Dallas, Texas
Direct-hire search for the roles that run a mid-market company.
Accounting and finance, legal, human resources, operations, sales, engineering and IT, from manager to executive. Based in Dallas, placing in all 50 states.
Direct hirePermanent placements for companies without a recruiting department of their own.
Manager to executiveSenior desk-level roles across every function of the business.
Dallas, all 50 statesHeadquartered in Dallas and working nationally.
One recruiterThe founder runs every search, from the first call to the start date.
Who we place
Senior desk-level roles, manager through executive, for mid-market companies.
Accounting and Finance
CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, Accounting Manager, FP&A, Senior and Cost Accountants
Legal
In-house Counsel, Associates and Partners, Contracts, Legal Operations, Paralegals
Human Resources
CHRO, HR Director, HR Business Partner, Talent Acquisition, Payroll and Benefits
Operations and Supply Chain
COO, Director of Operations, Plant and Site Leaders, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Logistics, Production Planning
Sales and Marketing
VP of Sales, Regional Sales Managers, Account Executives, Key Account Managers, Marketing Directors
Engineering and IT
Engineering Managers, Quality, Project and Application Engineers, Product Managers, IT Directors, ERP and Systems
How a search runs
One person takes the role from you and carries it through to the start date.
Intake
A call with the hiring manager on the role, the team it sits in, compensation and what the first year has to produce.
Search
A direct approach to people doing the job well today, most of whom are not looking. Every candidate is interviewed before you hear a name.
Shortlist
A short list with a written assessment on each candidate, their compensation expectations and their reasons for considering a move.
Offer and start
Interview scheduling, references, the offer and the resignation, then check-ins through the first 90 days.
For employers
When a key seat opens, you want the people who are already doing that job well, not the people who happen to be looking. That is the search we run, and the recruiter you meet on the first call is the one who makes every call after it. Every placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee.
Start a SearchFor candidates
If you are a manager, director or executive in one of the functions above and open to the right move, send a resume or connect on LinkedIn. Your resume goes to a client only after you say yes to that company and that role, and there is never a fee to candidates.
Submit a Resume
Coleman Strauss
Founder
Coleman recruits accounting and finance, legal, HR, operations, sales, engineering and IT professionals for mid-market companies. He has worked both sides of the desk: taking the search from the hiring executive, finding and interviewing the candidates, and managing the offer through the start date.
He founded Strauss Search in Dallas so that a client's search is handled by one accountable person from the first conversation to the first day, and so a company can bring every function to the same recruiter.
Tell us about the role.
Send the title and a few lines on the team, or book a 30-minute call. You will hear back within one business day.
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Book a 30-minute call
Candidates: send a resume to the same address with the kind of role you want in the subject line, or connect on LinkedIn.