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Tracy Glynn discusses her journey from internal recruiting to launching her own agency, sharing insights on recruitment strategies and the entrepreneurial mindset.

Episode Summary Tracy Glynn didn't take the typical path into agency recruiting. She started in real estate, pivoted to a small boutique agency after the 2007 crash, and spent the next 15 years climbing the internal ladder, eventually becoming VP of Talent for a private equity-backed healthcare startup that grew so fast she hired 20 internal recruiters in 15 months. When that company was acquired by Optum, the entrepreneurial itch she'd carried for years finally won out. Two years ago, she launched Glynn Associates Search Partners and built it into a behavioral health search firm that's now adding team members of its own. The conversation gets into what most internal-to-agency transitions get wrong, why so many recruiters chase volume when quality wins, and how Tracy built a BD rhythm that doesn't require a hundred calls a day to work. She talks about reframing investments as ROI math instead of expenses, why pleasantly persistent outreach pays off six and twelve months later, and how to vet split partners hard enough to actually make the relationship work. Her behavioral health niche came from the intersection of pragmatism and passion, not just spotting a gap in the market. In…

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Host: Clark

Guest: Tracy Glynn

Topics covered

• agency recruiting
• entrepreneurship
• internal to agency transition
• behavioral health
• recruitment strategies
• business development

Keywords

• recruiting
• entrepreneurship
• behavioral health
• business development
• internal recruiting
• agency transition
• ROI
• split partnerships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Glynn Associates Search Partners, Optum, private equity-backed healthcare startup

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