Searchlight Recruiters, Inc.
Bringing Careers to Light
Searchlight Recruiters, Inc.
Bringing Careers to Light
Clarity in hiring. Confidence in results.
Searchlight Recruiters, Inc. believes great hiring is about resonance, connecting the right person with the right role. That moment when the right person steps into the right role, and both career and company accelerate.
"Bringing Careers to Light" occurs when we align ability, values, pace, and purpose.
Our mission is simple, but not easy:
To connect ambitious organizations with transformational talent who will thrive—and stay.
Strategic recruiting for leadership and mission-critical roles
- Deep expertise in technology driven transformation across healthcare, financial, life science and SaaS.
- Specialties: VP/Director roles, GTM teams, product, and technical hires
- We solve for role fit, culture fit, managerial alignment, and execution readiness
Hiring isn’t your core business. Solving it is ours.
Searchlight blends 25+ years of talent acquisition expertise with an insight-driven process that goes beyond skills matching. We dig deeper—using candidate personas, leadership principles, and cultural alignment frameworks to deliver people who don’t just meet the job description, but elevate it.
Our process helps answer the hard questions:
- Can they do the job? (Hard and Soft Skills)
- Will they love the work? (Motivation)
- Will they thrive here? (Environment & Values Fit)
- Can they grow with you? (Scalability & Leadership)
Our methodology is shaped by decades of results and fine-tuned for modern companies.
Our mindset
- Candidate-First Philosophy: We treat people like people—not placements.
- Strategic Alignment: We match on values, leadership style, and team dynamics.
- Long-Term Thinking: We measure success in quarters and years, not just offer letters.
Hiring is high-stakes. We get it. That’s why we bring the insight, speed, and integrity today’s leaders expect—and tomorrow’s growth demands.
How We Work
Embedded. Fractional. Advisory.
We’re flexible in model—but firm on results.
- Need an embedded recruiter? We’ll plug into your ATS, Slack, and culture.
- Want fractional talent support? You get senior strategic firepower without the overhead.
- Just need targeted search for a key hire? That’s our wheelhouse.
Meet the Founder
In 1999, Chris Cornwall launched Searchlight Recruiters, Inc. to solve a growing challenge in the healthcare technology sector: companies were struggling to hire the right people, not just qualified ones.
His philosophy has always been clear:
Long-term alignment wins over short-term hires.
Over the years, SRI has expanded across fintech, life sciences, and SaaS—but the mission remains the same:
- Find the right people.
- Align ability and fit with motivation.
- Drive real, lasting results.
“I founded SRI because I believe hiring should feel like progress—not a guessing game.”
– Chris Cornwall
At SRI, relationships come first. Because when hiring works, people thrive—and businesses grow.