Managing Director · Senior Recruiting Consultant

Jim Beaudry

Portland, Maine · Leadership & Staffing-Industry Recruiter

Work with the recruiter recruiters call for advice. Jim brings a direct market read, nineteen years of recruiting experience, and a clear view of how leadership candidates are evaluated.

19 YEARS RECRUITINGTOP 1% CONNECTEDOWNER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jim Beaudry, Managing Director and Senior Recruiting Consultant
A direct market read.Clear guidance for interviews, leadership positioning, and career decisions.
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Recruits the recruiting industryDeep understanding of the people and businesses behind hiring.
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Leadership perspectiveExperienced in evaluating recruiters, managers, and recruiting leaders.
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Direct, useful guidanceFocused on what the market will reward and what the employer still needs to hear.
Background & accomplishments

A recruiter trusted by other recruiters.

Jim has spent nineteen years recruiting inside the staffing and recruiting industry—a market where credibility, production, leadership, and judgment are examined closely.

What this means for you: Jim gives you a direct market read from someone who knows how experienced recruiters and hiring leaders assess credibility.
Industry tenure

19 years in recruiting

Brings nearly two decades of search experience to interviews, leadership positioning, and career decisions.

Leadership

Owner & Managing Director

Leads Jim Beaudry Search and understands the business expectations behind senior recruiting decisions.

Specialty

Recruits the recruiting profession

Evaluates recruiters, managers, and recruiting leaders—the professionals companies trust to assess talent.

Professional reach

LinkedIn’s Top 1% most connected

Maintains a broad professional network that supports current market perspective and industry reach.

The perspective Jim brings

He knows the standards recruiters apply to each other.

Jim is the owner and Managing Director of Jim Beaudry Search and has spent nineteen years placing talent into the staffing and recruiting industry.

When recruiters need an honest market read, they call Jim.

Recruiting the recruiting industry requires a sharp eye for credibility, performance, leadership, and the details that separate a promising conversation from a viable hire. Jim brings that same judgment to candidates working through interviews, positioning, and major career decisions.

He is direct about strengths, gaps, and what needs to be said more clearly—without turning the conversation into generic coaching.

“Jim is great. He has a lot going for him—personality, dedication, and ability. If you need a recruiter in the employer services industry, you could do no better than Jim!”Michael Todd · Oldfield Cool Insurance Group, LLC
What you can work on

Prepare for the conversation at the level you want to lead.

Jim can help with one immediate decision or assess the full story you are presenting to the market.

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Leadership positioning

Make the scale, decisions, results, and influence behind your experience clear.

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Interview strategy

Prepare for the business questions, stakeholder concerns, and credibility tests behind the interview.

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Staffing-industry careers

Get perspective from a recruiter who has spent nearly two decades recruiting the profession itself.

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Offers & career decisions

Examine the company, opportunity, expectations, compensation, and long-term value of the move.

A direct working session

Get the market read behind the advice.

Jim approaches the conversation like a recruiter evaluating the real opportunity and the real candidate—not like a script looking for a generic answer.

STEP 01

Bring the evidence

Share the role, resume, interview details, offer, or career decision you need to examine.

STEP 02

Pressure-test the story

Jim identifies what is credible, what needs context, and where the employer may push harder.

STEP 03

Leave ready to act

Walk away with direct feedback, stronger language, and practical next steps.

Work with Jim

Choose the engagement that fits the role.

Every search is run by Jim personally — not handed to a coordinator. Aiden works the market continuously in the background so the shortlist you see has already been screened by a recruiter.

Contingency

Pay only on a hire.

For roles with a healthy candidate market where you want extra reach without an upfront commitment. You pay only if you hire our candidate.

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Engaged

One third upfront.

Mid to senior roles. A committed search with agreed milestones, regular market feedback, and priority on Jim’s desk.

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Retained

VP through C-suite.

For leadership roles, confidential searches, and any seat that has already stalled. Full market mapping and a managed process end to end.

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Not sure yet?

Talk it through first.

Bring the role and get an honest read on the market, the likely timeline, and which model actually fits — whether or not you engage us.

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