
Treeline
About
Treeline is a sales recruiting firm that says it is dedicated to helping companies recruit and build sales organizations. Its contingency service fills Chief Revenue Officer, sales management, enterprise sales, RevOps, sales engineering and customer success roles, with no upfront cost and a fee collected only when a hire is made. Treeline also sells a fixed-fee Candidate Sourcing Platform for 30-day sourcing sprints and an annual Premier Membership with discounted fees, both supported by its Treeline Talent Tracking System and 3D Resume technology. Beyond recruiting, it offers Fractional CRO engagements and Salesforce CRM consulting. The firm says it works across industries including software, technology, medical, B2B, IT, media and pharmaceutical sales, and it lists open sales jobs for candidates. Treeline was founded in 2001 by its President and CEO, Dan Fantasia, and lists its office in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Roles recruited for
- Chief Revenue Officer and sales management roles
- Enterprise sales roles
- RevOps, sales engineering and customer success roles
- Software, technology and IT technical sales roles
- Medical, pharmaceutical and media sales roles
TopCloserR Perspective
What we’d expect selling here to look like
Treeline sells recruiting services to employers, with buyers such as founders, sales leaders and human resources teams who need to fill sales and revenue roles. The model implies a relationship sale with a choice of contingency, fixed-fee sourcing or annual membership, where speed to a first candidate and fit for the role decide the deal and repeat searches grow the account.
What it builds, by career stage
- Breaking in
- For recruiting coordinators, sourcers and those aiming for a first recruiter role, the business implies daily outreach to sales candidates and screening for role fit, which builds a working view of what sales roles require at each level.
- Building
- For recruiters, account managers and those working toward those titles, it implies running searches end to end, from taking a role brief from a hiring manager to guiding candidates through interviews, while winning repeat searches from the same employers.
- Leading
- For recruiting managers, directors and heads of sales at the firm, it implies leading a desk or team that sells several service models to employers, where matching the right model to each client's budget and urgency is part of the job.
Where it can take you
The experience travels to agency and in-house recruiting roles, especially sales and executive search, and to talent acquisition at technology and software companies. It also suits moves into sales roles at HR technology and staffing businesses.
Questions worth asking
Considering a sales role at Treeline? Ask these in your interview.
- How do recruiters split their time between winning new employer clients and running active searches?
- How does a client decide between contingency, the Candidate Sourcing Platform and Premier Membership?
- How do recruiters use the Treeline Talent Tracking System and 3D Resume with hiring managers day to day?
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