Over the past few years, Atlanta has emerged as the South’s busiest startup hub. With hundreds of millions in investment money fueling the growth, it is not a surprise that Atlanta is seen as the center of the post-Silicon Valley tech world. Still, the substantial investments are just a part of what makes the Capital of the South an essential part of the tech industry.
Perhaps even more critical than the funding are the professionals whose work and ingenuity fuel the rapid expansion of the city’s startup scene. With such a large pool of talent and so many companies vying for their attention, it can be challenging to create suitable matches with precision, ease, and consistency. Right Fit Advisors are rising to the challenge.
“We are a technical staffing firm with a modern spin that specializes in scaling startups as well as larger organizations,” explains Shahrukh Zahir, the company’s founder and CEO. An entrepreneur with years of experience in recruitment and roles that allowed him to elevate human capital in diverse companies, Zahir has envisioned his company as a place that will revolutionize the staffing industry, starting with Atlanta and the tech industry.
To do that, he assembled several crucial components, starting with a small but highly experienced team of professionals in talent acquisition, human resources, and business scaling. The next component and the ultimate differentiator are the tools the company uses.
“What sets us apart from everybody else is our approach to leverage Machine Learning and AI tools that streamlines our matching process,” says Zahir. “ Our clients go through the process of taking a few different types of personality and culture assessments that we ask the talent we represent take as well. Through this process, it becomes easier for both parties to find ‘the Right Fit’.
Thanks to the use of advanced technology, Right Fit Advisors can offer a streamlined experience to both the company and the talent. For companies, the data-driven insights provided by RFA can be invaluable when making staffing decisions. For talent, the tools can help reduce their search time by providing suitable positions from the get-go. Zahir shares “that this is the Right Fit Advantage we offer to all our clients and candidates.”
Artificial intelligence, while great at creating novel approaches to old problems, can only get a company so far — it still needs to lie on a bedrock of solid practices that would work even without AI. That is why Right Fit Advisors maintains good relationships with more than a thousand job boards, both in Atlanta and across the country, and why it offers market insights and analytics.
Above all, Right Fit Advisors and Shahrukh Zahir want to keep the human element a part of their recruitment offering because a culturally tone-deaf workplace is a workplace of the past. Atlanta is known for its mix of people and cultures, and the workplaces that emerge in the city reflect that. The younger generations in the workforce also put a premium on openness and diversity in the workplace.
Working with employers on branding and cultural alignment is crucial for building a company culture that’s inviting and conducive to a successful placement. All that effort into finding good talent would be worthless if they were placed in an environment that doesn’t support their success. Finding that environment and that perfect match is just what RFA excels at with its novel mix of AI and the human touch.
