Match: A Systematic, Sane Process for Hiring the Right Person Every Time

About the Author

Dan Erling is the president of Accountants One, a recruiting firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded in 1973. Dan joined Accountants One in 1998. Since then, he has helped match over 1,000 companies with exceptional talent. He specializes in controller, chief financial officer (CFO), vice presidential (VP), and director-level searches, though his firm is active across the accounting and financial spectrum.

Throughout his career, Dan has had the honor of serving companies ranging from small start-ups to the largest public companies. Though much of his work is based in the Southeast, he has extensive experience with both national and international searches. Over his career, he has done work for companies in such diverse industries as manufacturing, banking, entertainment, transportation, software, electronics, accounting (CPA firms), construction, energy, real estate, services, broadcasting, retail, biotechnology, technology, health care, nonprofits, and automotive.

In Dan's opinion, every hire is crucial to the success of an organization. His goal is to work with companies who are as passionate as he is about hiring great people. His disarming and down-to-earth approach provides a nice balance to his relentless drive for objectively evaluating talent and aligning that talent with his client's mission.

Dan's career has consisted of only two jobs (ignoring his stints working in photo labs, movie theaters, and painting houses to put him through college). His ...