Our vision
We believe in finding and placing the top talent in the market within the best organizations to help our clients' make a huge impact on the world around us.
Talent Innovation
Search, Staffing, Consulting
For over 15 years, we have been the search, staffing and consulting leaders, perfectly matching capable and talented people with successful companies, helping them to attain their business objectives. Our solution oriented approach to understanding your needs ensures we identify and represent the best possible talent available in the market, personally selected and matched to your requirements by our highly-tenured, extraordinarily capable recruiting team.
Sailwind makes it our business to know your business, an approach that has led to many long-standing client relationships - the foundations of which were built on trust, credibility, service orientation and meeting your talent needs. When you're looking for outside help to meet your organization's talent needs, look no further than the quality team that we've assembled at Sailwind Associates!
Our team combines experience with passion, creativity, and dedication. From rural back roads to corporate boardrooms, we're committed to supporting our clients and investors.
Eric Hooper
President & Founder
"Talent is what separates the good companies from the great."
In 2001, Eric opened Sailwind Associates in Atlanta, Georgia to help companies make use of people, processes, and technology more efficiently and effectively. Over the past decade, he’s been a driving force in many successful start-ups, including the launch of the Executive Search and Staffing Practice for Tatum, most recently acquired by the Randstad Company. His desire to always know everything about Talent Strategy, Employment Branding, Recruitment and Technology has earned him numerous accolades from his clients and the Recruitment community.
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
- Andy Warhol
Recommendations & Clients
Experienced Recruiter
Stephen Klee - VP, Cortland Partners
Eric is a very experienced recruiter. He brings very high energy and professionalism into his talent acquisition efforts. This helps to convey to prospects a great first impression of the staffing opportunities that his clients are trying to fill. He has helped to fill dozens of positions for Cortland Partners during our rapid growth.
Communication
Wes Hargraves - CFO, CSG International
Eric received my name from a mutual business colleague as Eric was working on a CFO search and I was in the market for a new and exciting CFO position in the Atlanta area. From our first (Meet & Greet) through the time I accepted an offer, Eric performed professionally through all phases of the complex and stress filled executive search process. To sum it up - Eric was professional, communicated well (with me and the client), told me where I was in the process (honestly) and helped drive the offer process to a close. Lastly, he also worked effectively to negotiate a fantastic compensation package. For those of you that have lived through the executive search process, my comments above are hard to find in an executive recruiter. I highly recommend working with Eric!
Promises Kept
Felix Friedrich - Non-disclosed
Eric provided exceptional service during my hiring process with Rheem Manufacturing Company. I especially like to point out that Eric is -unlike so many, many other recruiters- was the only one I met who did not promise what he couldn't manage to keep. Always straight forward if necessary but keeping a positive attitude towards the goals to be reached while staying within realistic limits. His long lasting work in this profession sure helped him a lot to develop these commendable characteristics and outstanding expertise.
Focused On Results
Kent Gray - Principal, The Chartis Group
Eric works really hard to make sure there is both a technical and cultural fit for a candidate and the organization - a comprehensive approach that I've seen many search specialists fail to appreciate. Eric is a team player, good listener, and always focused on results.
