External Recruiter

Why partner with me:

  • Equitable & predictive hiring: I design search processes anchored in a racial and social justice lens that maintains rigorous standards for job performance and cultural fit/add.

  • Culture‑aligned execution: Whether I lead or collaborate with your team, I quickly adapt to your organizational culture and provide flexible, responsive support throughout the search.

  • Efficiency meets strategy: I optimize your outreach to reach diverse candidate pools while helping you maximize limited resources while also adopting the 80/20 rule while building out processes

Value-Ads:

  • Bias‑reducing process architecture: I apply best practices - structured scorecards, hiring exercises, anonymized reviews - to ensure consistency, fairness, and defensibility at each hiring stage.

  • Compelling job & brand storytelling: From job postings to social media to conducting initial screens, I’ll represent your organization with care.

  • Capacity-building for lasting impact: Need internal strength for future searches? I offer training and mentoring so your team can own equitable recruiting practices confidently.

Also:

  • Guidance on building an equitable and compliant hiring process - whether you're bringing on staff or independent contractors.

Partners Include:

  • Center for Excellence in Nonprofits

  • City Surf Project

  • Chore

  • DevelopWell

    • And their clients: Advance Native Political Leadership Action Fund, New Energy Nexus California, VoteMama, WomenCount

  • Dolores Street Community Services

  • Full Circle Fund

  • Made in Color

  • Ritual Coffee Roasters

  • Wealthfront

  • WeHealth

Testimonials

“After speaking with Sarah during our initial phone call I felt very enthusiastic about hiring her to recruit our Program & Operations Manager. I needed an expert who could move quickly and Sarah was extremely easy to work with. She was able to quickly find candidates and screened them to find the right one. She also advised me on best practices and facilitated the fine detail inter-workings of making a final decision and signing a candidate. We now have a person that is flourishing in their position!”

Johnny Irwin, City Surf Project, Executive Director

“Sarah is a phenomenal recruiter. I hired her to help me fill a position after I tried and failed, hiring 3 people in a row who were not a good fit for the position for various reasons. She had a great strategy for identifying who the right candidate would be, gave excellent advice on everything from the job description to salary and benefits, and found someone amazing for me. Throughout the entire process, she was organized, met deadlines and was very communicative. The thing that really won Sarah over to me, was the feedback that I got from the candidates: she mirrored our company culture to a tee, so that candidates got a great sense of our culture from the interactions they had with Sarah. And thanks to her understanding of the importance of our culture, we found a candidate who exceeded the requirements of the job and was a good cultural fit. I would hire her again in a heartbeat!”

Eileen Hassi Rinaldi, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Owner

“When I was starting to build a new department at AbstractOps, I needed to make some strategic initial hires. Sarah was so helful and kind throughout the process. She cared deeply about finding the right candidate based on what the company needed, and she always made sure to keep equity, diversity and inclusion top of mind.”

Matthew Ryan, Chore, Lead, Customer Operations