Office: +1 (859) 523-3071
About VOLO
Who We Are
About Us (small-, veteran-, service-disabled veteran-, and minority-owned business). VOLO is a global executive recruiting company headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. For three decades, the company has specialized in identifying extraordinary senior-level female leaders - Board, CEO, and C-Suite - across thirty industries worldwide (128 cities across 62 countries). Yes, we also recruit exceptional men.
Humble Beginnings. In 1997, a U.S. Army Persian Gulf War Veteran created the organization from their family's 1378 square feet, three-bedroom, and 1.5-bath house in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. The office was the dining room table. The house phone was also an office line. Miller Brewing Company was their first client. Family, friends, former employers & co-workers, and customers helped the founder expand the business worldwide.
Our Mission. To help our clients recruit exceptional people that make distinctive, lasting, and substantial improvements in their performance and achieve gender parity in the board room, C-Suite, and across every job function worldwide 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇬🇧 🇳🇱 🇦🇺.
Our Clients. VOLO's executive search consultants have completed assignments for VC-backed entities, public and private companies, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies (e.g., Coors Brewing Company, Shell Oil, and the U.S. Department of Energy).
Secret Sauce. Even before Google was a thing, VOLO built a global proprietary database with 40M+ extraordinary leaders. The company has learned many accomplished decision-makers have chosen never to open social media accounts or apply to job advertisements. For example, board members and CEOs focus on growing their businesses instead of 'likes.'
Interesting facts: Only 24% of U.S. 🇺🇸 adult women earning between $178,500 and $438,200 annual base salary that VOLO networks with use social media. In Japan 🇯🇵, it is less than 3 percent.
Supplier Diversity. The company is registered on The System for Award Management (SAM.gov; the official website of the U.S. government) and certified as a:
* Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business
* Veteran-Owned Business
* Minority-Owned Business
* Asian-Pacific American Owned Business
Unique Entity ID: N71KNDFJDUT5
CAGE Code: 4QTW6
Our Approach
Create a global proprietary database of 40M+ extraordinary leaders, sprinkle in artificial intelligence, and in an old-fashioned way, we call everyone, ask them how they are doing, and share a career opportunity because board members, CEOs, and c-suite leaders develop a personal network instead of a social one.
Recruit exceptional decision-makers with high integrity, intelligence, and energy for our clients across thirty industries. The Pareto Principle holds in sports, high education/universities, businesses, and across organizations:
- the top 1% accounts for 10% of organizational output
- the top 5% accounts for 25% of organizational output
- the top 20% accounts for 80% of organizational output
Handshake-Operated and Veteran-Owned
At VOLO, we do business the old-fashioned way ... we earn it. Organizations worldwide are pleasantly surprised by our "handshake" and affordable agreements. Whether you are a bootstrapped pre-IPO, global organization, or The White House, we will make it work.
A few reasons why our clients said they hired/continue to hire us:
- "Our board and senior leadership team continue to recommend your company."
- "For over 10 years, your firm provided a large pool of extraordinary, senior-level women and historically underrepresented candidates even in engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain at our headquarters, six business units, and several plants worldwide."
- "As we grew our company from $8 to $13 billion in revenue, your company continued to find high-caliber talent for our Emerging Markets, South Pacific, and European business units."
- "Extreme discretion was paramount for multiple senior-level searches due to M&A activity and confidentially replacing executives. You all delivered from coast to coast."
- "We evaluated our internal talent first and moved through the referral list with no success. Our ERG and supplier diversity teams recommended your company."
- "The HR Directors at our other business units have hired and recommended your company."
- "We were tired of seeing the same crap resumes. Our theory was the high-potentials that we wanted weren't on social media or job boards. The candidates y'all provide are top 9-box employees at their current companies. Amazing!"