Tired of the culture at their corporate staffing agency, recruiting veterans Tyler Wentworth and Erin Pavane wanted to carve their own path in the industry. So, the duo set their sights on a new venture: The Hire.
Founded in December 2017, the Pawtucket-based staffing firm for business professionals gets invested in clients.
At their former employer, a large broad-service recruiting agency, Wentworth, president of The Hire, and Pavane, the firm’s professional career coach, noticed that both candidates and recruiters were often not treated well and experienced mostly transactional relationships.
“If you’ve ever talked to anyone who has worked with a recruiter, they all have at least one bad story,” Pavane said. “We wanted to change that.” Wentworth and Pavane try to build intimate relationships with clients and candidates by making personal visits to workplaces and scheduling one-on-one meetings with candidates.
As a certified career coach, Pavane can also help candidates find resources they need to build their skills, such as college courses or certification programs.