Yes. In many cases, they will be able to fill positions faster with local talent and will understand the local market to help you craft a competitive offer. Zilker Partners is headquartered in Austin and has an office in Denver, two cities with skilled IT and digital talent.

• We take the time to partner with and get to know our clients to understand things like their culture, their current and future needs, their project(s) and technology stack, and what type of candidate they really need before we even begin the candidate search.
• We develop long-term relationships with our clients, often anticipating skill needs early on to minimize disruptions in productivity. We also have experts in organization design and process re-engineering, bringing incremental value to your organization a typical staffing agency doesn’t have.
• Our vetting process means you receive only the most qualified candidates, saving you time, money, and frustration.
• We also develop long-term relationships with our candidates to better understand what types of positions and companies attract and retain them, even as their careers evolve. This ensures our candidates are better fits in terms of skills, culture, and expectations.

Either submit your information here and we’ll give you a call, or give us a call to set up an initial meeting. We’ll ask you a lot of questions to better understand your company, culture and open position(s) so we can be more precise in finding you the ideal candidates from which to choose. We’ll walk you through our proven process and provide all of the information you need to make a decision to partner with us.

Unlike other staffing firms, we will never work on a position without first understanding exactly what the role is, your expectations, and the intended outcomes. Because we have relationships with a large pool of highly-skilled candidates who trust us, we can quickly source qualified, interested candidates. We will then thoroughly vet them for you per your specific open position to save you time in reviewing resumes and conducting interviews. After we fully vet a requirement and our delivery team is working on a requirement, it is typically no longer than 5 business days before you start seeing qualified resumes. If we have an active qualified candidate we are working with that fits your company and role, we may have a turnaround within 1 business day.

We are one of the most trusted IT and digital staffing agencies in Austin, Denver, and many other cities with a growing tech scene. We have built our reputation on our personalization, experience, and proven process to precisely match candidates with open positions. We always have a large pool of only highly-skilled candidates, including those actively seeking jobs and those already in a job but who trust us enough to leave those positions if we bring them a better opportunity. We also leverage the best technology and tools on the market to source, but hey, we can’t give up all our secret sauce!

Yes. One of our differentiators is that we know the Austin, Denver, and other IT and digital markets well. We know what your competition is offering, their attrition rates, and what motivates our candidates. We will work with you to not only pinpoint an attractive salary but to also craft a benefits package that will set your company apart from others in this competitive market.

At Zilker Partners, we work with our clients to help them optimize their interviews and the process. We offer many tips and tricks, but in a nutshell, we always advise our clients to plan ahead with their questions, the candidate’s interview schedule, a tour, and several introductions. Whether you are interviewing a technical candidate or a creative staffing candidate, try to avoid wasting time asking them to rehash their resume. Instead, use your time to dig into their personality, their strengths, their goals, and their ability to think outside of the box to make sure they are not only a skills fit but a cultural fit as well.

Absolutely!  We believe all strong job searches start with a well written job description that actually fits the skills needed for the role being hired, not something that is a unicorn future dream job description.  Having an accurate and effective job description is key to reducing hiring time and finding the right pool of candidates.  At Zilker Partners, our team writes effective job descriptions everyday and is here to mentor your organization as well.

The vast majority of our agreements are all contingency based. If we don’t do our job, we shouldn’t get paid. For direct hire recruiting, we charge market rates, which is a touchy subject with our advisors. Since we are a boutique firm providing a very tailored process, they feel the fee structure should increase. But we believe this is how staffing should be and all the other staffing agencies are simply priced too high for the mediocre service they provide.

There are pros and cons with both a contract-to-hire and direct hire. Contract-to-hire is a good option for companies who would like “try before they buy” or to fill a position quickly with a contractor. In this scenario, we will find you a skilled contractor who can immediately fill a position for the short-term with the understanding that if it is a good fit for you and them, they can be hired as a salaried employee.

We also fill many contract-only positions where you need a contractor for a specific project or amount of time with no desire to convert them to a permanent employee.

Alternatively, a direct hire is a salaried employee who is hired for the long-term. In this scenario, there may be a lag time between offering the candidate the job and their start date, but they are typically more likely to be loyal to your company because they are more vested in a long-term relationship. We can help you determine which type of employee is a better fit for your current requirements.

Zilker Partners is not a typical staffing agency. We value quality candidates over quantity. We have built our reputation on the fact that we are highly selective, work with leading companies, and care about our candidates’ well-being, taking time to get to know them, their goals, and their interests. We also have the option to bring them on as a W-2 employee and provide full benefits, offering them a level of comfort and security over a typical staff augmentation arrangement.

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