Technology, finance, legal, and professional services. Every search is handled directly from start to finish with direct partnership throughout.
Finding candidates is usually the easy part. Identifying the right ones, keeping them engaged, and moving a process through without losing momentum along the way. That's where the work is.
Oleven works with a limited number of clients at a time. Not as a positioning statement. It's the only way to do this well. Every engagement is handled by the same person from the first conversation through the offer.
Software engineering, product, data, and technical leadership roles across growth-stage and established companies. Experience placing individual contributors through VP and C-level across a range of company sizes and sectors.
CFOs, controllers, FP&A, and accounting leadership for companies navigating growth, transition, or operational complexity. Relationships across both corporate finance and professional services environments.
Attorney search and placement for law firms and in-house legal departments across California. Experience with litigation, transactional, and general counsel roles, with an emphasis on long-term fit and a relationship-driven process.
Senior hiring across consulting, advisory, and professional services organizations. Experience with client-facing leadership, practice development, and operational roles that require both functional expertise and business acumen.
Most candidates Oleven works with are not actively searching. Most searches rely on direct outreach and existing relationships rather than job postings or database searches.
Every search starts with a direct conversation about the role and what success actually looks like. Usually those conversations tell you more than the job description does.
Introductions are selective. Two to four candidates per engagement, each with a direct assessment of fit and an honest view of strengths and concerns. Enough to make a confident decision. Not enough to require another layer of filtering.
Oleven carries a small number of searches at any time. Every one is handled by the same person, start to finish.
Oleven is an independent recruiting practice.
Todd has been recruiting since 2005. Over that time he's developed a clear sense of what makes a search work and what causes it to lose focus, and Oleven is structured around those conclusions. Small by design, direct throughout, and selective about the work it takes on.
Oleven works best with clients who want a thoughtful process and the right hire, even if it takes a little longer to get there.
Some searches start with a clear role. Others start with a question about timing, the market, or whether a search makes sense at all. Either way, a conversation is usually the best place to begin.
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