Client Quote

Cobalt enabled me to transform our leadership team with no negative impact to customers, business operations, or the team. In fact, their candidates quickly integrated and delivered positive change. I can only recommend Cobalt if you want to add A Players to your team. What impressed me about Cobalt is the candidates they recommend we interview are well-vetted, high-quality professionals who, without exception, would improve the current team. What's nice is that they made it difficult for us to choose. We even created a new role for one of their candidates because we simply had to have them on our team. Over a 4-month period, we hired four senior leaders through Cobalt which is a key part of how we will scale Kokua over the next two to three years. Prior to working with Cobalt, we were unsuccessful in adding A Players to the leadership team over a 12-month period. We tried to manage recruitment internally and we engaged other search firms, but we had no success. It felt too difficult and too time-consuming. Cobalt listens closely to your needs as the target role is defined and they provide clear feedback and recommendations as they engage the market. I like the weekly recruitment updates they provide, and their team is proactive and positive as they engage the market, learn, and make recommendations. I got to a point where I simply trusted their recommendations. I also like that Cobalt remains focused on how the candidates perform once recruited. They engage with you about 30-60- 90 day plans and they follow up with surveys. Cobalt's approach removes a huge part of the recruitment process where we struggled in the past. Cobalt makes you think about what you really need and then consistently provides A Players for you to interview. You do not need to review applications, you do not need to conduct phone screens, you do not need to perform competency-based interviews. All of that is done before you interview the handful of candidates who are genuine A Players. You just need to choose.