THE INSIDE READ

More Than a Score

The Inside Read was built on a simple idea: job seekers deserve more than a score. They deserve professional insight, judgment, and honesty — the kind you get from a great recruiter.

Reading the Gap

Before recruiting, I worked as a paramedic, personal trainer, and logistics sales rep. Different jobs, but they relied on many of the same skills: reading people, communicating clearly, and recognizing what mattered in the moment.

Recruiting was where all of that came together.

Applying to jobs can feel like a numbers game. I remember candidates becoming frustrated when they didn’t receive feedback.

At first, silence is just silence. Then it starts telling you things: maybe I’m not qualified, maybe I’m aiming too high, maybe everyone else sees something I don’t.

Often, they were qualified. Capable. Ready. They were just standing on the wrong side of information.

The hiring team knew what mattered most, where the requirements could bend, what would make them hesitate, and what could move someone forward. The candidate saw a job description. The hiring team saw the decision.

The issue wasn’t ability. It was alignment.

The Summary Became the Read

Every time I submitted a resume, I had to write a candidate summary. The resume showed the experience. The write-up told the hiring manager what the resume couldn’t: why this person fit, where they stood out, and where the questions would come from.

But its real purpose was simpler: to explain why I believed this person was worth interviewing.

That was the part I cared about. Not repeating the resume. Reading it. Looking past the bullet points for the pattern, the context, and the detail a hiring manager might miss if nobody pointed it out.

Over time, the summary stopped feeling like paperwork. It became my read.

The search didn’t feel like a numbers game anymore.

That process became the foundation for The Inside Read.

From the Read to the Desk

But recruiting never stopped at the submission. Getting someone through the door was only the beginning.

I stayed with the candidate through the search — applications, interviews, questions, decisions, negotiation, and the offer stage. Every stage had a moment where something could turn: a question they weren’t expecting, a pause from the hiring manager, a detail that suddenly mattered, an offer that looked good until you looked closer.

That was the work. Not just getting someone seen, but helping them understand the process as it unfolded.

That relationship was the job.

Stella was designed to carry that relationship forward as your recruiter.

The Inside Read is her professional judgment.
Stella’s Desk is where that relationship lives.

And she stays in your corner.

Built for Robin and Lisa.