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WHO WE ARE Continental Search is a premier agriculture recruiting firm. Our six agriculture recruiters provide clients with effective hiring tools and top performing talent to meet and exceed their business goals. Our firm has two divisions: Animal Health & Nutrition, and Agriculture Technology & Manufacturing. LEARN MORE WHAT WE DO We recruit solo contributors, managers, and executives for small to mid-sized agricultural companies and USA divisions of global agricultural leaders. We work with agricultural technology businesses, animal health, and animal nutrition manufacturers, integrated food companies, and more. LEARN MORE HOW WE WORK We use a comprehensive approach, which includes traditional headhunting, social media research, in-depth interviews, and reference checks. We use ThriveMap, a top cultural assessment tool, to help clients hire professionals who will flourish in their work environment. LEARN MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT GROWING YOUR CAREER OR RECRUITING TALENT THAT FITS? ASK OUR EXPERTS. Ask An Expert GREAT PEOPLE. GREAT CAREERS. OUR TEAM Dan Simmons, CPC Jim Hipskind, CPC Rick Pascual, CPC, PRC Trish Valenzuela, CPC, PRC Andy Chatterjee, CPC Maria Codilla, CPC TESTIMONIALS I enjoy working with Dan on our recruiting efforts! He takes time to learn the company needs, talk with the key managers involved in hiring and then aims to find candidates that meet the current needs. We have successfully hired over 5 candidates through Dan in the past few years. Peg Finnegan , Ridley, Inc. Dan Simmons is a most professional business partner to work with. I/we have used the services of his agency many times. He has always been fair and helpful; easy to work with and communicate with; ethical and honest in his dealings; will address issues and concerns, and a person I would highly recommend anyone to work with and through. Additionally, Dan is hardworking and thorough, willing to go the ‘extra mile’ for anyone who works with him. I highly recommend Dan Simmons for your consideration. Wayne Cooke , Renaissance Nutrition I have used Dan for many recruiting assignments. He has always been excellent to work with and very professional in his approach to recruiting candidates. He takes time to make sure he understands the needs in the position that you have to fill and presents only candidates that truly are a good fit. I highly recommend him. Jerry Flakne , Kent Feeds/Blue Seal Feeds Dan, Understands the industry and our business, he works to create the right opportunities for candidates as well for us. Dan has a high level of integrity and is a pleasure to work with. Mike Tetreault SPHR, GM-Sr. VP , Poulin Grain Inc. Dan is well connected into the Animal Nutrition industry and has provided quality candidates on a consistent basis. Eddie Wells, President , Milk Specialties Global As a sales manager for a feed company, I have used Dan numerous times to identify qualified candidates. I have always found Dan to be honest about each potential hire and believed he had the best interest of the company in mind. If a candidate was not a fit, Dan would work hard to find the right candidate. I have used Dan as a resource to discuss employees and compensation. ?Best of all I have always enjoyed working with Dan, he is a great guy. Larry Whitaker, National Sales Manager , Papillon Agricultural Company Dan is the first person I think of when I need staffing. He is on the ball, professional and gets us qualified, competent applicants. William Robinson, President , Kreamer Feed Inc Dan has helped me find many successful candidates who I have hired in sales, technical and managerial positions. Dan works hard to fully understand the company’s culture, needs and business plan while thoroughly vetting candidates to insure that I only see the best. He is very collaborative in his approach and unvarnished in his assessment of the candidates. I continue to use Dan on a regular basis; respecting his insight and judgement. Randy Schwalke , Owner of Feed Marketing LLC & Senior Consultant at AgriCapital Corporation Dan listens well and worked hard to fill my needs as well as the needs of the candidate. He stays updated on the industry and offered a broad range of candidates with different goals and expectations. His follow-up was very good, and he is punctual. I continue to use Dan and would highly recommend him. Jody Sullivan, PAS, Director of Sales , Global Animal Products Dan knows the agricultural industry well and has good contacts within companies. The candidates he has provided are well vetted. The candidate I hired has performed to the level expected, partially based on Dan’s initial assessment. Kevin Murphy, Global Technical Director , Virtus Nutrition He will listen to your needs and will produce an opportunity with great efficiency. Dan will coach you through to process and you will feel his passion to help you. Todd Owens, Director of Nutrition & Technical Services , ILC Resources I’ve worked with Dan both while seeking a position and while hiring. As a job-seeker, I found Dan did a great job shepherding me through the hiring process, providing excellent communication on where things were at and where they were heading. When looking for candidates (I hired several of Dan’s clients), Dan was able to find people that not only had the technical skills required, but also had the right personalities to fit our company’s culture. He recognizes a good fit for both the employee and employer. David Kirk, Dairy Technology Manager , Prince Agri Products Dan has helped me with acquiring personnel. My last work with Dan involved the ultimate hiring of my current Project Engineer. That was a great experience and the candidate is still with us and doing a fantastic job. Look forward to working with Dan again. William Monroe, Manager Feed Mill Operations , Southern States Cooperative Dan has produced excellent results for our company. He has brought to us excellent talent and seems to know where and how to find great folks. I highly recommend Dan. Mike Horn, President and CEO (Retired) , Pennfield After working with many recruiters over my career, I can confidently state that Dan and his team are the best in my experience. Dan has become like a ex-officio member of our organization making sure in advance that candidates are the right fit culturally as well as having the right skill sets. You will be pleased if you try Dan for your recruiting. Carl Dern, Director of Animal Feed Sales , Dasco, Inc. Dan is a professional recruiter with a heart that understands people and their individual needs. He looks at each person for who they are and has a wonderful ability to find the position and company that best fits the person he is working with. I consider Dan both a friend and a business partner and have had the privilege of being able to pick up the phone and talk with him as needed. Alden Bowman, Dairy Specialist , Hubbard Feeds Dan is great to work with. He found a job for me that was an excellent fit and he did it about 8 years after our ini...