From left to right, top to bottom: Arielle (Operations), Josue (Recruiting), Katherine (DEIB), Nikki (CEO), Edie (Recruiting), Linda* (Communications), Erica (Recruiting). Not pictured: Ashley (Recruiting Operations), Nicole* (Recruiting)
*For transparency - we are grateful to have had these folks as part of the Hustle Hunters journey, but they are no longer part of our current team)
Photos taken by Gurpreet Sehdev IG: @grouch_
What “Hustle” means to us:
Our Founder’s Story
Nikki Adamson, Founder of Hustle Hunters
Izzy, Nikki, Sam Adamson
Hustle Hunters was created out of a challenging job search process that ultimately resulted in meaningful work with a balance that made a huge difference in my life.
I left a job doing tech sales after having my daughter Izzy and knowing that the travel schedule required to succeed in that role wasn’t a strain that I was looking to take on. I was able to consult for that company for a while, but then began my search for a new job.
After running YMCA youth sports and PE programs, my early stage startup sales career started at Chute where I closed over $1.75M in business with over 120 customers, and notably led the business and product in a pivot towards a new vertical based on customer insights and industry expertise. The nimbleness, energy and innovation of the startup industry captured her imagination as a breeding ground for early adoption and social enterprise. After the birth of my daughter Izzy, I joined Milk Stork in sales + partnerships in a role that exposed me to many moms with stories of their struggles balancing doing big work in the midst of motherhood. In addition to bringing on new clients, partners, and helping transition towards a recurring revenue model, I was able to work closely with Kate Torgerson (CEO) and learn directly how to build an industry disrupting startup while also supporting a traditionally marginalized employee group of caregivers.
In building Hustle Hunters over the past 3 years, I’ve diligently created an environment for all employees to thrive and connect as humans with each other, clients and the candidates they work with. Removing barriers and setting others up to thrive has been a theme throughout both my career and personal life - and is currently manifested in my work within the talent acquisition space. As collegiate basketball player, I’ve always loved a good flare screen, and see this current TA work as a blend of my competitive work ethic and strategic pursuit of more equitable access to opportunity by removing systemic barriers in the tech industry. The approach has taken time, learning, listening, unlearning, laughter and humility - but has been a critical part of creating the future workspaces I envisioned.
That’s why I began this business, and I’m constantly inspired by the people I meet who are hustling and accomplishing great and meaningful work while simultaneously living their lives, and even at times raising amazing humans.
Click our photos to read more about each of us!
