Focus: The Straight and Narrow Always Has Been, Always Will Be

After nine years combined with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Accenture, Tom Darrow chose to do what not many of his recruiting peers in the Atlanta community were doing-take a leap. It was the height of a new technology era in January 1999 and Atlanta was hopping with new companies and entrepreneurial spirit. Tom saw great opportunity to provide recruiting process consulting services in a market that was starved for top talent.

First named HR Connections & Consulting, early projects took root at McKesson, Earthlink, WebMD, and other emerging companies. Back then, the firm had just started to fill a need for an established Atlanta network of recruiting-related contractors. That list of contractors is now 3,000 strong; with a network of contacts which allows them to place high quality talent across a number of industries. As that network grew, large companies started to take notice and the company built an impressive clientele that included The Coca-Cola Company, Habitat for Humanity, Microsoft, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and others.

By 2005, the company solely focused on the recruiting function, offering a full continuum of talent acquisition solutions for businesses. A new name, Talent Connections took hold reflecting its key focus and representative of a growing progressive firm. With an abundance of top talent under its own belt, the company stands out as not just plugging into a company's recruiting process, but rather offering myriad solutions to fit a company's specific talent needs. Looking into the future is a bright proposition.