Connecting Good People with Great Companies

Our team gets it. Companies are made of people. We combine our industry knowledge and recruiting experience to guide you towards making the ultimate connections.

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Impacting lives by connecting and empowering good people to build great companies.

We know your world because we’ve lived it – we’ve been in your shoes. HireBetter was built by entrepreneurs, so addressing the challenges you’re facing is engrained in our DNA. Our mission is to help our clients grow and scale through strategic talent services.

Our story

Building Better, Together

We’re in the business of relationship building. Whether it’s connecting a company with their new executive, providing more holistic client service through our partnerships or helping our clients grow intentionally and inclusively, we can achieve more, together. That’s why at Hirebetter we say that “with the right people, anything is possible.”

We Partner & Exceed Expectations

We Partner & Exceed Expectations

As your Strategic Talent Partner, we work to align your talent strategy with your business goals—growth matching—and challenge you to take a forward-looking, strategic approach to talent. By factoring in your business strategy, organizational structure, and leadership team, our talent strategists will help you identify and recruit the right talent to take you where you want to go and, possibly, some places you never imagined.

We Guarantee Our Work

We Guarantee Our Work

Maybe you’ve been burned by a recruiter before. We get it – we have too! We believe that the Recruiting Industry is Broken and our Talent Placement Guarantee is one of the ways we are repairing it. We’re confident that, together, we’ll identify the perfect fit for your goals. But for those very rare situations where something doesn’t go as planned or the candidate we place doesn’t meet your standards, we’ll replace them.

We Invest In Our Community

We Invest In Our Community

We are connectors, passionate about people. HireBetter seeks to cultivate mutually beneficial relationships, not just between company and candidate, but also between companies we work with. Our community boasts growth-minded leaders from entrepreneurial companies spanning industries and geographies that share insights and build connections through forums, events, and one-to-one connections. See our Partners >>

Our Leadership Team

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Kurt Wilkin

Founder/Chairman
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Velveth Schmitz

Chief Executive Officer
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Amy Ancira

Chief Experience Officer
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Kelli Thomason

VP, HR and Operations

What our satisfied clients are saying:

“Thank you for all your support through the process.  You and your team are amazing.

As we discussed, please express my appreciation to your client for hosting me.  I am confident they will find someone who will be a great, creative thought partner to leadership. I understand it was a tough decision, and I appreciate you sharing the feedback with me.  It’s the right decision for everyone.”

— Karen

“I’ve been placed into several contract positions through HireBetter over the course of the past few years, and I can’t say enough about their organization.  Not only are they uber professional, smart, and highly respected by their clients, but they are a fun team that provides all of the tools and guidance necessary to ensure success.

Anyone would be smart to team up with HireBetter.  They will exceed your expectations in every way.”

– David

“I have worked with HireBetter folks for almost two decades. We have done half a dozen projects together and developed a very trusted relationship. One of my favorite parts of working with HireBetter is knowing there is a foundational core value of integrity that when something goes wrong (and of course sometimes it does) there is always an attitude of let’s make this right for the Client and/or the Resource. It is quickly evident that HireBetter has solid core values and they deliver on them for the long haul.”

– Chris

“My experience with Steve was exceptional.  I was well informed on what was happening throughout the process and the position I was recruited for was right up my alley.  Thanks so much to the HireBetter team.”

– Tom

“One thing that does stand out from the experience is transparency about the process, even if it was discouraging that I didn’t move forward in the process. Steve noted that I was the most junior person being considered. I was one of ~30 interviewed for a role with >600 applicants, so a 5% interview rate. It might seem funny, but context matters. Knowing I’d at least made it into the top 5% was a bump of confidence in a really tough job market.”

– Abby

“I recently had a fantastic experience with HireBetter while looking for a new job, and I can’t recommend them enough! The whole process was smooth and efficient, which really took the stress out of job hunting. I had the pleasure of working with Steve as my recruiter, and he was truly exceptional. From our first conversation, it was clear that he genuinely cared about helping me find the right fit. He was not only professional but also very approachable, making it easy to discuss my career goals.”

– Alexa

“Thank you for all your support through the process.  You and your team are amazing.

As we discussed, please express my appreciation to your client for hosting me.  I am confident they will find someone who will be a great, creative thought partner to leadership. I understand it was a tough decision, and I appreciate you sharing the feedback with me.  It’s the right decision for everyone.”

— Karen

“I’ve been placed into several contract positions through HireBetter over the course of the past few years, and I can’t say enough about their organization.  Not only are they uber professional, smart, and highly respected by their clients, but they are a fun team that provides all of the tools and guidance necessary to ensure success.

Anyone would be smart to team up with HireBetter.  They will exceed your expectations in every way.”

– David

“I have worked with HireBetter folks for almost two decades. We have done half a dozen projects together and developed a very trusted relationship. One of my favorite parts of working with HireBetter is knowing there is a foundational core value of integrity that when something goes wrong (and of course sometimes it does) there is always an attitude of let’s make this right for the Client and/or the Resource. It is quickly evident that HireBetter has solid core values and they deliver on them for the long haul.”

– Chris

“My experience with Steve was exceptional.  I was well informed on what was happening throughout the process and the position I was recruited for was right up my alley.  Thanks so much to the HireBetter team.”

– Tom

“One thing that does stand out from the experience is transparency about the process, even if it was discouraging that I didn’t move forward in the process. Steve noted that I was the most junior person being considered. I was one of ~30 interviewed for a role with >600 applicants, so a 5% interview rate. It might seem funny, but context matters. Knowing I’d at least made it into the top 5% was a bump of confidence in a really tough job market.”

– Abby

“I recently had a fantastic experience with HireBetter while looking for a new job, and I can’t recommend them enough! The whole process was smooth and efficient, which really took the stress out of job hunting. I had the pleasure of working with Steve as my recruiter, and he was truly exceptional. From our first conversation, it was clear that he genuinely cared about helping me find the right fit. He was not only professional but also very approachable, making it easy to discuss my career goals.”

– Alexa

At the root of HireBetter's brand are these

Beliefs + Standards

Core Beliefs

Love

Drive

Community

Integrity

Grit

Standards

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Human to human in everything we do

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Invest in every relationship

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Excellence requires courage

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Run toward the storm

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Don’t fear the friction

Credo: Win Together

Been Burned by Bad Recruiting? We get it.

Through the years, the importance of talent has been proven time and again. But if talent is so critical to business growth and success, why is it served by an industry that many – including HireBetter – believe is fundamentally flawed?

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How We Engage

“Impacting lives” is no small feat. We believe that the nature of our industry and our decades of expertise affords us a unique opportunity to truly impact the lives of others in a positive way – and we feel a strong responsibility to do so. We invest in HireBetter and our community because we know that strong and engaged stakeholders lead to a healthy, sustainable, and resilient business. We recognize that, without employees, clients, candidates, partners, vendors, families, investors, and supportive communities, there is no business.
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