On-demand recruiting for growth stage and venture backed Consumer Brands.

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PROPER SCALE

Was designed to be your go-to sourcing and recruitment engine to grow with you at a fraction of the cost.

Trust By Top Companies

Athletic Greens (AG1)

"The Proper Search team consistently exceeded the high bar we set."

Title: Director of Talent Acquisition 

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Key Hires

Chief of Staff

VP of Growth

VP of Retention

Dir. Product Design

VIVIDLY

“The've been a true partner whose constantly delivered."

Title: Co-Founder

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Key Hires

Vice President Marketing

Vice President Product

ODEKO

“My go-to search partner when I need a hire and can't miss"

Title: CEO

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Key Hires

President

CFO

Flow Water

"We had to get this hire right. That's why we choose Proper Search and we were not disappointed"

CEO

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Key Hire

CRO

Zena Nutrition

"Proper Search has been critical to our growth and success. We consider them interregnal part of the business"

CEO

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Key Hires

VP of Ecommerce

SVP of FDM

VP of Science & Innovation

Sr. Brand Manager

A winning track record

The numbers don’t lie. 100+ happy customers, and the reviews to back it up.

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409

Successful Placements

48

Hours to first candiate review

4:1

Avg. Present to hire ratio

~70%

Of new clients come from referrals

Why Choose Proper

Consumer Brand Experts

Our teams spend each working hour, reaching out and speaking with top talent across all sectors within the consumer space. Allow our pulse on the market to act as your differentiator.

Proven Processes

We have codified a sophisticated approach to search. Our SearchOS framework relies on a highly developed combination of art and tech applied to recruiting IQ and EQ.

In-House Teams

Hiring additional fulltime recruiters to meet every capability is expensive and impractical.

High tech.<br/> High touch.

High tech.
High touch.

Scouted is a tightly integrated suite of best in-class technology to harness the power of AI and recruitment focused LLMs

Powered by AI

To automate company mapping, candidate profiling, sourcing and pitch Process.

Run by People

Our people pick up where the tech leaves off to deliver the human touch people seek while providing an end to end a white-glove concierge experience.

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High tech.<br/> High touch.

Who we work with

A specialty firm designed to build entire teams for growth stage and venture backed consumer brands.

CPG
Health & Wellness
Food & Beverage
Consumer technology
E-Commerce Tech
Venture capital & Private equity

Dozens of teams built

Sr. Programmatic Ads Manager

Social Media & Influencer Partnerships

Product Development (Laboratory)

Sr. Recruiter

Finance Manager, Growth (Marketing)

Materials & Procurement Manager

Sr. Manager, Strategic Piloting & Incubation

Marketing and Regulatory Counsel

Sr. Brand Manager

Sr. Product Manager

The complete recruiter system a 6-pillar human-desire framework infusing art (people IQ/EQ) and science (tech + data) to streamline the recruitment process and help our clients achieve major breakthroughs by acquiring extraordinary IC talent to do the work required to hit milestones.

Discovery

Process discovery meetings, job spec intake and company knowledge capture.

Design

Design campaign process to determine the appropriate frame work required to achieve the mutually agreed goal.

Build

A tightly integrated suite of best in-class technology to harness the power of AI to automate the source & pitch portion of the recruitment process to garner warm candidate leads.

Validate

Knowledge cascade, Delivery readiness, System & process testing, Persona review & 360 mapping.

Execute

Implement, test, report, adjust...repeat!

Manage

Deliver our white glove partner success program that includes weekly updates, check-ins & KPI reviews.

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We build teams that hit milestones.

Verticalized teams enable us to streamline the talent acquisition process. A snap shot of our core competencies.

Marketing

Paid

Digital

E-commerce

Partnerships

Influencer

Social

Sales

FDM

Grocery

C-store

Speciality

VMS

Brand

Product Design

Brand

UI/UX

Graphic Design

Operations

Science & Innovation

Supply Chain

Quality

Procurement

Inventory

Finance

FP&A

Accounting

Analyst

Product

Shopify

Product Manager

Data & Analytics

e-commerce Dev

What it's like to work with us

A service so good you'll never need to go anywhere else for your search needs. Seriously!

Unlimited Roles

We become an extended member of your team. We live in your systems (slack, ATS, etc.) while building talent lead lists.

Fixed Rates

Easy to budget and manage monthly pricing options.

Lightning Fast

We’ve developed geo and skill-specific community-driven hub and spoke models to identify and deliver your desired talent to your inbox weekly.

Track Record

100's of happy clients & candidates and more then 409 candidate offers achieved across our portfolio of clients.

Reporting

All engagements are tracked using mutually agreed upon KPI’s.

Scalable

The ability to ramp us up or down based on business needs unlike a fulltime in-house recruiter.

Proper vs.
Full-Time Internal Recruiting
Internal Recruiting (FTE)

Salaried Recruiter

$0

$150,000

Bennifits

$0

$18,000

Recruiter Bonuses

$0

$30,000

Onboarding Cost

$0

$18,000

Manager Time

$0

$30,000

Recruiter Tools

$0

$24,000

Avg. days to fill

~42

~65

Total Annual cost

Flexible

$270,000

Savings w/

20

Avg. total hires to cover

Avg. 23 days

Less to fill an open role

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Your always-on fractional recruitment partner

Whether you're under going a brief ramp up, or you're in hyper growth mode our tiers are designed to meet you exactly where you are as a business.

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Ignite

Container based
Ideal for speed and occasional hiring needs.

Ramp up

Fee: 18% to 25%

Projects of 50 to 150 candidate leads provided per position

4+ subs presented per position

Unlimited talent pipeline revisions

Dedicated Account Manager

Avg. five day turn around time per candidate batch

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Most popular package

Elevate

Monthly + % per hire
For TA teams with larger req loads and or peak hiring needs.

Accelerate

Embedded Recruitment (RPO)

Multiple position request worked at a time

Inbound application management

4+ subs presented per position

Projects of 50 to 150 candidate leads provided per position

Talent Analysis + Competitive Mapping

Unlimited Talent Pipeline Revisions

Dedicated Account Manager

Avg. five day turn around time per candidate batch

30 day cancellation notice

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Ascend

CUSTOM
A fully optimized and end-to-end recruitment solution

High Growth

Everything in Elevate

Customized pricing

Multiple positions worked in sequence

Complete job ownership through accepted offer and start

Dedicated Sr. Recruiter Assigned

Attend all key TA meetings

And more

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FAQs

Why Choose Proper?

Good question! Here is what we have to say about that.

  1. Domain Experts – Every day, our teams speak to top talent within the consumer space
  2. Proven track record – 409 hires and counting
  3. Scalable pricing – Designed to scale; A true partnership approach
  4. Tenure team – 50 + years of experience at your fingertips
  5. Community of affiliate partners – We pay to play! Do other recruiters give away their fee for intros? We don’t know of an

What technology do you use?

We’ve built a tightly integrated suite of technical tools specifically chosen to automate the source & pitch portion of the recruitment process. Using our proprietary recruitment architecture within Scouted, we’re able to derive 100+ data points, create look-alike personas, allowing us to identify the ideal candidate bio for your open positions quickly.

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How fast will I receive my first batch of talent?

On average, most requests are completed within 1 business week or less after candidate alignment has been completed. However, more complex requests can take longer.

Is there any recruiting work or skill set level you don't cover?

It’s not often we come across a role we don’t have experience in. That said, and as your partner, if your need is better suited for a different search partner, we’ll be the first to tell you. We’re not here to win business, we’re here to win your trust!

As a reminder, we typically support skillsets within these Orgs:

  • Marketing (Digital)
  • Brand
  • Product
  • Sales
  • Ops
  • Finance

How does your community work?

Simply put, great talent knows great talent. That is why we’ve developed a robust affiliate program to amplify the introduction of experts to our recruiters allowing us to get in the room others can’t.

How do I put in a request for another search?

For the fastest turnaround, please reach out via call or email to your dedicated Execute Sponsor overseeing your account.

What is SearchOS

SearchOS is the basis of our Complete Recruiter System we created. Highlighting a 6-pillar human-desire framework which infuses art (people IQ/EQ) and science (tech + data) to streamline the recruitment process and help our clients like you achieve major breakthroughs by acquiring the talent required to hit milestones.

SearchOS and its 6-pillar framework have allowed us to achieve 409 successful placements to date!

  1. Deiscovery
  2. Desgin
  3. Build
  4. Validate
  5. Execute
  6. Manage

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We don’t just place people, we build world class companies. As domain experts, we’re the one partner founders can trust to build their dream teams from Seed to Exit.

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