Human-led recruiting. AI-enabled execution.
The right hire changes more than a job title.
CEOs and hiring leaders work directly with Joey Higgins to define the role, map the market, approach the right people and keep the decision moving.
Direct access
Joey owns the brief, the search and the close.
AI advantage
Research and follow-through move faster without outsourcing judgment.
Clear response
Employer inquiries receive a response within one business day.
For CEOs and hiring leaders
A vacancy becomes a business problem long before it appears on a report.
It drains leadership attention, delays decisions and leaves important work without an owner. Decoding HR builds the search around the outcome the business needs, not around a generic job description.
Where the work adds value
- Professional and business-critical permanent hires
- Leadership searches requiring discretion and stakeholder alignment
- Hard-to-fill positions where posting has not produced the right market
- Fractional HR support when senior judgment is needed before a full-time hire
What Decoding HR does
Focused services. One accountable relationship.
Direct-Hire Recruiting
A focused search built around business outcomes, market evidence and the people most likely to succeed.
Leadership Search
High-accountability recruiting when the quality of the brief, the approach and the close all matter.
Fractional HR
Practical HR leadership, manager counsel and defined project support without unnecessary overhead.
Your search partner
The work stays personal.
Joey founded Decoding HR to give employers a more direct way to recruit. The intake is not handed to one person and the search to another. Clients receive honest market feedback and candidate context, not a stack of forwarded résumés.
The goal is a better decision, supported by better information.
For candidates and their agents
See the jobs first. Decide what deserves your time.
Review current openings, understand the complete role and apply through a clear path. If you use an AI agent, give it your preferences and let it watch for relevant jobs without surrendering control of your résumé or application.
The next important hire deserves a real conversation.
Share the position, the business need and what a successful hire would change.