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I’m Recruiter Dave

aka Sherpa, I’ve spent over 25 years in IT executive search, providing guidance and support on critical hiring and career decisions.

Lost navigating this new market? 25+ years inside hiring and executive search. I help companies and professionals make better decisions.

You're not alone.

I can help

A NEW HIRING REALITY

The market opened up.
The decisions didn’t get easier.

Companies

More candidates and more polished résumés have made fit harder to judge, not easier.

Professionals

More openings and more tools have made the right move harder to recognize, not easier.

I work on both sides of that decision.

The terrain got harder to read.

Mapping New Market Pressures

Why Why I made this
Why

Why

Hiring got louder and messier. Good people get buried. This is the map.

What What I hope it clarifies
What

What

A clearer read on resumes, interviews, screens, roles, and signals.

Who Who I hope to help
Who

Who

For candidates, students, and companies trying to make better decisions.

Companies Find Talent

Tailored Search for Critical Hires

Any software can find you a match. I’m here when fit matters.

Executive SearchMarket IntelligenceTalent Advisory
  • Direct search for key ICs and technical leaders
  • Role, architecture, and business-context calibration
  • Technical depth and organizational fit evaluation
  • Technology market and talent mapping
  • Hiring process optimization

The goal is not more resumes. It is a clearer path to the right hire.

Headhunting Solutions
Professionals Shape Career Strategy

Career Track Management

A career can span forty years. It should not be managed as a series of disconnected job searches.

Career StrategyPractical ResourcesGuided Support
  • Career decision-making
  • Value mapping and positioning
  • Growth and transition planning
  • Networking, résumés, and professional branding
  • Interview intelligence

The goal is to understand what is working, what is not, and what to do next.

Personal Career Solutions
Students Build Career Skills

Practical Career Support

For students, career changers, and others trying to turn experience, effort, and potential into value the market can recognize.

ToolsSkill-BuildingStructured Career Support
  • Career decision-making
  • Results and impact mapping
  • Effective search skills
  • Signals that carry
  • Job-search systems

The goal is to build evidence, confidence, and a process that holds up in the real market.

Open Resources & Training

The same destination. Different journeys.

Why RecruiterDave

Experienced judgment. Direct accountability.

25+ years inside technology search

I’ve spent my career evaluating technical talent, advising hiring leaders, and helping people navigate consequential career moves.

I understand the work behind the titles

Enough technical fluency to get past keywords, titles, and résumé language and understand what actually matters.

You work directly with me

No account manager. No junior recruiter handoff. No layers between the conversation, the search, and the decision.

About Dave