VELOCITY SEARCH GROUP
Senior-level talent acquisition powered by real executive recruiters — specializing in Manager-level and above across multiple industries.
We don't publish client names. We'll happily talk through both of these on a call.
323 open sales roles when we took the account. The only recruiter in the company's history to reach a 100% fill rate on its sales jobs.
The previous recruiter had submitted a handful of candidates in twelve months with zero hires. Our team had eight offers out inside the first ninety days — in an industry we had never recruited before.
"It's not about the industry. It's about the ability to listen, make the right match, and understand what people on both sides actually need."— DEBRA BENNETT, FOUNDER
Velocity Search Group is a member of the Top Echelon Network — 1,077 independent recruiting firms that work searches together. When we take your role, it isn't one recruiter hunting: it's our bench plus a national network of specialists in your exact niche, with VSG as your single point of contact and quality gate.
Debra Bennett
Senior Recruiting Partner
20K+ LinkedIn Connections
30+ Written Recommendations
★ AIRS Certified AI & Sourcing Recruiter
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Velocity Search Group is a boutique executive search firm led by Debra Bennett, Senior Recruiting Partner and one of LinkedIn's top-connected recruiters with over 20,000 connections and 30+ written recommendations from clients and candidates. VSG pairs decades of hands-on recruiting experience with a proprietary AI sourcing engine — AI-Enhanced Recruiting, Human-Led Decisions — placing Manager-level and above talent across a wide range of industries.
We don't just post jobs — we leverage deep market intelligence, an extensive professional network, and a rigorous search methodology to identify, engage, and deliver the right leaders for your organization.
We offer Executive Search, Contingent, and Retained recruiting solutions tailored to the urgency and complexity of your search. We bring a consultative approach to every engagement — understanding your culture, your growth goals, and the specific competencies that drive success in your environment.
We believe that exceptional leadership changes everything. That's why we hold ourselves to a higher standard on every search.
We offer three core engagement models to fit your timeline, budget, and search complexity:
A dedicated, high-touch search process for senior leadership roles. We build a targeted candidate slate, manage the full process, and provide market intelligence throughout. Best for Director, VP, and C-suite placements.
No upfront fee — you pay only upon successful placement. Ideal for Manager and Director-level searches where speed and flexibility are a priority. We work on a success-fee basis with full commitment to quality.
A fully exclusive engagement for mission-critical leadership roles. Retained searches receive our highest priority, dedicated research resources, and comprehensive market mapping from day one.
AI-Enhanced Recruiting. Human-Led Decisions. Our recruiters build relationships the way it was done before job boards existed — by talking to people, twice at minimum, before you ever see a name. Behind that sits VSG's proprietary AI sourcing engine, which maps your candidate market deeper and faster than a whole team of recruiters working the phones. The machine finds the market. The human reads the person. You get both.
It starts with an intake call. Upon engagement, our team conducts a thorough intake call and job-description review — we learn the role, the team, and what success actually looks like.
We check our internal database first. Years of vetted relationships mean your candidate may already be in our system.
We build your questionnaire. Created from the intake call and job description, then reviewed and adjusted by your hiring manager before any candidate sees it. Your voice, your priorities, your questions.
Our proprietary sourcing engine maps the market. Purpose-built AI surfaces qualified candidates — including the ones who aren't applying anywhere — and scores them against your actual criteria.
Candidates answer your questionnaire in their own words — instructed to write as if they're speaking to the hiring manager directly. You hear the candidate, not a recruiter's paraphrase.
Two conversations, minimum — every candidate, no exceptions. Call one sells the candidate on your opportunity. Call two vets them: career history, motivations, compensation, availability. If a candidate can't make time for two calls, they don't make it to your desk.
Public-records check before submittal. A Google and public-records search is completed on every candidate before their name reaches you. No surprises.
The full submittal package lands in your inbox: the resume, the completed questionnaire, the recruiter write-up, the public-records check, and the candidate fit analysis. Complete and decision-ready.
We guide the candidate through every interview stage. We walk each candidate through every step of the process during interviews — keeping them informed on expectations, timing, and every other detail. Prepared candidates make better interviews.
Closing is a journey, not an event. We discuss compensation with candidates early and often, and we work hard to make sure there are no surprises on either side — so we can move smoothly through the closing process and get your new talent in the door.
A VSG submittal is never a resume with a two-line email. Every candidate arrives as a complete, decision-ready package:
The recruiter's case: why this person, what the resume won't tell you, the vetting summary, compensation, and availability.
Every requirement from your job description scored — Strong Match, Partial Match, or Gap Identified — with an overall match score and the gaps called out honestly.
Your hiring manager's questions, answered in the candidate's own words — as if speaking to you directly.
The full market-intelligence report from VSG's proprietary sourcing engine, plus the candidate's resume.
A Google and public-records check is completed on every candidate before submittal. See exactly what lands in your inbox — fictionalized candidate, real depth:
Confidential samples — candidate details are fictionalized for demonstration.
Our team has deep recruiting expertise across a broad range of sectors, with a focus on Manager-level and above placements:
What started as a short-term engagement grew into a 7-year partnership — and when the company was acquired and leadership changed, the relationship continued. Because the new VP inherited the results and kept us. That client relationship is now 13 years and counting. VSG doesn't just fill roles. We become part of your team.
A sample from 30+ LinkedIn recommendations — from clients, candidates, and industry peers.
There are few as knowledgeable in the recruiting and executive search space as she is. She has an excellent ability to match candidate skills with client needs. Debra is passionate about what she does and only delivers the best service to her clients and partners.
Jennifer PesceRecruiting Leader • DS Services • 13-Year ClientDebra is one of the most professional recruiters I have ever been associated with. Her integrity and level of commitment in finding the right fit for both the client and candidate will go above and beyond your expectations. I highly recommend Debra!
Catherine “Cat” CoatesCo-Owner • John Coates Equipment & Supplies • 10-Year RelationshipShe is trustworthy, reliable, and gets results. Debra's dynamic personality allows her to build long lasting relationships beyond just a placement. I have had the pleasure of working with Debra as both a candidate and a client.
Sherry Gainous Donovan, CSP, MBASenior Vice President • Staffmark • Client & CandidateHer attention to detail, and ability to find the right person is second to none. Her response time has been appreciated and I truly value Debra as a business partner. I would recommend Debra to anyone looking to hire new staff or to top grade existing staff.
Tim NeilsonVice President • Snelling/HireQuest • 4-Year ClientDebra Bennett makes magic happen. She has the talent, skills and experience to match the right candidate with the right opportunity. She is one of the hardest working Talent Acquisition professionals I have ever had the pleasure to engage. Her track record tells the story and you will not be disappointed.
Kirk SpencerDirector, Sales & OperationsDebra delivers as a recruiter. She is fast, professional, knowledgeable and delivers only hireable candidates. We come out of engagements not only with a great hire but also with more market knowledge than we started with. That is a sign of a true professional recruiter!
Tex GlazierCOO • SnellingWe specialize in Manager-level and above placements — Director, VP, and C-suite — across a wide range of industries including Food & Beverage, Engineering, Accounting & Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Logistics, and more. If you need senior leadership that actually understands your business, that's our lane.
Contingent Search means you only pay upon a successful placement — ideal for searches where speed and flexibility matter. Retained Search is a fully exclusive engagement with dedicated research resources and comprehensive market mapping from day one. Executive Search is our high-touch, dedicated process for senior leadership roles where we manage the full candidate lifecycle and provide market intelligence throughout.
Most searches produce qualified candidate slates within 2–3 weeks. Full placement timelines vary based on role complexity, interview cycles, and your internal process — but our clients typically close searches significantly faster than industry average because we present fewer, more precisely targeted candidates rather than flooding your inbox.
Every candidate we present has been personally interviewed and vetted by our team. We assess not just skills and experience, but cultural fit, leadership style, and career motivation. You'll never receive a resume that hasn't been thoroughly reviewed — we don't use spray-and-pray tactics.
With a large firm, your search often gets handed to a junior recruiter after the pitch. At VSG, you work directly with our senior team on every search — no handoffs. We're boutique by design, which means faster communication, deeper market knowledge, and a genuine stake in the outcome of every engagement we take on.
Yes. We stand behind our placements with a replacement guarantee. If a placed candidate doesn't work out within the guarantee period, we'll conduct a replacement search at no additional fee. The specifics are outlined in our engagement agreement — reach out and we'll walk you through it.
Tell us about the role. Within one call you'll know how we'd run the search, what the market looks like for that seat, and how fast we can put real candidates in front of you.
