How Seaton and Associates Recruits for Long-Term Impact

 “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”  

— Benjamin Franklin

Words we live by at Seaton and Associates. We help our clients grow, improve, and succeed by helping them find the right people to build strong teams, exceptional cultures, and profitable companies. 

Right now, these words couldn’t be more applicable to our own organization. Our practice is growing and changing in ways that have stretched me as a leader, required more from my employees, and prompted us to re-evaluate our processes and teams. 

The growth and change we’ve experienced this year has reminded me how critical every employee is to the success of an organization and just how important it is to match the right talent with the right companies. 

Matching people with companies is about more than just finding the right skills and experience. It’s about building strong teams – closing the gap between the talent you need and the talent you have. The “good-on-paper” candidates don’t cut it when companies have to run lean, and every employee needs to pull their weight. Attitude and chemistry are just as important as the hard skills required for the job. 

Evaluating candidates’ soft skills and determining their potential impact on our clients’ teams, culture, and productivity are big parts of our process. Letting go of team leaders and making staff changes in my own organization have prompted me to analyze our recruiting processes. We’ve made adjustments that enable us to better determine a candidate’s long-term impact on an organization. 

Our own growing pains have given us the opportunity to be more exact in the candidates we deliver and serve our clients better. 

While Seaton and Associates has grown and changed in countless ways over twenty years, our recruiting philosophy has remained the same: 

Build relationships that build companies and grow careers. 

We believe our success in matching ideal candidates with our clients’ opportunities is a result of the relationships and trust we’ve built in the industries we serve. Our networks in the home building, medical, and dental industries run deep and wide. We don’t scour the internet for candidates, we go to our list of personal contacts. Knowing our candidates means we can serve our clients with greater speed, accuracy, and sustainability. 

We sincerely care about the success of our clients, candidates, and our company. Every employee should positively impact their company, and every employer should enrich the lives of their employees. We continually re-evaluate and improve our processes to deliver this result.

Strong relationships with our clients and candidates are key to our success. We would love to hear from you even if you’re not currently looking to hire or make a career change. We’re looking to partner with you in your continual growth and progress. Let’s make success meaningful.