Welcome to A Hire Connection

A Hire Connection is a retained executive search firm serving Southern California. For 23 years Janet has assisted CEOs in their quest to identify and hire the top talent needed to achieve business goals. Utilizing her proprietary processes, including the Fast-Forward Resume™(FFR), and her intuitive knowledge about people, skillful interviewing techniques, and business acumen she works with small- to mid-sized companies seeking to hire exceptional people.

Janet’s practice includes recruiting for manager to C-level functions in sales, operations, finance, accounting, marketing, and human resources for industries such as manufacturing, distribution, medical, aerospace, transportation, advertising, food and technology.

Janet has two books in publication. She is co-author of You’re NOT The Person I Hired!: A CEO's Survival Guide To Hiring Top Talent (Oct. 2005); and is author of A Hire Connection: How to Make Your Next Hire Your Best Hire (Oct. 2007).

Discover the Fast-Forward ResumeTM (FFR)- the most strategic way to attract, hire, manage, and retain Top Talent: Ever wonder how to get the best performance from your new hire, or existing employees? Recruiting and managing is a science and an art. Now you can be more confident about how to attract, interview, hire, and keep your very best talent.

For more than 23 years Janet Boydell has been helping companies and candidates make connections and achieve mutually satisfying goals. All of her trade marked, groundbreaking tools and advice can be found in her book A Hire Connection: How to Make Your Next Hire Your Best Hire. Signed and shipped by Janet. 

Janet presented for Vistage International, SHRM, PSNI, Qualcomm and conducts in-house workshops for her clients. Prior to founding A Hire Connection, Janet was a partner at Impact Hiring Solutions and a vice president with CJA Executive Search. She possesses a strong finance and accounting background and was previously employed in the investment banking industry. Janet earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in law and finance from California State Polytechnic University at Pomona.