Senior recruiter guidance

Talk directly with a recruiter who knows the hiring side.

Get one-on-one guidance from an experienced recruiter who can look at your search the way an employer does—and give you clear, practical direction.

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Speak one-on-oneDirect guidance—not a generic script

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Advice from the hiring side

A recruiter sees what a job seeker can miss.

When you are inside your own search, every silence can feel personal and every next step can feel uncertain. Every VSG consultant brings senior recruiting experience to the full job search—along with a distinct hiring-side perspective that makes the conversation more valuable.

AIRS Certified · AI & Sourcing Two Recruiters in LinkedIn’s Top 1% Most Connected

Meet the senior recruiting consultants

One direct conversation.

Every consultant can guide the complete job search. Their different backgrounds expand the perspective available to you—they do not limit who each consultant can support.

Debra Bennett, Senior Recruiting Partner

Founder

Atlanta, Georgia

Debra Bennett

Senior Recruiting Consultant · Founder

Multi-award-winning executive recruiter and the specialist other recruiters call when they need one of their own. Debra works directly with hiring companies and knows what gets senior candidates moved forward—or quietly screened out.

Founder — built VSG’s AI-enhanced search practice
Top 1% connected on LinkedIn
AIRS Certified AI & Sourcing Recruiter

Experience she bringsExecutive search and career strategy across every industry—entry level through the C-suite—evaluating talent from the hiring side.

Get to Know Debra → Debra’s LinkedIn

Founding Bench

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Sommer Cox

Senior Recruiting Consultant

Sommer turned a 90-day contract into five years with a single client—the kind of trust that gets earned, not given. Between agency recruiting at VSG and national corporate hiring, she has sourced, screened, interviewed, and hired at scale—and she brings a calm, encouraging style to candidates building momentum.

Turned a 90-day contract into 5 years with one client
National corporate recruiting experience
Sourced, screened, interviewed, and hired at scale

Experience she bringsAgency and corporate recruiting, high-volume hiring, candidate strategy, and firsthand perspective from both sides of the hiring desk.

Get to Know Sommer → Join Sommer’s Waitlist → Sommer’s LinkedIn

Founding Bench

Portland, Maine

Jim Beaudry

Senior Recruiting Consultant · Managing Director

Jim is the recruiter recruiters call for advice—nineteen years placing talent into the staffing and recruiting industry itself. He brings a direct market read to interviews, leadership positioning, and career decisions.

Owner and Managing Director of Jim Beaudry Search
Top 1% connected on LinkedIn
Trusted adviser to recruiters and recruiting leaders

Experience he bringsDeep staffing-industry knowledge, leadership recruiting, interview strategy, and the market perspective recruiters seek out.

Get to Know Jim → Join Jim’s Waitlist → Jim’s LinkedIn

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recruiting desks in our national network

Local attention backed by a national community of independent recruiting specialists and live searches.

One consultant. A wider market view.

Your consultant is not working from one desk alone.

VSG is your direct point of contact and quality gate. Behind that relationship is the Top Echelon recruiting network—giving the team access to a broader range of specialties, regions, market perspectives, and opportunities.

One relationshipYour chosen VSG consultant

National reachIndependent recruiting specialists

Clear guidanceFocused on your next decision

One-on-one recruiter time

Choose the level of support that fits.

Start with your career level and choose a focused 30-minute conversation or a full-hour strategy session.

Early career

Build the foundation

Pricing announced at launch

30 minutes · Full hour

For students, new graduates, and the first five years of your career.

Clarify roles that fit
Strengthen first interviews
Plan the next useful step

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Professional

Move with a strategy

Pricing announced at launch

30 minutes · Full hour

For professionals navigating a career move, a stalled search, or a stronger offer.

Calibrate your market position
Improve interview strategy
Prepare for offers and negotiation

Choose Professional Support →

VP & executive

Lead the conversation

Pricing announced at launch

30 minutes · Full hour

For Director through C-suite candidates preparing to compete against a short slate.

Sharpen leadership narrative
Calibrate executive presence
Prepare for high-stakes interviews

Choose Executive Support →

AI Consultant

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Eric

Fully Automated AI Consultant

Trained by VSG’s senior recruiters on the firm’s proprietary search processes, Eric handles the structured work of a search — resume rebuilds, job matching, interview intelligence — and delivers around the clock. Every result is backed by the VSG team.

Rebuilds resumes for one specific job — nothing invented
Matches candidates to live roles across the VSG network
Trained on VSG’s proprietary recruiter playbooks

Experience he bringsThirty years of VSG recruiter judgment, encoded — screening standards, submittal quality, and market read, applied consistently on every run.

Get to Know Eric → Try Eric — Resume Intelligence

Your consultant, session availability, and final booking details are confirmed before payment. Sommer and Jim are not taking sessions yet — join the waitlist and you will be first in line when they open.

Simple by design

Choose. Connect. Leave with direction.

Choose your consultant

Select the background and perspective that best match your needs.

Bring the real situation

Share the resume, role, interview, offer, or decision creating the most friction.

Know what to do next

Leave with an honest market read and practical actions—not vague encouragement.

Your next move

You do not need more opinions. You need the right perspective.

Choose a senior recruiting consultant who understands how employers evaluate candidates—and can help you present your actual experience clearly.

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