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SucceedSmart, Los Altos, California, United States: Revolutionizing Executive Recruitment with an AI-Powered Platform and Human Expertise

Company: SucceedSmart
Company Description: SucceedSmart is an award-winning executive recruiting platform on a mission to modernize leadership recruiting for director to C-level talent. Acting as an extension of talent acquisition teams, SucceedSmart blends AI-powered technology with human expertise to help companies fill leadership roles with unmatched agility, accuracy, and affordability, while promoting diversity and transparency.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories - Business Technology
Nomination Sub Category: Human Capital Management or Talent Management Solution
2024 Stevie Winner Nomination Title: SucceedSmart's Taylor
  1. Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the nominated new or new-version product or service, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
    Written answers to the questions
  2. If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.

  3. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released:

    October 5, 2023  (Update released: ‘Taylor,’ a Generative AI platform for job descriptions)

  4. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):

    Total 350 words used.

    SucceedSmart is disrupting the $7 billion USD executive search industry and modernizing recruiting for director to C-level talent. Acting as an extension of talent acquisition teams, SucceedSmart blends technology with human expertise to help companies fill leadership roles with unmatched agility, accuracy, and affordability. 

    Leveraging proprietary AI and custom-built accomplishment-based matching technology with talent advisors and executive coaches, SucceedSmart drives significant value for organizations looking to fill critical leadership roles in 4-6 weeks, while reducing executive search costs by 70%.

    With cutting-e­dge features, stre­amlined efficiencie­s, and unique value propositions, Succee­dSmart stands at the forefront of human capital technological innovation.

    Benefits include:

    • Disrupts Traditional Executive Search with Pioneering AI Approach: Search times go from 24-26 weeks down to 4-6 weeks using SucceedSmart’s proprietary, patent-pending AI algorithm that matches best-fit candidates to open positions quickly using an ‘accomplishment-based’ match, enabling recruiting te­ams to focus on building relationships with candidates.

    • Mitigates Bias with ‘Taylor,’ SucceedSmart’s Generative AI Platform: SucceedSmart’s generative AI platform, 'Taylor,' launched in October 2023, addresses challenges at the start of any search process – the job description. Within seconds, it creates unbiased, accomplishment-based JDs and flags existing JDs for bias, provides rationale, and produces new ‘unbiased’ JDs.

    • Drives Operational Efficiencies with an Innovative SaaS Model: SucceedSmart transforms the executive recruitment landscape, reducing costs by 70% compared to traditional search methods, bypassing operating expenses historically passed onto corporations by conventional firms.

    • Promotes Inclusivity: SucceedSmart's 'single-blind' approach underscores its commitment to diversity and inclusivity. By mitigating bias in the hiring process, SucceedSmart brings equity across executives within a talent pool.

    • Supports Unrivaled Privacy: Executives have control over who can see their profile, protecting privacy and enabling executives to choose who to engage with from interested organizations.

    • Drives Transparency: SucceedSmart introduces information symmetry to executive search, creating a power balance between executives and corporations by providing all parties with the same information so everyone makes the best decisions.

    • Adds Value Through Executive Coaching and Additional Perks: Executives receive support from a white-glove member concierge and access to an exclusive peer network, and each new hire receives 6-months of complementary executive coaching.

  5. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):

    Total 350 words used.

    Testimonials:

    • “Building a team at a high-growth company requires speed and efficiency. SucceedSmart's executive search platform has helped us save time and cost in identifying high-caliber talent. We're excited to be a part of Sanjay and his team's vision for rethinking the archaic industry practices of the past fifty years by creating a platform that eliminates friction in sourcing and screening and removes traditional biases to help create diverse leadership teams.”  -Ali Kashani, CEO, Serve Robotics

    • “It’s truly an innovative platform...The way it uses AI to bring forward profiles in a ‘single blind’ process, therefore you can remove conscious and unconscious bias...I haven’t seen any other platforms that bring that technology to the forefront, directly to the client...It really is a differentiating and disruptive platform.”  -Julie Currie, CPO, Grail

    • “Committing to a traditional executive search company was cost prohibitive. With SucceedSmart’s affordable model, we were able to save significant time in the hiring process. In a matter of weeks, we quickly identified top talent in point of care medical devices and were able to make an informed hire.” - Anand Parikh, Co-Founder & CEO, Chronus Health

    • “SucceedSmart’s executive search platform effortlessly unites employers with diverse executive talent. SucceedSmart is a whole new way to connect with the world’s best diverse talent.” -Deb Bubb, Ex-EVP & Chief People Officer, Optum

    Customer Case Studies attached to submission

    Industry Awards

    • Winner of seven 2023 Stevie Awards

      • Most Innovative Company of the Year (Silver)

      • Startup of the Year: Business Service Industry (Silver) 

      • Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year (Bronze)

      • Leading AI/Machine Learning Solution (Bronze) 

      • Tech Startup of the Year: Services (Bronze) 

      • Best Entrepreneur: Computer Software (Bronze) 

      • Emerging Technology (Bronze)

    • Winner of two 2023 Globee Disruptor Awards

      • Disruptor Company – HR (Gold)

      • Disruptor Product/Service – HR (Bronze)

    • Winner of three 2023 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards 

      • Best Advance in Diversity and Inclusion Innovation (Bronze)

      • Best Advance in AI for Business Impact (Bronze)    

      • Best Advance in Unique Talent Acquisition Technology (Bronze) 

    • 2023 HR Tech Outlook Magazine Top 10 Recruitment Solution Providers

    • Silicon Review Top 50 Smartest Companies of 2023

  6. You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):

    Total 6 words used.

    Attachments and links uploaded to submission

Attachments/Videos/Links:
SucceedSmart's Taylor
PDF SucceedSmart_Demos_and_Case_Studies_for_2024_Stevie_Awards.pdf
PDF SucceedSmart_Sales_Proposal_Deck.pdf
URL SucceedSmart Homepage
URL Why SucceedSmart
URL SucceedSmart Diversity
URL SucceedSmart for Hiring Managers
URL SucceedSmart for Executives
URL SucceedSmart About Taylor Generative AI Platform
URL SucceedSmart Testimonials
URL SucceedSmart Advisory Board
URL SucceedSmart Ana Marfil
URL SucceedSmart Testimonial Monica Higgins
URL SucceedSmart Testimonial Sean Walker
URL SucceedSmart Testimonial Allison Kaplan
URL SucceedSmart Testimonial Julie Currie
URL SucceedSmart Press Release eRPO solution
URL SucceedSmart Press Release Taylor Generative AI Platform