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  • Jake Pshock
  • Career Change, Recruiting, Success Stories, Testimonial
  • July 30, 2021

Testimonial: Former MLB Pitcher Scores A New Role in Sales

At NexGoal, we take our athlete career placements very seriously – which is why our Project Coordinators spend so much time working with each candidate to put them in the best position to succeed. Once our candidates are placed, we like to take the time to share that candidate’s journey with all of you.

Our client is a nation-leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of quality medical products used to safeguard patients and the professionals who care for them. Within their recent growth, they’ve made a push to bring on motivated, competitive sales professionals across the country. Priding themselves on their collaborative team and industry-leading training, our client quickly secured a reputation atop the Medical Devices Industry.

Recently, we had the pleasure of connecting our client’s Los Angeles branch with a former MLB pitcher, Craig Clayton. With All-American honors at Loara High School and California State University, Craig cemented himself in school history as one of the most decorated two-way players. Via Baseball-Reference: “During his final year at Cal State, he batted .364/.428/.564 with 100 hits in 63 games at the plate and was 14-5 with 15 complete games (in 18 starts), a 2.25 ERA and 9.32 K/9 IP mark on the mound.” This led to Craig having the honor of getting drafted by the Seattle Mariners, generating a seven-year professional career bouncing around Mariners’ and San Diego Padres’ farm systems.

Within the wide variety of athlete’s in-demand traits, Craig’s level of confidence, persistence, and competitive drive perfectly aligned with our client’s desired employee attributes. Paired with an elite sales track record in expanding territories and consistent award recognition, we knew Craig was just what our client was looking for. He joins the growing list of highly qualified candidates we have helped place into a new career.

What led Craig to choose NexGoal? As a result of our team’s recruiting efforts, Senior Recruiter Brittany Brady connected with Craig, and he quickly expressed interest in the position. “NexGoal reached out to me regarding a job that I was interested in. Brittany Brady was fantastic, energetic, and lead me through the entire process. It made it easy to continue working with NexGoal and Brittany.”

When asked about his experience working with Brittany and the NexGoal team, Craig had this to say: “Brittany had high energy and was constantly checking in. I felt like I had someone working for me to get me into my new career.” Craig continued to express his thankfulness in stating that he had an “Amazing experience” working with Brittany to nail down this excellent job opportunity in the illustrious Medical Device industry.

With the core of our business surrounding athlete job seekers, Craig was confident in recommending that other former athletes and competitive-minded job seekers come to NexGoal when looking for their next career. “It was the entire experience from start to finish. Brittany’s enthusiasm, and reminders were a big help. Again, it was as if I had a partner going through this.”

The NexGoal team would like to thank Craig for his kind words, and we wish him continued success in his new role as Medical Device Sales Representative.

If you desire to operate in a happy and stress-free work environment for your next step in the Medical Device Industry, we have the opportunity for you! We look forward to placing you in your next career. You can fill out our Athlete Candidate page here.

Employers: Are you looking to bring on highly qualified candidates like Craig, who may not find you on their own? Reach out & discover how quickly we can connect you with top active & passive job seekers near you!

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  • Jake Pshock
  • Success Stories, Testimonial
  • July 13, 2020

Active Job Seeker Lands A New Role Amid The COVID Pandemic

At NexGoal, we take the placing of our active candidates in their new careers very seriously – which is why our project coordinators spend so much time working with each candidate to put them in the best position to succeed. Once our candidates are placed, we like to take the time to share that candidate’s experience with all of you.

Recently, our team had the opportunity to work with active job-seeker Ricky Simms in helping him find the next step in his career. Ricky was connected with one of our clients looking for a proven individual to fill a Mortgage Loan Processing role in their company. He joins the growing list of elite performers we have helped place into new careers.

When asked why he chose to work with NexGoal, Ricky said, “I chose to work with NexGoal because of Brittany [Brady]. Organizations are built by the employees they employ. To have an individual such as Ms. Brady working for them speaks volumes about the organization.”

We asked Ricky what he enjoyed most about his experience working with the NexGoal team. He reiterated affirmation for Brittany, “She was on top of all aspects of my checkboxes for working with a service like NexGoal. Over the course of my career in the industry, I have come to known of several headhunters and Brittany surpassed them by using technology to communicate in real-time. If it were not for her working for this company, I would have chosen a different firm.”

At NexGoal, we specialize in placing candidates from all walks of life with our various corporate clients. When we got into the specifics of working with Brittany and how she helped set us apart from traditional recruiting firms, Ricky had this to say, “I cannot convey enough as to how thorough Brittany was in working with me during the COVID epidemic. At the time of my placement, there were millions of people out of work. She put together a game plan for me; furthermore, she communicated each step along the process as to what to expect next. Plus, she gave me feedback after I spoke to the interviewing managers. This gave me the sense of having an inside person assisting me with employment.”

When asked why current job-seekers should come to NexGoal when looking for their next career, he stated, “Brittany Brady, Game Plan, Communication, and Clear Expectations.”

The NexGoal team would like to thank Ricky for his kind words, and we wish him continued success in his new role!

If you’re looking to take the next step in your career and need some help or guidance along the way, start by checking out our athlete-candidates page! We look forward to placing you in your next career.

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  • Bob Evans
  • For Employers, Testimonial
  • December 12, 2016

Steel Industry Leader Praises Recent NexGoal Placement

For those of you who are following NexGoal on any of our social media channels, regularly checking our website or are signed up for our eNewsletters, you often see our “success stories” feature. In these articles, our content team provides detailed feedback about the experience of a candidate being placed from the eyes of that candidate.

This is obviously great for other job seekers to find out what the “NexGoal Experience” is all about. However, often times our clients feel left out because they do not get to see what the employers who actually hired those candidates have to say about their end of the hiring process.

Well, today we would like to take a moment to share some feedback from one of our local clients here in the Cleveland area, Majestic Steel. Recently, Vice President of Sales for Majestic Steel, Tim Quinn, reached out to our team to discuss a candidate who was placed with their company.

Talking with NexGoal co-founder and CEO, Kevin Dahl, Quinn stated, “Kevin, thank you for the recent placement of John Mayer. He is very well educated for his new role with our company and brings a great amount of experience and information. What a perfect fit. Please keep bringing talented sales candidates to the table — cloning John would be acceptable!!!”

While cloning candidates is still not approved by the government (here’s to hoping it happens soon), we are happy that Majestic and Mr. Quinn are happy with their recent hire! We also appreciate the kind words from our client and the hard work of our recruiting team to find such a qualified candidate.

If you would like to learn more about how we can infuse excellent candidates like this into your organization, click here to schedule a meeting with our team!

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  • Bob Evans
  • Job Search Tips, Success Stories, Testimonial
  • September 28, 2016

NexGoal and Large Manufacturing Company Work Together to Fill Job Needs

Often, people read on the NexGoal website about our commitment to our clients but due to confidentiality agreements with them, we cannot share with you the names of the clients we represent. Well, just this week one of our clients decided to share a glowing review of the services we have provided them over the years … and even asked us to share that review with our audience.

Why you ask? Simply, they appreciate the dedication our Project Coordinators and Business Development teams have put in during our time working together. The placement of our athlete-candidates in their organization has delivered high quality workers who have contributed greatly since joining their organization.

But hey, do no just take my word for it. Hear directly from the Vice President of Operations from this company.

As Vice President of Operations for a large manufacturing company I have relied on NexGoal to find top talent for key positions within my many manufacturing facilities. NexGoal has provided my team top quality candidates who were not only qualified for the position but had potential to grow into other roles. All the candidates that NexGoal presented were thoroughly screened and informed about the position we we were interviewing for. Some of my roles were in remote locations that were difficult to fill and NexGoal provided quality candidates for those positions. NexGoal made sure they understood our needs, our culture and our budget when working to fill positions. Their follow up and persistence helped streamline our recruiting process and brought on talent that might otherwise have gone to other companies.

I would strongly recommend using NexGoal in your next search for key roles within your organization. Their quality of service, follow up and persistence in following the recruiting process has allowed them to be successful in filling key roles within our organization. – Ken Recko, Vice President of Operations

If you would like to learn more about how we can infuse athlete-candidates into your organization with the traits Ken outlined above, click here to schedule a meeting with our team!

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