For Companies
Two kinds of operators hire us. They don't decide the same way.
A PE-backed platform racing a hold clock and a founder protecting what they built make leadership hires for opposite reasons. We run each search the way that owner actually thinks. Pick the side that sounds like you.
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What are you trying to solve?
Confidential, fully retained search. The role stays quiet inside your company and across the market, and you see a short slate scored on fit, not on who interviews well.
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Where do you sit?
Same bench. Two playbooks.
We recruit the same caliber of leader for both. What changes is the pressure you're under, the risk you're managing, and what a great hire has to protect. Start where you are.
PE-Backed Platforms
Running a plan on a clock.
Leadership that protects the thesis, on the timeline the deal demands.
Platform build-outs, add-on integrations, carve-outs, and the run to exit all turn on the same thing: the right operators in the right seats, fast. We specialize in field-service and green-industry leadership, so we know what good actually looks like before the board does.
What's at stake
A mis-hire in a key operating seat doesn't just cost a salary. It burns a quarter or two of a five-year hold, stalls the integration, and shows up in the next board deck. The downside isn't a vacancy. It's the plan slipping.
- Weeks
- To a first vetted slate
- 95%
- Still in seat at one year
- 45 / 90 / 365
- Day placement guarantees
How we plug in
Mapped to the value-creation plan
We recruit against the plan, not a job description. Which seats unlock the next leg of EBITDA, and what the operator in each one has to be able to do.
Speed without a downgrade in quality
A first slate of pre-vetted, passive operators in the first weeks of the search, drawn from a bench of 30,000+ we already track. We move at deal speed because the pipeline already exists.
Confidential, fully retained search
Senior moves stay quiet, inside the platform and across the market. Scored on the 8-factor Field Performance Index, not on who interviews well.
Built to de-risk the exit
Bench depth a buyer can diligence. 90-day onboarding and performance tracking, plus tiered 45 / 90 / 365-day guarantees, so the team holds through the event.
Before you close
Talent diligence on the target, not just the deal.
Most diligence pressure-tests the financials and never looks hard at whether the team can run the plan after close. We assess the bench before the wire clears, so leadership risk is priced in, not discovered in month four.
Bench & key-person risk
Who actually runs this business, how replaceable are they, and which departures would hurt. The single-points-of-failure a data room won't show you.
Org gap analysis
The seats the plan needs that don't exist yet, mapped against the team you're buying, so the leadership build cost is on the model going in.
A 100-day leadership plan
Who to keep, where to add, and what to fix in the first hundred days. A staffing roadmap you can hand the operating partner on day one.
Privately & Family-Owned
Building something to keep.
The first outside leader who fits the company you built.
Bringing in a key executive, professionalizing past your own network, or planning the next generation of leadership is personal. You're not filling a seat. You're trusting someone with the thing your name is on. We know companies like yours inside out, so we recruit for fit and staying power, not just a resume.
What's at stake
The wrong outside hire doesn't just underperform. They can rattle the culture you spent decades building and send your best long-tenured people looking. For a company built to last, a bad fit at the top is the most expensive mistake there is.
- One
- Industry we specialize in
- 30,000+
- Operators we already know
- 95%
- Still in seat at one year
How we plug in
We know this industry cold
The green industry and field services are all we recruit in, and we've built real relationships with the operators across it. We judge talent the way an owner would, because we've spent our careers studying what makes one succeed in a business like yours.
Fit and culture come first
We get to know how you run and what you won't compromise on before we bring you anyone. A great operator who'd clash with your culture is a bad hire, and we'll tell you so.
Discreet, on your timeline
Whether you're replacing a key leader quietly or planning a succession years out, the search stays private and moves at your pace, not a vendor's quota.
Hires that stay
We get paid to find a fit that lasts. 95% of our placements are still in seat at one year, because a revolving door at the top is the last thing a family business needs.
Who we work with
We don't work with every company. That's the point.
Our name goes on every introduction we make. So before we represent you to the best operators in the field, people who already have good jobs, we make sure you're a place they'd be glad we sent them. The bar isn't about size or stage. It's about whether this is somewhere a great person would build the next chapter of their career.
A workplace people actually want to join
The leaders worth hiring have options, and pay alone doesn't move them. We take searches for companies that win on more: real growth, a seat with room to run, and leadership people are proud to follow.
Proof you take care of your people
Not a slogan on the breakroom wall. How long your team stays, how you lead through a hard season, what your last few departures say about you. We look, because the candidates we call will ask, and we answer straight.
Ownership that means it
Owners and operators genuinely invested in the people who run the business, not just the next quarter's number. When that's real, the right leaders stay. When it isn't, no search fixes it.
Not all the way there yet?
Most good companies have a gap or two, a thin bench, a culture that never got put into words, a retention problem they can't quite name. We'll tell you straight where you stand, and a lot of our work is helping operators close that gap so the best people choose them and stay. Becoming a place great talent wants to be is the work. We do it alongside you.
This is also a promise to every candidate we call: we only bring you companies we'd be glad to send our own people to.
A new way to work with Bloom is coming.
We're opening a small, by-application partnership for operators serious about becoming a place the best people choose, and stay. It pairs an embedded talent pipeline with the work of getting your company there. We'll take on only a handful of companies a year. If that's the bench you're building, put your name down and you'll be the first to hear when the doors open.
Request early accessBy application. Limited spots.
Where we recruit
Deepest in the green industry. Expanding from there with intent.
We don't claim to know every industry. We go deep where we specialize, lead with the green industry, and extend into the field-service verticals that share the same operating DNA. Here's where we stand today, told straight.
Green Industry
Our heritage and deepest bench. Commercial landscape, design-build, tree care, irrigation, lawn and turf, snow and ice. This is where we've recruited longest and where our relationships run deepest.
HVAC & Mechanical
Commercial and residential HVAC, refrigeration, building automation, and mechanical contracting. Same field-service operating model, growing client base.
Critical Power
Data center power, standby generation, UPS, and switchgear. A premium, mission-critical niche where downtime isn't an option and the right operators are scarce.
Facilities Services
Janitorial and building services, integrated facilities management, and maintenance operations. The teams that keep buildings and campuses running.
Questions companies ask us
How fast can you get me candidates?
Faster than a cold search, because the pipeline already exists. We work from a standing bench of operators we track year-round, so a first slate lands in weeks, not months. We will not promise a number we cannot defend, but speed without a drop in quality is the whole point.
What does it cost to work with Bloom?
It depends on the search. Leadership and confidential roles run as retained engagements; volume and field roles can run differently. We will walk you through the model that fits the seat before any commitment, with no surprises later.
What industries do you actually specialize in?
Field service and the green industries: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, pest, and the operators who run them. They're the only world we recruit in, so we know what good looks like before the job description does.
How do you vet people before I see them?
Every candidate is scored on our Field Performance Index, an 8-factor read on whether they can actually do the work and stay. You see a short, ranked slate with the reasoning, not a stack of resumes to sort yourself.
What happens if the hire does not work out?
We stand behind placements with tiered 45, 90, and 365-day guarantees, plus onboarding and performance tracking so problems surface early. The goal is a hire who is still in the seat at one year, and 95% are.
Do you handle executive and leadership searches?
Yes, including confidential, fully retained searches for PE-backed platforms and founder-owned operators. Senior moves stay quiet inside the company and across the market.
Tools get you ready. We bring the people.
You've got the playbook, now you need vetted talent to run it with, or the role that fits what you do best. That part is ours.
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Not sure which playbook is yours?
Plenty of operators sit in between, a founder-led business taking on its first institutional capital, or a platform that still runs like a family. Start the conversation and we'll figure out the right approach together.
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