Out of Line Ep. 7 | From Music Teacher to Staffing CEO | Alex Martin

Alex Martin went from teaching 4th grade music in Harlem to running her own boutique recruiting firm in under a decade. In this episode she breaks down how she hit $1.2M in new business in 10 months as a cold start at PlanetHealthcare, why most recruiters are stuck in transactional mode, and what made her finally bet on herself and launch Amaya Staffing Consultants in June 2024.

We get into the early Yankees community outreach gig, the jump into healthcare staffing sales at Barton, scaling from Account Manager to Group Manager on a $3M book, the $100K first quarter at Cura Search, and the People Matter philosophy that drives Amaya's work across healthcare, legal, executive, tech, HR, accounting and finance.

If you've ever felt like the straight path wasn't built for you, this one will hit.

Chapters
00:00 Cold open
01:30 Meet Alex Martin
06:45 Teaching music at Harlem Children's Zone
12:10 The Yankees pivot
18:20 Breaking into healthcare staffing
26:00 $1.2M in 10 months at PlanetHealthcare
34:15 Why transactional recruiting is dying
41:30 Launching Amaya Staffing Consultants
49:00 Know your why
55:20 Advice for anyone betting on themselves

Guest
Alex Martin, Founder and CEO, Amaya Staffing Consultants
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-martin-61140761/
Web: https://amayastaffing.com

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