We love working with AIJ Search, our go-to partner for all our critical hiring needs.

I have worked with Mike and his team for over a decade, and we consider them to be an extension of our own HR team. Their team shares our company’s core values, including teamwork, transparent communication and a commitment to continuous improvement and learning. Their firm has successfully filled positions across our organization, including Director level roles within our executive leadership team, mid-level leadership roles, and niche individual contributor roles both technical and commercial in nature.

Mike’s team remains fully committed to a successful placement, regardless of the challenges encountered during a project. His team makes recommendations on candidates during an assignment that aligns to the best interest of our company, even if that means extending the project timeline and reduced profits for his firm.

AIJ Search have proven themselves to be a trusted partner time and time again and I couldn’t imagine talent acquisition efforts without them!

Greene Tweed has worked with Mike and AIJ for many years. Every search is important and comes with unique challenges, but AIJ’s understanding of our culture and those difficult to articulate on a spec aspects of corporate fit have differentiated them. Recently they conducted a process to find a general manager for our largest business unit. AIJ was able to find a broad array of candidates, from product experts to industry experts, with the level of experience and expertise we were looking for. The new hire was immediately additive; he was able to quickly dig in and start driving the business, producing tangible results faster than expected. AIJ’s understanding of our values has enabled them to successfully place hires across many of our sites and most of our functions.

I have had the pleasure of successfully working with AIJ Search as a candidate, hiring manager, and now senior manager at Greene Tweed.  The thoroughness and depth of their evaluation process when I was a candidate has resulted in a good long term fit, benefiting both myself and the company.

From the initial conversations, Mike and his team were very knowledgeable on the company products, technology, and strategy so that we could quickly gauge the interest level on both sides.  Mike was transparent on the strengths of Greene Tweed and also the primary growth areas where my skills could make an impact, which enabled me to make a well-informed decision to join the company. The AIJ team also stayed in touch through onboarding and beyond to continue to make sure that my placement was a success.

As a hiring manager and senior manager at Greene Tweed, I have successfully worked with AIJ to fill several critical and highly technical positions, including two Technology Manager roles.

The AIJ team was able to listen critically as we described the needs for the role and translated the needs into an ideal candidate profile. They then validated the search process by sharing resumes with the hiring team to ensure that the candidate profiles were meeting the expectations of the hiring team.

In the early stages of the candidate search, they provided weekly updates on the candidate pool.

During the interview stages, they provided timely candidate feedback so that we could better understand the level of interest on both sides.

Working with the AIJ team relieved a lot of the stress out of the hiring process so that our internal team could focus on executing our other objectives.

AIJ Search is a great partner for recruiting. In my last search for Director Global Procurement they surfaced a number of strong candidates, ensured a smooth process, and enabled me to choose a capable employee who is a fantastic contributor to my organization.

Mike Novak’s team with AIJ search has been instrumental in identifying high-quality candidates for my team.

Mike helped quickly fill two Sales Director roles in the Industrial Operations/Life Sciences, and Semiconductor space on my team. I found that his team presented quality candidates that gave us options for the roles to ultimately identify the best fit. He also was flexible to changes in the search along the way and his experience and perspective throughout was invaluable. He tackled tough searches with great results – I would highly recommend Mike and AIJ search!

I was contacted in 2021 by AIJ Search to discuss a key leadership role within Greene, Tweed, a GM / Business Unit Director role, responsible for the P&L of the company’s largest product portfolio and leadership responsibility over a sizeable team of Product and Platform Managers. The role was open to replace the gentleman slated to become Chairman of the corporation. I was impressed by their understanding of the technical aspects of the role, the leadership responsibilities of the role, and the culture of the organization. The depth of information I was asked to provide for my application was extensive and time consuming, and the in-depth process enabled me to enter the interview process with a deep understanding of the role and the impact I could bring to the organization. The interview process was equally thorough, and I debriefed with Mike after each step in the process. It was clear throughout the process that he was equally concerned with ensuring the company hired the right candidate as he was with ensuring the position was well aligned to my career interests.

Cultural fit alignment was a key component of the process, and a topic that we revisited and discussed after each step in the interview process. Overall, I found the communication throughout the process was clear and transparent. Mike and his team at AIJ Search are a trusted partner for our executive search needs within my organization.

I had an exceptional experience with AIJ Search for my current role. Their personalized approach truly stood out, as they took the time to understand my unique skills and career goals. AIJ Search’s thorough vetting process for both company and candidate ensured a balanced and well-matched placement. Throughout the process, their communication was excellent, keeping me informed and supporting me every step of the way. Their prep sessions for each stage of the interview process really allowed me to highlight past experiences that were unique to the interviewer’s role. This attention to detail made the entire recruitment process smooth and stress-free. I highly recommend AIJ Search for their professionalism and dedication to finding the perfect fit for both parties.

The AIJ team was tremendous to work with throughout the hiring process, from initial introductions through offer acceptance and onboarding. The team communicated in a timely and effective manner to make sure I was informed of the various stages of the process, interviews, and decision timelines. They built great comfort throughout the process to make sure I was informed on the details of the role, day-to-day expectations, and long-term strategy and expectations. I joined a dynamic role focused on emerging and developing markets and future innovative industries for energy and Life Sciences, so the background, research, feedback, and understanding from the AIJ team was critical to ensure I had the appropriate frame throughout the interview process that this would be the right fit both for the company and my own capabilities and development. I would highly recommend working with AIJ and the great team!

Michael and his firm AIJ recently successfully placed me in a leadership position for one of his clients. I fully recommend both Michael and the AIJ team for any future recruitment needs. Michael knew his client in great detail – the culture, the history, the business mission. It was difficult to separate the AIJ team from the client as they were so integrated. He represented his client’s needs with a high level of professionalism. As a candidate, I could ask for nothing more from the engagement. He mentored, coached and advocated my needs in a mutually beneficial manner for both client and candidate. Communications were transparent, open, crisp and timely. Any question I posed was immediately addressed. I look forward to working with Michael in the future, and I highly recommend AIJ to any business in a recruitment process. I have seen many large and small recruiters in the business; I rank AIJ near the top.

AIJ Search reached out to me in 2016 about a Platform Manager role with Greene, Tweed, focused on identifying new markets for the company. Mike and his team worked to address my questions throughout the process, with a strong focus on ensuring the job fit was mutually strong for both me and the company. It was clear that his firm was concerned with ensuring a long-term, successful match. I appreciated that his team provided clear, transparent communication throughout the interview process. The role was a very successful match, and I achieved my primary objective to identify and launch GT into new market spaces, including Life Sciences markets, spanning Pharma and Analytical. In 2020 I was promoted to Director of Sales, of industrial Operations and Life Sciences Strategy supporting our customers in these newly launched markets as well as expanding into additional focus market segments (ie Water, Hydrogen). In 2024, I was promoted again to

Director of Strategy and Business Development and Mike’s team was re-engaged to backfill my role. I was part of the team who interviewed and contributed to the hiring decision for the Director Industrial Operations and Life Sciences Strategy, and we landed an excellent hire. My experience was very positive and successful with Mike and the team at AIJ Search as both a candidate and a client, and I would highly recommend him to any company seeking to hire key leadership roles, particularly within emerging regulated markets.

I worked with Chris, Carin and Mike on the AIJ Search team to explore a Technology Manager job opportunity with one of their long-standing clients. The position reports to the Head of BU with dotted line reporting to the Head of R&D, with leadership responsibility for a team of Material Scientists within the company’s flagship ultra-high performance elastomer product portfolio, with applications for Semiconductor, Energy, Life Sciences, and Pharma markets. The process was very detailed, and I found the team collaboration and quality of communication throughout the process to be strong. The team was highly concerned that the job opportunity aligned to my technical and leadership skills and my career interests, and there was also a high value placed upon cultural fit. As we debriefed after each interview step, Carin and Mike discussed with me at length whether I felt a strong connection from a team and cultural perspective, and they ensured all my questions and concerns were addressed as we moved through each step in the process. As we neared the end of the process, I worked most closely with Mike, and he stressed the importance of ensuring that the role was well aligned from the perspectives of short and long term job fit, people fit, and company cultural fit, and he also ensured that I was 100% on board with the opportunity and had all my questions addressed before the process advanced to the job offer step. At time of offer, Mike worked closely with me to ensure we provided transparent guidance to the company on my financial expectations, and the end result was a smooth offer process. I am very happy with my decision to accept this position, and as I have transitioned into my new role, there have been no unexpected surprises. I would share with prospective employers that the AIJ Search team’s process is thorough and as a candidate I had a very positive experience working with their team.

I had the pleasure of working with Mike Novak and his team at AIJ Search when they reached out to me as a potential candidate for one of their clients. My experience with Mike was exceptional, and I cannot recommend him and his firm highly enough.

Mike and his team went above and beyond to ensure there was a strong cultural fit between myself and the employer. He provided honest and transparent insights about the client, while carefully assessing my interests and capabilities. Mike’s dedication to finding the right match was evident throughout the entire process.

Mike proved to be resourceful and creative, especially when the client was uncertain about how to proceed with my case. He made himself and his team’s resources and connections available to support me in exploring my next potential steps. His voice of wisdom and patience was invaluable as I navigated through managing expectations on multiple fronts.

If you’re looking for a recruiter who genuinely cares about finding the right fit and goes the extra mile to make it happen, I highly recommend working with Mike Novak and AIJ Search.

We required some very specialized skills for R&D candidates in our Research and Development Center. These skillsets were in several cases not available in our local region,  and  thus required a nationwide search .Mike and his team at AIJ Search were able to identify and screen several hundred candidates from several states to identify top talent to get to the next stage of phone interviews and then in person interviews . In all cases so far, the best candidates joined our team and are now key contributors to our development plans for emerging markets/technologies. Two of the candidates won company -wide innovation awards for the work they performed.

All in all, it was a very rewarding experience. We got top talent and support all along the process from developing the optimal job description, through the screening of candidates, onsite interviews and finally closing the deal for the top candidates.

Over the last ten years I’ve worked with recruiters both internally and externally to find positions for myself or to fill roles that I was hiring for as well. So when AIJ reached out to me it wasn’t something new to me and I already felt well prepared to interview well. I’ve worked with recruiters who I thought did a good job in the past, but I didn’t realize how much more they could have been doing. At every step there was a clear plan where I felt confident that I knew what to expect. Beyond just the job description they were able to provide me with insights into the role and a vision. The way that the team and Mike navigated challenges that classically come with the hiring process is born out of transparency and ensured that expectations were understood and met in a way that was both comfortable and well informed.

Having worked in the management side of the hydrogen energy market I know that it is tough to find applicants that are well suited. There are many unique challenges that also require unique individuals. Even knowing that I was unaware that Greene Tweed was launching into the hydrogen market until AIJ reached out to me. And the way that the job requirements fit my abilities and experiences for such a unique role allowed me to step into the position ready to succeed.

Mike and AIJ Search have been partnering with Greene Tweed for many years but I came to work with Mike and AIJ in 2020.

I have partnered with many different agencies in my over 25 years as an HR professional, I can honestly say that Mike’s approach to recruiting is best in class. Mike and team take the time to fully understand the role(s) we are working to fill and provide expert guidance along the way. Sometimes, that guidance is something that we may not want to hear about a particular role or candidate market. Mike presents such guidance in a professional fair balanced way and ultimately has our best interests at heart. He is not just trying to fill a role quickly or with someone he knows will not ultimately be what is best for us when that might be easier for him to close the job and collect his fee.

Mike’s partnership is invaluable, seamless, consistent, ethical, and built on a solid foundation of trust. I highly recommend Mike and AIJ Search to anyone wanting to unburden themselves with recruiting activities. You will not be sorry that you made the call to partner with Mike and AIJ Search!