP compliance. Average cleared technical TTF of 12+ months at agencies vs. 25 days here — because the cleared network, sourcing tools, and program knowledge are already in place.

TS/SCI Cleared Roles GovCon Staffing OFCCP/AAP Proposal & Post-Award

Growth-Stage Tech & Startups

Seed through Series B companies scaling from 30 to 200+ people. No TA infrastructure, no scalable process, hiring manager confidence problems. Need a senior partner who builds the function — not just fills reqs.

ATS Build Process Infrastructure Fractional TA People Strategy

Mid-Market Teams in Transition

A people leader just departed. A hiring push is coming. An acquisition is closing. Situations where the organization needs senior fractional coverage immediately and can't wait for a 90-day permanent hire process to close.

Interim Coverage Retained Search HR On Call Executive Search
Tools & Technology

Proven capabilities. Not vendor lists.

Every category below is in active use across engagements. Tool selection is always scoped to your existing stack first — the goal is what matters, not the brand name on the software.

Sourcing & Discovery
AI-driven talent sourcing across 800M+ profiles for cleared, technical, and passive candidates by clearance level, skill set, and location.
Technical & Diversity Sourcing
Deep sourcing for cleared technical roles and hard-to-find skills where standard Boolean searches come up empty.
Pipeline Management
CRM and pipeline analytics layered onto ATS data. Tracks candidate outreach response rates, pipeline health, and bottlenecks across every active requisition.
Screening & Scheduling Automation
Automated candidate screening, scheduling, and FAQ response. Eliminates the coordination bottleneck that kills cleared candidate velocity.
Workflow Automation
Multi-system workflow automation — ATS to CRM sync, status update routing, recruiter handoff triggers, and reporting pipelines. The infrastructure layer that makes the rest run.
ATS Implementation & Optimization
Platform selection, configuration, integration, and adoption training across five major ATS platforms. Built from scratch and optimized for high-volume and cleared hiring environments.
Every engagement starts with your existing stack. The right tool for your workflow matters more than any preferred vendor.
Engagement Models & Pricing

Three tracks. Priced for the work you actually need.

Search & Placement for defined roles, an Embedded Partnership for ongoing capacity, or Build & Optimize to rebuild the function itself. Flat-fee searches start at $5,000, monthly retainers at $3,500, and every engagement is scoped before it begins.