"I've had the opportunity to work with Betsy and her firm, Sales & Marketing Search on more than one occasion. Based upon her expertise and the stellar results, I will definitely be working with Betsy again. I highly recommend Betsy and Sales & Marketing Search."

Tim Kinsella, Executive VP Sales
MerchantLink (www.merchantlink.com)

"I've know Betsy since the 80s. Betsy is an accomplished executive recruiter specializing in finding and placing sales candidates. She has been in business for a very long time and therefore has a network that is hard to match. She is personable, insightful, competent and honest. I recommend her without reservation."

Jim Geisman, President and Founder
Marketshare, Inc. (www.softwarepricing.com)

"Working with Betsy I am able to avoid the typically labor intensive process associated with hiring. Every candidate I've hired from Betsy proved to be a valuable team player and provided significant return on my recruiting fee investment."

Deborah Breen, Medical Market Development Director
EBSCO Publishing (www.ebscohost.com)

"I hired Betsy as a Recruiter in 1999, and hired Betsy more than once worked with Betsy on a critical hire for Director of North American sales. She did an excellent job of screening, prioritizing and closing our target candidate. I would definitely work with her again for open sales and marketing posititions."

Stuart Nixdorff, VP
Manifold Products (www.manifoldproducts.com)

"I've worked with Betsy on several sales searches over the years; I consider her partnership a valued, integral part of my talent acquisition strategy for good sales people. Betsy has always maintained a real understanding of the marketplace, economics, and industry shifts that may (or may not) be impacting our ability to find the best possible talent at any given time. I appreciate her candor, professionalism and follow through, knowing she operates with only the highest integrity. She represents candidates, and client companies, equally well."

Shannon Levesque, VP, HR
Chordiant Software (www.chordiant.com)

"I have hired Betsy a number of times for a variety of vertical markets. Betsy does a great job understanding the business challenges, culture and performance metrics up-front, so that she can do a search efficiently and effectively. I've had great success."

Henry White, Venture Capitalist/Management Consultant

"We had been attempting to fill a position in Minnesota for over 10 months. We had tried doing it ourselves but it was too time consuming and the recruiters we had used produced less-than-qualified results. After meeting with Betsy, she took the time to understand our business and (most importantly) our company. In a matter of weeks, Betsy had interviews set up with five very good candidates. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that I was looking to fill just one position, I could have hired all five! She had great follow up each week and let me know exactly how we were doing in the search. The candidate we hired through Sales & Marketing is incredible and has already made a significant impact on both our employees and our customers. Anytime I have future recruiting needs, I will definitely utilize the services of Betsy and her team."

Bill Rothwell, Northeast Regional Sales Manager
McCue Corp. (www.mccuecorp.com)

"While there's certainly no shortage of sales professionals on the market, it's becoming increasingly difficult to wade through the large number of mediocre candidates to find the most qualified candidates. SM Search has done an amazing job qualifying candidates and presenting only the best matches for my search. In just 4 short months, we have hired 6 excellent sales professionals referred by SM Search.

I absolutely trust their judgment and have come to rely on their aptitude for attracting and supplying me with the best sales talent available."

Eric Cole, SVP Business Development
cMarket, Inc. (www.cmarket.com)

"Dispelling the common belief that all recruiters are alike, Sales and Marketing Search stands above the rest. Combining best-of-breed responsiveness with true selectivity, they contribute significantly to the quality of my recruiting life. It's easy for me to justify the added expense of a recruitment firm like Sales and Marketing Search when I know I'm going to eliminate wasted time from improperly qualified candidates, not to mention those all-too-obnoxious nuisance phone calls."

Bruce Allen, Director of Sales
Hello Direct (www.hellodirect.com)

"In the eighteen years we have been in business, we have utilized recruiters extensively. Since we started working with Betsy Harper, however, she has raised the bar significantly, both in terms of the results she produces for us and the way she handles the recruiting process.

Betsy's energy and her follow-through have always given us the sense that she is taking care of us and that we are a very high priority for her.

She is extremely responsive, resourceful and ethical, and I feel that she always works in the best interest of both the prospective employee and the employer. This approach sets her apart from other firms and, in our case, has translated into excellent candidates who have become outstanding employees."

Gary Welsh
Welsh Consulting, Inc. (www.welsh.com)

"I couldn't be more pleased with the service and quality of candidates provided be SMS. In a matter of weeks, SMS presented us with several qualified candidates, and then efficiently led us from start to finish through the hiring process. The end result was the addition of an exceptional director of sales to the Genalytics team. I highly recommend SMS."

Doug Newell, CEO
Genalytics (www.genalytics.com)

"Thank you for doing such a great job on our recent search for a Senior Account Manager. Our criterion was such that it was not an easy task to find someone that would fulfill all our requirements. Not only did you do that, but you provided us with an employee who exceeded all our expectations."

Mark Worster, President and CEO
Unitel, Inc. (www.unitelcom.com)

"As I sit here wrapping up a successful search for two sales reps, I am overwhelmed by the ease of the entire Sales and Marketing Search process and I want to make sure you know the depth of my gratitude.

Here are some of the reasons for my satisfaction: You were a quick study in assessing our needs (and the few times when clarification was needed, you took my direct style in stride); you hit the ground running and quickly arranged interviews with good candidates; those candidates were well briefed, had appropriate expectations and good questions. We have completed this entire process in record time and I couldn't possibly be more pleased.

When I think of the number of hours I would have had to invest in this process had I continued this search without the services of Sales and Marketing Search, I cringe. Not only would the search be incomplete, I doubt I would be half so enthusiastic about our prospects."

Julie Scofield, Executive Director
Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) (www.sbane.org)

"Paperloop recently worked with Betsy Harper and Sales and Marketing Search to fill two sales manager positions. She took a very consultative approach to our hiring needs, using her expertise to help us shape and define new global sales territories. She then quickly found candidates who have strong individual skill sets but also work together as a team within our growing sales organization. Working with Betsy made a complicated and difficult hiring situation virtually painless!"

Liza Turner
VP, Sales and Marketing — Information Products
Paperloop, Bedford, Mass. (www.paperloop.com)

"Verndale is a small, growing business. While in most cases, we've been able to hire without the help of a recruiter, we understood that finding the right new business developer required a capable and conscientious partner — someone that could help us find the right person for the job as well as provide us guidance with the compensation structure. And as a small business, we knew that we couldn't afford to make the wrong decision.

I'm delighted to say we found our partner in Betsy Harper and her firm Sales and Marketing Search. She was incredibly helpful to us throughout the entire process — tweaking the job description, discussing the compensation model, and most importantly finding the ideal candidate. I can't say enough about the quality of her work and the valuable role she's played in helping us grow our business."

Joe Zarrett, President & CEO
Verndale (www.verndale.com)

"With the help of Sales and Marketing Search, we have added many high quality, technical people to our product marketing and account management teams. Their network and their knowledge of the high tech industry have been more successful than any job boards."

Pam Gile, Sr. Manager, Human Resources
Tele Atlas North America (www.teleatlas.com)

"SMS has allowed me to focus on my number one priority while they find me qualified candidates. They know exactly what I'm looking for so I don't have to waste time reading through resumes to filter out the right candidates. They understand sales."

Elaine Archdeacon
Imprivata (www.imprivata.com)