Amplify is a boutique agency that leverages over twenty years of experience in HR, recruiting, branding, executive search, and talent strategy to help our industry-leading clients successfully navigate the future of work.

Amplify has been in the front row of the evolution of work for years; working with some of the biggest brands in their respective fields. Over that time we've built a diversified network of seasoned HR executives and emerging talent that can drive their organizations through growth and transformation.

We're passionate about the talent space in all its forms: branding, recruiting, human resources, inclusion, and people ops. We leverage our experience and network across a broad range of industries to help forward-leaning companies build competitive advantages in talent.

Our Experience

Hiring HR talent is easy. Hiring transformative HR talent that can impact your business is not. 

Paradigm-changing technology, societal shifts, generational drivers, global mobility - and more - are adding to the complexity of business operations and reshaping the mold of what it means to be an HR leader. 

We've been operating at the forward edge of recruiting and HR for over 20 years. We've built a network of leading thinkers and doers in the field, and emerging talent not yet on most search firm's radar, who share a deep curiosity around what's coming so they can keep their businesses ahead of the curve. 

Amplify works across disciplines and regions to find the very best HR and recruiting leaders. We've partnered with some of the leading organizations in their respective fields to find progressive leaders including: Ticketmaster, NPR, SpaceX, Cognosante, IAC, Cracker Barrel, and more. 

Our strategic advisory services are designed to help you attract and close the right talent for your business. We have proven experience partnering with clients like Hootsuite, Duo Security, NPR, and more on a variety of initiatives including Employer Value Proposition (EVP) research/development/execution, digital engagement, career site development, recruitment marketing, brand ambassadors, HR technology stack, and modernizing recruiting practices and processes.

employer BRAND 

We work collaboratively with our clients to develop strategic roadmaps that identify, communicate, and measure talent brand narratives. Some of the services we offer include:

• Organizational audit, assessment, and surveys
• Employer Value Proposition (EVP) development
• Social media activation and engagement
• Marketing alignment
• Recruitment marketing
• Career site development
• Brand ambassador activation
• Culture amplification

Optimization

Our Recruiting Optimization consulting services are designed to modernize your recruiting infrastructure and capabilities. Some of the services we offer in Recruiting Optimization include:

• Review/recommend recruiting technology stack
• Audit SOP's and workflow
• Audit and optimize candidate experience
• Recruiter training 
• Job description review and enhancement
• "Talent Advisor" roadmap
• TA leadership mentoring

Consistency

Amplify is a boutique search firm. Your organization will work directly with the principal, which eliminates the communication gaps that can arise with hand-offs and search teams from larger firms. 

Expertise

We know what it takes to build transformative HR teams. We've been immersed in the talent space for years and have built high-performing HR teams at leading companies from the inside and as an external partner.  

Reputation 

We've built a career in this field with a simple guiding premise - add value. We've shared our perspectives on the future of work in regular columns for Fast Company and Forbes, keynotes from Johannesburg to Stockholm, and co-authored a book on employer brand. We also co-founded the HR Open Source (HROS.co) initiative - a global not-for-profit community of practitioners that drives innovation, collaboration, and community in HR.    

Experience

Over the past 20 years we've worked across a broad range of industries to develop progressive recruiting and branding functions. There are few talent initiatives we haven't seen firsthand. Our diverse industry experience allows us to bring a broad solution set to talent initiatives.

Long Tail Consulting

Companies bring in a strategy consultant to help them solve specific challenges. In most engagements, when the work is delivered the engagement (and relationship) ends. We don't view consulting engagements as transactions. We view them as partnerships, and our connection doesn't end when the contract does. All of our engagements have a "success tail" built into them so we can ensure successful execution after the engagement ends.

Lars has presented at events from San Francisco to Stockholm to Johannesburg on topics ranging from recruiting innovation, employer brand, and entrepreneurship. As a professional speaker, he explores the intersection of recruiting, talent branding, culture, social/digital engagement, and technology. He’s available for keynotes, presentation, panels, event hosting/MC roles, and training sessions.

Past speaking engagements include:

LinkedIn Talent Connect - Life Is Beautiful Festival - Society of Human Resource Management - RecFest - HREvolution - HR Tech World - Glassdoor Employer Brand Summit - HR Tech Fest - Employer Branding Conference - ERE Recruiting Conference - TalentNet Interactive - The Future Talent Summit - #tru - SXSWi - In-House Recruitment Expo - Human Capital Institute - Social Media Week - Recruiting Innovation Summit - Recruiting Trends Conference

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Greenhouse OPEN 2018 - "The Role of Today's Chief People Officer"