We don’t do this because it’s easy, we do this because we thought it would be easy.
Every entrepreneur starts with an idea, a lot of energy, and the quiet confidence that the hard part is the idea itself. Then the business becomes real, and you realize the hard part is everything that comes after.
Finding the right people is one of the hardest things you’ll do as you grow. Not because good people don’t exist, but because in a growth-stage company, “the right person” means something more complicated than it does anywhere else. You need someone who fits where you are now and can keep up with where you’re going. That’s a harder search than most recruiting firms are built to handle.
We’ve worked with entrepreneurial businesses across Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, helping owners find people who don’t just fill a seat, but help carry the company forward. If you want to know whether it makes sense to call us, the When To Call page is a good place to start.
The person right for Stage 1 isn’t always right for Stage 2.
That’s not a failure. That’s what growth looks like.
In a self-funded, growth-stage company, you hire for where you are because that’s what the budget allows and what the business needs right now. But the company you’re building is not the company you’re running today. Roles evolve. Responsibilities shift. The skills that got you through the first phase may not be the skills that carry you through the next one.
Most business owners know this. Almost nobody says it out loud. We do, because it changes how you hire, and it changes what a search partner should be willing to do when the company outgrows a placement.
Entrepreneurs attract excitement. Not everyone who’s excited is the right hire.
Your energy, your story, your vision, these are real assets. They attract people. The problem is they attract everyone, including candidates who want to be part of something that looks like it’s going somewhere, not candidates who want to do the work required to get it there.
There’s a real difference between someone who thrives when things are moving fast and someone who performs well when the work gets hard, the resources are thin, and the infrastructure doesn’t exist yet. In an entrepreneurial company, every hire is overhead until it isn’t. The wrong hire costs you twice: while they’re underperforming, and again when you replace them.
Part of our job is providing an objective perspective on candidates who interview well and leave you excited. Enthusiasm at the offer stage doesn’t always translate to the right person for the role. We’ve seen what happens when it doesn’t, and we know what to look for.
Your Search Gets the Attention It Deserves
We conduct retained executive search, which means when you hire us, your search is our priority. We’re not running fifty searches simultaneously and hoping yours surfaces a result. We’re working your search with the focus it requires.
For an entrepreneurial company, that matters more than it sounds. The roles you’re filling aren’t interchangeable positions. They’re load-bearing hires in a company where every person counts. A distracted search firm running your hire on the back burner is not a search firm working in your interest.
Owner oversight is built into every search we conduct, and you have direct access to decision-makers when you need them.
Why Work With RFT Search Group
Built for Growing Companies
We priced for the fact that your company will outgrow people.
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Most search firms offer a 90-day replacement window and call it a commitment. We built something different, because we work with companies that are changing fast, and we know what that means for hiring.
The person you need today may not be the person you need in 18 months. That’s not a bad hire. That’s a growing company. When you’re ready to hire for the next stage, we want to still be your call, and we built our pricing to make that easy.
Our 5-Year Client Loyalty Pricing Program is designed for exactly this.
Ready to find someone who can keep up?
Let’s talk about where your company is and where you’re taking it. One conversation is enough to know whether we’re the right fit.