EMinfo asks Jon Bartos: Tell us a little about what you do for Next Level (NLE) and Starfish Partners?
Jon: Currently I am the CEO of Dimensional Search, Chief Investment Advisor for Starfish Partners and as Partner of Sanford Rose Associates, I help existing EMinfo asks Jon: Tell us a little about what you do for Next Level (NLE) and Starfish Partners?
Jon: Currently I am the CEO of Dimensional Search, Chief Investment Advisor for Starfish Partners and as Partner of Sanford Rose Associates, I help existing owners grow, build and scale, by helping them get into Sanford Rose Associates. Here is a quick explanation of our organization. We simply help Search Firm owners grow, build and Scale.
Our organization consists of two major organizations. Starfish Partners, which is an investment platform where we have purchased 11 recruiting firms, and continued to grow, build and scale them. Next Level (NLE) is our organization that offers services search firm owners. Part of NLE is following orgranizations and services:
Sanford Rose Associates, for existing search firms looking to grow their firms. It’s really a country club for search firm owners, saving them over 10K per seat per year on technology tools, worlds best one on one coaching, training and development, Marketing communications, Tech support and a host of other services. The average existing search firm that joins SRA, not only saves a ton of money, has an average growth rate of 25-350% over a five-year period.
Dimensional Search, our organizations that allows people outside of the recruiting and staffing industry to start their own search firm. We help them with their vertical market, technology tools, training on how to do the business, a hiring team to help them hire, website, world class marketing communications, discounts on tech tools, etc.. Once the new search firm owner, gets over a certain dollar volume, they are invited to join the big leagues, Sanford Rose Associates. www.joindimensionalsearch.com. https://dimensionalsearch.com/news/dimensional-search-attains-100-awarded-franchises-in-less-than-24-months/
Next Level Exchange – The industries training platform that is helped thousand of new and existing recruiting and staffing professionals get better at their craft. Next Level Exchange has thousands of hours of video-based training from the best of the best in the industry over the last 15 years. Its Netflix for the recruiting professional.
Next Level Academy – like an online university, its courses for recruiting and staffing professional. The coursework is for all recruiting and staffing professionals including individual contributors, recruiters, Sales Development Reps, researchers and search firm owners and managers.
Starfishpartners , an international investment and ownership platform for niched professional and mid-to-upper management search specialists, provides capital for recruiting firms looking to scale as well as exit strategies for owners seeking to secure value for their firm in cash and/or stock. Starfish Partners also provides liquidity and the ability to monetize some value while simultaneously providing equity opportunities for key producers and leaders. We have also procured 11 search firms over the last 24 months to become part of the Starfish Partners portfolio companies. www.starfishpartners.com
