Pacific Northwest & Mountain West • National Reach

Strategic Hiring
for Companies Building What Comes Next

Garcia Graef helps established companies hire critical talent during growth, leadership transition, modernization, succession, acquisitions, and business transformation.

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15+ years Recruiting experience

PNW + Mountain West Core regional focus

National reach Direct hire search support

Trusted by leadership teams across construction, real estate, manufacturing, and supply chain

Construction

Real Estate

Manufacturing

Supply Chain

Companies Typically Reach Out When:

Hiring pressure usually appears when something important inside the business has changed.

Leadership Change

A key leader is retiring or departing
Ownership is transitioning
The business needs stronger leadership for the next phase

Growth & Capability Gaps

Growth has outpaced current team structure
New capabilities are needed for the next phase
An acquisition or expansion created talent gaps

Critical Hiring Needs

A critical role is difficult to fill
The business is modernizing operations or systems
Internal teams need more hiring bandwidth or search expertise

Industries Where We Have Particular Strength

Many of these industries face common talent pressures — succession risk, workforce shortages, growing complexity, and rapid technology change. Strong hiring decisions matter.

Core sectors

Construction & Specialty Trades

Real Estate & Development

Manufacturing

Supply Chain & Logistics

Infrastructure & Energy

Finance & Accounting Leadership

Strategic Operations Roles

Business Development & Growth Roles

Additional sector exposure

Nonprofit Organizations

Economic Development

Mission-Driven Organizations

Healthcare

Hiring Through Change Requires More Than Filling a Role

Garcia Graef combines search execution with business context, helping clients think through role design, market positioning, transferable talent, and what success should look like in the next chapter of the business.

The result is stronger candidate attraction, better hiring decisions, and talent aligned to where the company is going next.

Representative Client Situations

Examples of where Garcia Graef is often most valuable — periods of growth, transition, modernization, and business-critical hiring.

Private Equity Portfolio Company

Trusted recruiting partner during rapid acquisition and integration phase, supporting national growth strategy through leadership, sales, operations, finance, and analytics hiring across multiple markets.

High-Tech Manufacturing Company

Helped redesign hiring strategy for a difficult-to-fill operational role by targeting promotable talent capable of growing into technical support and field service positions. Resulted in stronger retention and internal advancement.

Publicly Traded Transportation Company

Supported leadership during business transformation from traditional trucking operator toward technology-driven logistics platform, beginning with executive legal hiring tied to technology licensing and M&A, followed by product, engineering, and innovation team buildout through acquisition and internal R&D expansion.

Ways to Engage

Every search is different. Garcia Graef structures engagements based on role importance, urgency, internal hiring capacity, and business context.

Contingency Search

Success-based fee upon hire. Best for more straightforward searches with defined requirements and internal momentum already in place.

Contained Search

Structured upfront commitment with prioritized execution. Best for confidential, difficult-to-fill, or business-critical roles where a focused search matters.

Embedded / Advisory

Project-based recruiting support, hiring strategy, or temporary bandwidth for leadership and internal teams navigating periods of change.

Most engagements are customized after an initial conversation.

How Searches Are Run

Each engagement is customized, but follows a clear structure that keeps communication strong, decisions efficient, and hiring momentum moving.

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Discovery

Clarify the role, business context, team dynamics, and success profile.

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Market Approach

Shape the search strategy, positioning, compensation framing, and outreach plan.

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Search Execution

Identify, engage, screen, and present aligned candidates with thoughtful communication throughout.

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Close & Transition

Support interviews, offer navigation, and a smooth handoff into onboarding.

About Hillary

Hillary Garcia brings 15+ years of experience helping companies hire through growth, transition, and modernization across construction, industrial, logistics, real estate, and related sectors.

Known for thoughtful search execution, practical market insight, and long-term relationships, Hillary partners closely with leadership teams when hiring decisions carry real weight.

Thoughtful search execution. Practical market insight. Long-term relationships.

Garcia Graef approach

Ideal clients

Companies that care about hiring quality, want a true partner in the process, and need help solving roles that are difficult to fill, highly visible, or essential to the next stage of growth.

Particularly strong fit: founders, owners, operational leaders, HR teams, and executives balancing growth with organizational change.

Stay Connected

Hillary shares occasional market observations and hiring insights through LinkedIn.

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Short observations on hiring trends, leadership transitions, market conditions, and organizational growth across the sectors Garcia Graef supports.

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Market Perspective

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