Sarah Agee formed Sterling Search, Inc. in early 2002. Having worked for one of the largest executive search firms globally, in the non profit, education and healthcare sector, she recognized that there was a need for quality search services for non profits who could not afford the “big company” pricing.

Without borrowing a penny Sarah started Sterling Search out of a bedroom of her house and her first search was for a Director of Major Gifts for a non profit in Los Angeles. With the success of this search she was referred other non profit work and without any marketing, other than “word of mouth” Sarah became exceptionally busy.

Having a generalist background and a thorough knowledge of the search business, other for profit organizations came to Sarah to see if she could help with their search work. Sarah had to make the decision of whether to refuse the work (because of limited capacity) or to add a team of people. Today, Sarah has a team of fifteen professionals, all who are well tenured and an amazing asset to Sterling Search’s near 100% fill ratio.

In looking at creative talent acquisition solutions for companies, Sarah decided to unbundled the search process for companies that have volume needs. She recognized that most large companies’ recruiting teams were so busy responding to the influx of resumes from postings that they did not have the time to “recruit” passive talent.  In times of low un-employment most of the “hard to fill” positions can not be filled by job postings alone. With that in mind, Sarah embarked on unbundling her search services to compliment the team of existing “in-house” recruiters. In Such a scenario Sterling Search conducts name generation of passive candidates, engage them in the opportunity and then pass them to the internal hiring managers and recruiters who will continue with the interview and hiring process.

Even though Sterling Search has been very successful in all of its search work, Sarah’s biggest passion is hiring talent that will impact the mission of a non profit. Sarah feels most rewarded, not on the hire of the individual but when that hire has been on the job long enough to positively impact the mission of the organization. Sarah being passionate about her clients’ missions continues to support their organizations and their fundraising efforts.