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Mid-market executive search · West Fargo, ND

Hire the people
your competitors
wish they got first.

MMN Recruiting places managers, directors, and operators who actually move the number. No black-box pipeline. No filler resumes. Just the short list of people who’d run the role on day one.

Direct HireRetained SearchContract-to-HireConfidential ReplacementsExecutive Placement
What we do

Three lanes. Done with operator-grade rigor.

We don’t pretend to do everything. We focus on the placements where a strong network, a sharp scope, and a candidate who shows up ready actually changes the trajectory of the team you’re building.

01

Direct Hire

Full-time, salaried placements for mid-market companies hiring managers, directors, and key individual contributors. Contingency or retained, your call.

Manager · Director · Senior IC
02

Retained Executive Search

For roles you can’t afford to get wrong. Confidential, deeply-scoped engagements with a milestone-paid retainer, weekly progress, and a written guarantee.

VP · GM · C-Suite
03

Contract & Contract-to-Hire

For project work, growth phases, or mutual-fit hires. We handle payroll, compliance, and the soft conversion when it’s time to make it permanent.

90-day · 6-month · Convert
Why MMN

Built for the firms that don’t have time
for a 90-day search and a mediocre slate.

We’re a young, hungry firm — which is exactly why we move faster, communicate more, and turn down the searches we know we can’t crush.

01 / Network-first

We start with people who aren’t applying.

Job boards are crowded with the wrong half of the market. Our first pass is direct outreach to the people already doing the job somewhere else — and doing it well.

02 / Scoped, not slung

A real scope brief inside 48 hours.

Before a single candidate is sourced, we build a written scope document with you: comp band, must-haves, deal-breakers, and the actual outcomes the hire will own.

03 / Honest pipeline

You see the funnel. Always.

Every search comes with a shared dashboard: who we’ve contacted, who responded, who’s in interviews, and why anyone we passed on didn’t make it. No theater.

04 / Skin in the game

Written replacement guarantee.

Every direct-hire placement is backed by a written 90-day replacement guarantee. If the fit doesn’t work, the next search is on us.

Process

From kickoff to signed offer in five steps.

Most engagements move from discovery call to signed offer in 4–8 weeks. Here’s how.

01
Discovery

30-minute call to understand the role, the team, and what’s on the line.

02
Scope Brief

Written scope inside 48 hours. You sign off before sourcing begins.

03
Sourcing

Direct outreach, network mining, and targeted approach to in-seat performers.

04
Short List

4–6 vetted, interested candidates with full write-ups and reference notes.

05
Close

Interview support, offer coaching, counter-offer prep, and start-date confirmation.

Industries

Where we place — and why.

We focus where mid-market hiring matters most: industries with strong pipelines, operator-led teams, and the kind of roles that make or break a quarter.

The recruiter your A-players actually return calls from.
— What we’re building MMN to be.
Start a Search

Tell us who
you need to hire. We’ll handle the rest.

A 30-minute discovery call is the fastest way to know if we’re the right fit. We’ll come prepared, ask the questions that matter, and tell you straight whether we can deliver on the role.

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