It takes real talent to acquire real talent. Bridgeway is a vertically integrated search and recruitment firm. Our team of experts specialize at building core teams on behalf of clients in the practice areas of Construction, Engineering, Life Sciences, Tax, and Financial Services.
MAY 2025 HIRING INSIGHTS
What Really Matters When You’re Trying to Make a Quality Hire?
Everyone talks about finding the “a” player, the impact hire, or a top performer, but if you want to consistently make quality hires, focus here:
- Align Expectations.
Make sure you fully understand what the candidate expects from the company — and more importantly, make absolutely clear what you expect from them.
Bad hires happen when either side walks in with assumptions. Don’t leave it to chance. Create an alignment document for every role, from entry-level to leadership. Get everything on the table early. - Challenge Their Desire.
Why is it risky to hire someone who’s unemployed? Because it’s hard to tell if they want your position — or just a paycheck.
For any level you hire, ask them why this role, this company, and this timing are right for them — both short-term and long-term, in a final interview.
If you’re not sold on their answer, don’t hire them.
Desire you have to feel. If you’re guessing, it won’t last. - Confirm Competence.
Yes, skill matters — but only after the first two boxes are checked.
And honestly, competence is the easiest part to assess.
Can they do the job? If not, and you miss it — that’s on you.
SPECIALIZED SOLUTIONS
BRIDGEWAY CONNECT
If you’re not prepared to undergo the search process, Bridgeway Connect guarantees that your job opening reaches every pertinent candidate. Utilizing cutting-edge recruiting research and intelligence tools, we develop an outreach strategy that transcends traditional job postings. With Bridgeway Connect, you’ll yield exponential effectiveness over traditional job postings, ensuring your position garners attention from precisely the right candidates.
BRIDGEWAY SEARCH
When urgency, importance, and the need for engagement converge in a hiring decision, our search service becomes the ideal solution. Since 2005, we’ve facilitated over 4000 strategic hires, positioning ourselves as experts in the field.
At Bridgeway, our search methodology is built on the premise of targeted, proactive access to top-tier talent. We go beyond mere identification, investing our time in ensuring the perfect fit not only accepts the offer but also aligns with expectations, preventing missteps. Our impressive client retention and hire stick rates underscore our proficiency in this regard.
A LOOK INSIDE OUR HIRING PHILOSOPHY
OUR THINKING ON REFERENCE CHECKS
Everyone knows it: reference checks are ineffective interviewing strategies in 90% of the cases. But done correctly, both the company and the prospective hire can benefit from a quality reference. READ MORE
OUR THINKING ON HIRING MODELS
A Hiring Model can be defined as the brand your company maintains for best in class hires. An extended time frame is responsible for losing more desirable candidates than any other two reasons combined. We know 5 other things that can protect your reputation in the market READ MORE
OUR THINKING ON STAFF EFFICIENCY
E + QE + S = P We know what that means and you should too. Most companies have staff performing below 80% efficiency. If you don’t hire right, it’s hard not to. READ MORE
OUR THINKING ON HR AS A HIRING KEYHOLDER
Friend or Foe? As a critical function within every large corporation, we know what the answer should be. Can’t we all just get along? READ MORE
OUR THINKING ON COUNTER OFFERS
Counter Offers are a part of 21st century career management. There is a time to consider them and a time not to consider them. We can explain and walk you through both. READ MORE
ABOUT BRIDGEWAY
At Bridgeway Search Group we welcome the headhunter label. We embrace it and our clients require it. Finding the best individual for a position means going beyond posting jobs, broadcast emailing and surfing LinkedIn. It takes one-to-one communication with both client and candidate to match their values. It takes the unique ability to inspire a candidate to pursue an opportunity. Headhunting takes real talent to acquire real talent.
HIGH PERFORMANCE
* Hiring results are calculated using a 5 year term of all hires completed between 2006 to 2020. Results are updated each year in January to reflect most recent data available. Useful measurements require a 5 year tenure term- 2020 is the most recent year for that.
**Detailed responses including metrics and guidelines for the above statistics are available upon request.