Co-founder led. Since day one.
Syfter was founded in 2017 on a simple position: US-based recruiters, US-based talent, no offshore operations, ever. When AI made fake candidates an industry, that position became the foundation for Syfter Certified, and the executive search practice grew on top of it.
100+ companies
Built before trust broke.
Most staffing firms chased margin offshore. Syfter went the other way, exclusively onshore from day one, betting that companies would always pay for talent they could actually trust.
Then generative AI broke the resume. Fabricated profiles, proxy interviews, real-time interview bots. By the mid-2020s, hiring managers were interviewing candidates who did not exist as presented. The industry's answer was more screening software. Syfter's answer was to put a human back in the loop and document everything: the five-point verification protocol, completed live, on every candidate, with a signed Trust Guarantee and a timestamped Certificate of Completion as the receipt.
That protocol became Syfter Certified. And because the corner office is where a fake costs the most, it became the foundation of the executive search practice: retained, run by the founders, every finalist verified before the seat is offered.
Never a partner who sells the search and an associate who runs it. For close to a decade we have placed C-level and executive leaders across technology, and as AI and data have moved to the center of every company, we understand the nuance of it, from the human side to where the lines blur with the technology.
We believe security is the whole game. That is why every executive we present is Syfter Certified.
Senior-led. No handoffs.
The people who sell the work are the people who do it.
Steven Perlman
Leads every search himself. More than two decades of partnering with senior executives across industries. In sales since 2006 and in staffing since 2012. Co-founded Syfter in 2017 and later founded AiRR, the AI search visibility platform. Contributing author for Inc. Magazine.
What the record says.
SIA 2023 Best Staffing Firm to Temp/Contract For, one of six in the United States.
SIA // 2023Best Place to Work recognition: Inc. Best Workplaces 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025; SIA Best Staffing Firms to Work For 2019 through 2023, 2020 Grand Prize.
Inc. and SIABetter Business Bureau rating.
BBBTwo founders. One conversation.
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