CV Partners

CV Partners and their people are solid, professional and personable. It is a first class firm for finance professionals looking for the best fit. Anneli Woodland makes you feel comfortable and communicates well every step of the way. You won’t go wrong here.

These guys are awesome. Although I didn’t end up taking a job through them, my experience with CV Partners throughout my job search was excellent. Honore Siri and Aron Walker were so nice and always on the lookout for openings for me :)!!!

Horrible recruiting firm. I would give them a negative score if Unilocal would allow me.
Overall lack of communication and follow through throughout the process was horrendous. I was put intouch with Nancy Baltzer, the founder. Her customer service style is indicative of the tone at the top and projects the overall lack of concern for the candidate throughout the firm.
Nancy would miss scheduled meetings. She would not follow-​up on voicemails or emails. The firm as a whole would forget to distribute important information prior to the interview. If I reminded them I was still waiting for something, a curt, rude response was the norm.
If I actually did get Nancy or someone on the phone, they provide no value add. When I had simple preparation questions for interviews, I would receive snarky comments such as «I should start charging you for questions».
It was just an overall bad experience. The worst in any job search experience I have had and by far the worst external recruiting firm I have interfaced with. CV Partners appears to provide no benefit to the candidate and does not seem to be concerned with providing customer care to the candidate side of the process.
The kicker. A company was hiring for 2 positions; manager and as
sociate. I told CV that I believe manager was the proper position given my experience and skill set. CV presented me at the associate level. Hiring firm’s response after interviews? Overqualified.
Thanks CV partners.

Matt Costello was the reason why I was able to landed so many interview opportunities with amazing companies (Facebook and OpenTable were just couple of them) when I moved to San Francisco. I have been in the Bay Area for a little over a year now, and Matt is the only recruiter that I still in contact with.
I recently had an opportunity to work with CV Partners through Matt’s help. The recruiters who helped me found my current position were Eoin O’ Toole and Joseph Toney (I am in both IT and Finance); they worked very patiently with me and always responded my email within 48 hours, and I love my current job thanks to their help.
I highly recommend CV Partners to anyone who is looking for a career change.

Matt Costello was a great resource for me at CV Partners in San Francisco. He has a strong background in financial services before moving over to the recruiting industry. I’m sure anybody who talks to him will know he is a competent recruiter who will land you the opportunity you are looking for.

I had a great experience as a client of CV Partners. Not only did Brandon Metcalf get me an interview with a company I’d been wanting to work for for years, but he helped me through the entire process which led to me being well prepared for each interview. As a result of being so well prepared, my interviews went well and I was hired!

I moved to the Bay Area from NYC last year with a financial services firm and recently began to look for new opportunities. I am very familiar with recruiting/​executive search/​headhunter firms from my time in banking and at a hedge fund in NYC and Hong Kong. Most of my experience with them has been average as I find them to be self-​serving and only interested in generating a fee. I received CV’s contact information from a friend. Had an initial call with them to go over my background and what I was looking for in my next step. While they didn’t have anything that was a direct fit, they did pass along a couple of very interesting roles, including one at a local clean-​tech company, something I’ve been wanting to do for years. Went through the interview process and was down to another candidate referred by the VC investor and myself. Throughout the process CV Partners provided interview prep and feedback, which was more thorough than any guidance, advice and feedback I received in the past. I didn’t get the role but CV Partners arranged for me to meet with the CFO of a similar firm for a potential role/​networking opportunity, although the company is not specifically looking. They are head and shoulders above any of the search firms I have worked with in the past. Given the fiduciary duty to their clients, it is in their best interest to put forth only the best candidates to their clients — which I understand. It’s how their business model works. But they seem to actually care about their candidates needs and wants and really take that to heart in their process. Additionally they have a very wide network and if they believe you to be capable, can help make introductions. They have done the best job of balancing their candidates desires and clients demands of any search firm I have come across in NY, HK and SF (having lived in all 3). If you’re not getting traction with them it may be because you did not put your best foot forward in their screening process — to the job seeker I would advise that you approach every meeting as a job interview.

CV Partners does call me for potential opportunities that seem to be a fit for my resume. The reason I have high hopes for CV Partners to eventually place me at a company that is a good fit, is because I have worked before with the person that is representing me from their office… once I am placed I’m confident that I would rate them 5 stars!

I would agree. THey are a bunch of high performing people here but they are really a waste of a candidates time. They are quite snotty. They judge you & they have no class. Really, just interested in themselves so they can take their lovely glossy pictures and post them to their websites. If you’ve ever since thier website. please — they people pride themselves on looks. and their glossy, smoke and mirrors studio glamour pics.. that is not recruiting that is wanna be glamour model — I encourage you all to look at thier website you will laugh!

Great recruiting firm and very professional. They took plenty of time to meet with me and discuss what I was looking for. Even though I decided not to make a job switch, they still check up on me every now and then. Definitely keep them in mind if your looking for a new job.