“Matthew worked with me for over a year helping Compass grow our Product Design & Research Leadership Team. During that time, we added 7 amazing leaders and +40 super talented IC’s to the team. Matthew is great with candidates and works hard to match them to the needs of the business.”

“I worked with Matthew Hayner at Compass while he was the Principal on our talent recruiting team for Design & Research. Matthew is a very engaged partner in the process of finding and recruiting high caliber talent. He actively found several of the most senior designer talent (both IC and managers) on my team at Compass. His follow up and diligence in making sure the candidates and hiring managers were aware of what stage of the process they were in and what was next was very detailed and incredibly helpful. I grew my team from 4 designers in May 2021 to over 20 designers in March 2022. There is no way I could have achieved that level of growth without Matthew’s engagement, expertise, and follow-through. I would work with him again in a heart beat. If you ever have a chance to have Matthew on your talent acquisition team, I highly recommend him.”

“ I was able to partner with Matt for 18 months while at Compass. He was a constant hustler and helped me close over half of my team. The talent I was able to land has made my team a powerhouse and I owe so much of that to Matt’s tenacity, empathy, and ability to surface top user research candidates across varied skill levels.”

““Matthew Hayner is an amazing recruiter. We had Matthew help us conduct searches in UX, Design and Marketing. Each time, he has unearthed candidates that were top-notch, personally, and experts in their category area. Most importantly, Matthew pre-vetted all the candidates so that we only interviewed the best out there and saved us a tremendous amount of time in a challenging process. I cannot recommend Matthew enough. When I conduct my next challenging candidate search, I know who I will be reaching out to help me fill that role.”
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““Matthew recruited me to my prior position and also served as my talent and acquisition partner once I joined the company. He was fantastic to work with on both sides. As my recruiter, he was engaged, responsive, and did his homework before reaching out to me. He was an excellent representative of the company and could articulate the values, culture, and passion of the team. As my talent and acquisition partner, he was highly organized and proactive about both bringing candidates into the pipeline and pursuing candidates we wanted to bring in. In this challenging hiring market, he was able to bring in top talent from established companies and craft compelling narratives that helped us compete against other offers. His persistence, can-do attitude, and creative thinking helped us scale this team to more than double its size in just over a year.””

““Exceptional staffing professional, strategic approach and effective business partner. His efforts resulted in multiple key hires across the organization. Outstanding ability managing internal customers & concerns from any location. He also ended our agency hiring, saving us thousands in fees. I highly recommend him.””

““Matthew is a great professional and wonderful to work with. Quick to learn the details of new areas of work, he is excellent at making connections between work settings and people’s interests. I can’t recommend him highly enough. Certainly the smartest recruiting professional I have worked with.” ”

““Matthew is a premiere recruiter who is dedicated, personable and able to find top-notch talent, even with seemingly impossible timelines. He has the expertise and knowledge to discern amazing candidates from good ones, consistently targeting and engaging us only with candidates that fit all our needs. Matthew made the process simple both for us and the candidate through his clear and consistent communications. It was a pleasure working with Matthew and would highly recommend him to any organization or professional to find a fantastic fit.””

““Matt is a superb recruiter. Matt has an in-depth understanding of IT with good connections in the industry. He brought countless quality candidates to my attention and was instrumental in my making my hiring goals. If anyone can close a deal, it’s Matt.””

““Matthew is a top-notch recruiter, very dedicated and hard working. He learned the challenges and intricacies of recruiting world-class scientific talent in record time and helped us build a great team in the face of relentless competition.” ”

““Matthew was a recruiter for two groups that I manage, and did a great job. I enjoyed interacting with him!” ”

““Matthew is extremely effective in talent acquisition, especially in research circles. He has a unique ability to identify legacy and corporate barriers and simplify the hiring process: making the transition for the candidate as easy and simple as possible. He is a valuable asset to any acquisition force and I’m very happy to have worked with him.” ”

““Matt worked incredibly hard to meet & exceed Oracle’s recruiting objectives. He helped my teams exceed very challenging hiring targets and worked incredibly hard to find the best talent in the market. He is laser-focused on finding the right people, keeping them in the pipeline during the process and is a strong closer” ”

““Matthew Hayner was an integral member of the Enterprise Management hiring team at Oracle. He understood the immediate needs of the practice as well as contributed to the bigger picture and vision at our company. I know that his participation on future recruiting efforts will ensure success. There are many hiring challenges at Oracle and Matthew always stayed positive and blazed forward to meet our goals. He supplied high quality candidates and performed thorough screenings prior to involving the hiring manager. His professionalism and good nature allowed us to handle our tasks not only efficiently but also in strides. I appreciate all his efforts and assistance.” ”

“ “Matt is a top-notch recruiter delivering amazing results. He exceeds expectations and makes an impact with every project. I would highly recommend Matt to support your most difficult hiring needs.” ”

“I worked with Matthew both as I was a potential new recruit and later when I was involved in interviewing other candidates. Matt was especially great at making me and other candidates feel valued and appreciated. That feeling combined with Matthew’s calm persistence drew me in and ultimately helped make the decision to join the company. I was resistant and unsure about coming to a smaller startup from Facebook, and it took me a while to make the decision to finally make the move. Matthew handled all of my concerns and waited patiently for me to make my decision. Matthew was a reassuring presence throughout the hiring process, and I wouldn’t have made the move without him. As an employee in a leadership position, I found that Matthew found great candidates that met our needs, and he had a good pulse on how the candidate could fit in. I’ve often found that some of my favorite team members are also Matthew Hayner recruits. I think that speaks to the quality of candidates he finds.”

““I’ve had the pleasure of working with. When he was recruiting me, he worked around my schedule - and that means OT for him because I was working at the time. He prepares candidates to put their best foot forward. Since then, I’ve been on interview teams he’s set up and appreciate how well he assesses candidate strengths, and identifies their areas for improvement, to the benefit of the organization. He brings kindness and humanity to an often-cold process. He’s built teams that work incredibly well together, who are well suited to the #MoveFast tech world, and whose skills balance each other out. He’s brought great talent to our team in a talent-side market. No easy accomplishment, but Matthew makes it look easy.””

““Matthew is an exceptional recruiter for design leadership roles. His effortless communication skills and understanding of the business needs helped us build the best ever design and research team at Compass.” ”

““Matt was an essential part of building our amazing design team at Compass. He is one of the best recruiters of design talent I’ve ever worked with. He goes above and beyond to understand the org, understand the roles and moves incredibly fast to find and secure candidates. Beyond his skill as a recruiter, his outgoing nature always contributed to our culture at Compass. I always enjoy working with Matt, he truly makes it fun! Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.””

““Matt is an excellent recruiter. He was able to match me to a position that not only fit my skill set, experience and career path, but also my personal interests. Throughout the interview process, Matt consistently acted as an advocate for me and resolved all of my concerns or questions. He always made himself available and also helped with the specifics of my offer. Even after accepting the position and starting in my new role, Matt kept in contact to ensure everything was going well and that my expectations were met. Overall, Matt made the candidacy process very smooth and one in which I felt confident about the decision I was making.” ”