What one search looks like
A trial search is the same search we run for anyone. The only difference is that nothing beyond that one role is on the table until you decide it should be.
It begins with a conversation about the role itself: what the person will own, who they report to, what the team needs from them in the first stretch, and what a good fit looks like to you. From that we write a candidate profile and agree it with you before we go looking.
- We agree the role and the profile with you in writing.
- We go to people we already know first, then to people who are not applying anywhere.
- Everyone is screened against one scorecard: skills, motivation, compensation alignment and references.
- You receive a short list of people worth your interview time, with our notes on each.
- We coordinate the interviews and get feedback moving both ways quickly.
- When you choose someone, we help with the offer, plan for a counter, and stay in touch after the start date.
What you get from a trial
A short list
A few people we would hire ourselves, each one screened, each one interested, each one explained. Not a stack to sort through.
Fast feedback
You hear from us as soon as there is something to say. Candidates hear from you through us just as quickly, so nobody goes quiet and nobody drifts away.
An honest read
If the compensation is off the market, if the profile asks for two people in one, or if we are not the right firm for this search, we say so early.
What we will not do
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No résumé floods
We do not send everyone who replied to a posting and leave the sorting to you. A name reaches you only after we have spoken with the person and would put them in front of you in person.
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No pressure
One role means one role. If the search goes well and you want to hand us the next one, good. If you would rather stop there, that is fine too, and we will still be glad to talk another time.
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No fee talk until we have spoken
The first conversation is about the role, the team and whether we can help. Terms come afterwards, in writing, once both sides know what the search actually involves.
Who we are
Affinity Search Partners is a founder-led firm that recruits for IT teams and information systems work. It was founded in 2013 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.
We place contractors and consultants who strengthen a team for a stretch, contract-to-hire and permanent hires, and the leaders who run technology for a company. The work covers cloud and infrastructure, software development, and data and analytics, for employers whose business is technology, healthcare, manufacturing or financial services. Most of them are around Middle Tennessee; for the right role we search anywhere in the country.
We care about how someone fits the people they will work with as much as what they can do, and we would rather keep a relationship than close a transaction. That is why we are comfortable being tested on a single role.
About the firmPick the role and tell us about it
Send a few lines about the opening through the contact form on our main site. We will read it, come back to you with questions, and tell you plainly whether it is a search we should run.
Try us on one role No obligation. Just a conversation about one opening.