Jamie (Hoobanoff) Savage

Jamie Savage (Hoobanoff) is Founder of The Leadership Agency, the recruitment partner of choice for North America’s fastest-growing startups. The Leadership Agency gets to help build the most impressive companies of our generation. Some clients include: SkipTheDishes, Endy, StackAdapt, TouchBistro, PagerDuty, Ritual, Justworks. Coming from the corporate world, Jamie launched her firm in 2017 and has continued to grow it ever since; expanding into the US in just 18 months. opening an office in NYC, and earning multiple awards, such as Best Service Provider 2019 (HRD Canada), and Best Professional Services (CanadianSME Business Magazine). A disruptor in the HR and recruitment space, Jamie contributes her expertise to The Globe and Mail, CBC, Inc., and HRD Magazine, and she’s on the Forbes HR Council. She was the Emcee and spokesperson for North America’s largest HR Tech Conference 2019, with over 3000 attendees. Jamie is an angel investor and a Founding Member of The Big Push: Taking women-led companies from seed to series A and beyond.

A few featured articles:
• Forbes.com – How to Build a Recruitment Brand
• The Globe and Mail – Don’t Be a Resume Snob
• CBC News – How to Become an Expert Interviewer
• HR.com – How to Compete for Top Talent
• Inc. – How Start-ups Can Recruit in a Tight Job Market
• Women of Influence – Adapting to the new Normal as an Entrepreneur

Awards:
• HRD - HR Rising Star 2018
• HRD - HRD Readers Choice Award for Best Service Provider 2019
• CanadianSME Business Magazine - CanadianSME Business Magazine Award for Best Professional Services 2020
• SVUS CEO Awards (San Francisco) - Female CEO of the Year | Business Services | 1 – 10 Employees

Speaking Engagements:
• DisruptHR 2017 – How do Avoid the Dreaded Mis-hire
• The Globe and Mail Small Business Summit 2019 – Tackling the Skills Shortage
• Women of Influence 5 part web series 2020 – Adapting to a new normal with Jamie Hoobanoff

She has hired and trained over 20 professional recruiters, led teams of recruitment directors, and created an award-winning company-wide training program. She has played an integral recruitment role in two major IPO’s, and was the youngest and first leader for Canada's largest sales recruitment agency.

To contact Jamie, please email: jamie.savage@leadershipagency.com or go to www.leadershipagency.com