The right hire changes the trajectory of a company. I make sure it happens.
Retained search and talent strategy for companies that can't afford a miss. Evidence-driven, scorecard-led, and accountable to the outcome — not the invoice.
What I do
Three ways to engage
Whether you need one critical hire, a full talent strategy, or a rapid sourcing push, the work is structured, transparent, and built on evidence.
Retained Search
A dedicated search for roles where the hire matters most. Scorecard-built before sourcing starts, market-mapped, and presented with evidence — not resumes.
Talent Strategy Consulting
Org design, hiring process, compensation calibration, and interview infrastructure. The systems that make every hire after the first one easier.
Sourcing Sprints
A focused, time-boxed sourcing push against a defined profile. Named targets, documented outreach, and a market read you can act on — in days, not months.
How I work
Evidence over instinct
Every engagement runs on the same operating system: define the win, map the market, score the evidence.
Scorecard first
We define what "great" looks like before anyone is sourced — outcomes, attributes, and deal-breakers in writing.
Map the market
Every reachable candidate in the target pool is identified and approached. No cherry-picking, no hidden shortlists.
Score the evidence
Candidates are evaluated against the scorecard with documented proof — so the decision is defensible, not just comfortable.
Track record
Nearly two decades of hiring that worked
Craig Chung has led talent acquisition at scale — from 1,700 hires a year as a Director of TA to retained C-level searches as a founder. The pattern is the same: define the outcome, find the proof, make the hire.
1,700+
Hires per year led as Director of Talent Acquisition — while cutting vacancy from 16% to 2%.
$2M
In insourcing cost savings delivered by rebuilding recruiting operations from the inside.
C-level
Retained executive searches completed as a founder — CCO, CIO, CFO and operators.