About Us

  • Who we are at Simply Driven is the product of what we believe.
    • We believe human capital is an economic variable.  How do you attract and acquire great talent when both marketplace noise and marketplace skepticism are at all-time highs?  We start with “why”.  By doing that, we improve lives.
    • We believe attracting great talent starts with the message and the messenger.  We deliver your message – your story – better than your competitor delivers theirs.  Great talent doesn’t need you; they have no shortage of opportunity.  We get through to the people you can’t, because we know how to identify, engage and gently awaken in them curiosity about your opportunity.  Starting with “why”.
    • We believe successful talent acquisition is a partnership between client and search firm that results in timely, well-informed decisions by all stakeholders in the process.  The ultimate success of that partnership is measured by two things:  candidate/employee performance and retention post-hire.
    • We believe our talent acquisition philosophy must align with our clients in three critical areas: Caliber of Talent, Strategic Approach and Tactical Pursuit.
      • Caliber of talent:  We believe the most talented people in the marketplace are happy, successful and fairly compensated individuals who often work for competitors of our clients.  A career change is not in their current field of vision.
      • Strategic approach:  We believe talent of this caliber must be identified, engaged, vetted and won from the marketplace.  Creating an exceptional candidate experience during each of these phases is essential to achieving success.
      • Tactical pursuit:  We believe that this requires a proven, repeatable search execution model that demonstrates superior credibility and subject matter expertise, deep relationship connectivity and proper execution from initial conversation through successful hire and onboarding.

Recent Placements

Solutions And Expertise

Simply Driven partners with organizations who have concluded that their search requires specific outside expertise. We specialize in finance, accounting, information technology and automation engineering.

Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Career Services
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Interim
  • On-Demand Recruiting
  • Org. Chart Mapping
  • Outplacement
  • Recruitment Research
  • Succession Planning
  • Temporary Staffing
Industries
  • Accounting/Audit
  • Automotive
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Cloud Based
  • Construction
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data & Analytics
  • Devices
  • Engineering & Archit.
  • High Tech
  • Industrial Products
  • Internet
  • Manufacturing
  • Mobile
  • Payments/Processes
  • Private Equity
  • Retail
  • Software
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation
Functions
  • Human Resources

News Briefings

Crisis Management: CFOs Confront New Layers of Risk in Pandemic Era

Perhaps the most important lesson that business leaders have learned from the pandemic is the importance of continuity planning in the C-suite, and beyond. In the crosshairs: Chief financial officers who are suddenly dealing with a vast array of new challenges, from cash flow, declining revenues, and employee health, to advising the CEO and board

Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.4 Percent

Employment rose by 1.4 million in August as the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released this morning. That’s down from a peak of 14.7 percent in April, but still far above the 3.5 percent rate in February before the coronavirus pandemic led to mass

Press Releases

Is Your Network Ready for BYOD

Well, the world has certainly changed. If we weren’t moving quickly enough to an office-less, location-agnostic world for much of the workforce, the pandemic flipped the switch completely. Companies and their technology organizations are scrambling to equip their people to remain productive while also endeavoring to keep their networks secure. Complicating matters is the Bring

Avoid Being an Automation Casualty

Much has been written about the shortage of labor in the automation space. For quite some time now, manufacturing has suffered from tight labor markets. Beyond improving efficiency and cutting costs, automation is becoming essential to simply to get the work done. According to the MHI Report on the Supply Chain in 2020, the adoption

Simply Driven Executive Search Adds Jim Fischer

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – May 1, 2018, Simply Driven Executive Search – a member of the Sanford Rose Associates network of offices – continues to grow with the addition of Jim Fisher as Search Consultant. Fisher will work in the firm’s rapidly expanding Finance/Accounting Practice. Fisher is a well-known Indianapolis recruiter with deep expertise in finance, accounting

Simply Driven Search Grows Again

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – March 19, 2018, Simply Driven Executive Search – a member of the Sanford Rose Associates network of offices – continues to grow with the addition of Kara Ferguson as Search Consultant.  Ferguson will work in the firm’s expanding Finance/Accounting Practice. Ferguson has management experience in Fortune 500 environments that include Home Depot and