We Support Your
Long Term Growth.
Ideas and sales are nothing without the right team to execute them.
We are a headhunting firm that focuses on intermediate to senior level searches in specialized industries within Canada. We enjoy working with clients who have a concise vision for the growth of their business.
We’re committed to learning about our clients' businesses to the core, understanding their company cultures and ensuring that the candidates we introduce align with those specifics. We speak with highly qualified candidates, pursuing talent from like organizations.
FUEL Recruiters takes an active approach in our recruitment process, by contacting candidates directly and not waiting to receive resumes through job advertisements. Please contact us if you would like to discuss your recruitment strategy and allow us to outline how we can help you achieve your hiring goals.
More About FUEL Recruiters
The Right Candidates The First Time
Our commitment to learn about our clients’ businesses to the core, understand their company cultures and ensure that the candidates we introduce align with those specifics is what makes our agency unique.
Promote Your Company As A Top Employer
The best organizations get the best talent. Here, your dedicated account manager gets to know your business inside and out, sells your attributes as an employer, and handles the acquisition process from A to Z without handing roles off to less informed talent researchers or openers.
We're Relationship Driven
We have highly established networks and a very strong recruitment process that allows us to present the right opportunities to the right individuals. We are very well known for becoming our client's number one choice for their recruitment efforts! 90% of our clients are repeat customers.
Control HR Costs When Filling Difficult Positions
It’s hard to measure and manage internal hiring expenses - especially for hard to fill positions. Our flexible fee structure allows you to set a flat rate for your toughest roles without worrying about internal overhead, allowing your team to focus on management priorities instead.
Reduce Employee Churn
We place candidates in careers that challenge them to continue to grow and improve their livelihoods for the long term.
We Get To The Bottom Of It
We are expert conversationalists and can speak to all technical job requirements with ease. We’re approachable and have a knack for getting employers and candidates to open up, be themselves, and articulate exactly what they need.
Frequently Asked Questions
HR is an internal function focused on employee development, management, creating policies and procedures; maintaining regulatory compliance, and; the administration of payroll, benefits and employee records. Commonly, HR professionals excel at these functions but struggle to aggressively compete for top candidates (if they do it at all) because the profession tends to attract rule-oriented empaths, not bold outreach experts devoted to recruitment.
Managing job boards internally is a passive approach that takes 6 to 10 times longer to find acceptable candidates. Hard to fill positions can be filled much faster by taking an active headhunter approach, going after those candidates who may not already be looking for a position.
We actively approach the right talent for the positions you ask us to. All of our recruitment managers manage their recruitment desk directly, learning your business in detail, and advocating for your organization.
Many recruitment firms work with account managers and candidate researchers separately, leaving a knowledge gap between the account manager and the person who is actually reaching out to candidates. At FUEL Recruiters we effectively attract the best candidates because our recruitment managers take a hands-on, holistic approach.
We have an extensive database of pre-screened candidates that we can draw from. However, our recruiters take an active approach to seek out qualified candidates through a variety of mediums online and off.
Our Team
Drake Colantino
Managing Director
Drake has made a name for himself in the recruitment industry, having placed numerous of the top leaders into some of the largest companies in Canada. He is an outstanding trainer and mentor with a natural talent to personally connect with everyone he speaks to. Drake has a deep understanding of the industries he works within and is able to determine a candidate's career goals, work ethics, personal attributes and personality with ease. He is known for having a competitive nature and a very positive outlook on life. As the founder of FUEL Recruiters, he is extremely passionate about helping experienced individuals enhance their careers. He equally enjoys building strong, successful teams for all of the client's we work with. FUEL Recruiters is driven everyday by the fundamentals that Drake has instilled in the company which include hard work, perseverance, integrity and our commitment to loyalty with our clients.
Leslie Colantino-Beal
Recruitment Manager
Leslie is an accomplished business owner with over 25 years of experience in business operations and talent acquisition. She has experience building companies from the grass roots, combined with the focus and dedication it takes to successfully attract top talent. Leslie has outstanding customer relations experience to execute her clients needs, as well as a strong sales background, which is the core reason she has been so successful within recruitment, headhunting specifically. Leslie takes the time to completely understand each company she is representing and in turn presents only candidates with the skill set, experience and personality for seamless introductions with each position. Passion in the workplace is a positive and inspiring force. Leslie’s passion for her clients is contagious and exudes a confident excitement that makes others around her crave the same intensity. Professional, experienced and intuitive with a true talent for bringing the right people together makes for an outstanding member of the FUEL Recruiters team.
Lucas Colantino
Recruitment Manager
Lucas has a sharp mind for business, completing his Business Administration course from Mohawk College. After graduating, Lucas went to work in the Hospitality industry for 10 years, where he developed his customer service and talent acquisition skills. He then traveled the world working within the Film Industry. Lucas excels at networking, so becoming a recruiter was a natural progression. With over 3 years of experience now in recruiting Lucas brings professionalism, drive and focus to each and every role.