Global talent search · Experienced HR judgment
TrySniper finds and assesses exceptional talent around the world, with the HR experience to understand your business and the support to help each hire succeed.
Precision in the search.
Experience in the judgment.
Care in what happens next.
The problem
Business leaders are overwhelmed by applications, interviews, and candidates who look convincing on paper. A successful hire also depends on clear expectations, proven capability, the right management, and an agreed definition of success.
The harder questions usually go unanswered.
The interview is only the beginning.
A poorly matched hire consumes leadership attention, delays execution, and creates more work for the surrounding team. TrySniper helps you make a better‑informed decision and gives each hire a more structured start. You can stop carrying the hiring process alone.
The founder advantage
Built by someone who has lived the work.
TrySniper was co‑founded by Christine Thrussell, an HR leader with more than 25 years of executive leadership across diverse sectors in Canada and the United States. That experience shapes how we understand a role, assess a candidate, and support the relationship after hiring.
Christine has spent her career interviewing people and leading HR from inside the organization, and she genuinely loves the work. As a strategic HR leader, she brings resilience and deep expertise to every engagement. Her perspective connects the interview to everything that follows it: expectations, management, communication, performance, development, and retention.
She defines the role by the outcomes it must deliver and the manager it must work with.
She looks for evidence of real delivery, and for the working conditions a person needs.
She knows where early working relationships tend to drift, and what keeps them on course.
The process
Every engagement follows the same deliberate sequence. You always know what you will receive, and when.
We learn what your business needs, how your team works, and what success in the role looks like.
We search, interview, and assess. You meet a carefully selected group of candidates, with clear evidence behind each recommendation.
We help you move from a hiring decision to a structured start, with continued support available as the relationship develops.
The evidence
Every recommendation should come with a reason. We assess each candidate across five dimensions.
We define fit through job‑related evidence and mutual expectations. We never score personality, and we never select for similarity to your existing team.
Search: Head of Risk Operations · Merchant services
Shortlisted 2 of 4. Prepared for the hiring manager ahead of final interviews.
Nine years in payments risk. Currently leads a merchant risk team of six and owns onboarding underwriting policy.
| Outcome agreed with you | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Reduce the manual review backlog within two quarters | Strong |
| Build a working relationship with the partnerships team | Partial |
| Run chargeback operations at current volume | To verify |
Reviewed a sample merchant file. Identified two of three seeded risk indicators and explained the escalation logic clearly and concisely.
Within the agreed salary range. Six‑week notice period. Remote within CET ±2 hours, as required.
One of two complete. The second is scheduled after your shortlist meeting, with the candidate's consent.
Beyond the offer
Give a great hire the conditions to succeed.
Each tool is a working document our team prepares with you and your manager. They are practical, human‑led, and built on proven methods.
Defines outcomes and expectations before anyone is approached.
IncludedHelps your managers evaluate candidates consistently.
IncludedShows relevant skills through realistic tasks.
IncludedMakes evidence and unresolved questions easy to compare.
IncludedSets priorities, milestones, and responsibilities.
IncludedCoordinates access, introductions, training, and ownership.
IncludedAligns communication, feedback, and decision‑making.
Optional supportCreate space to surface issues and adjust expectations early.
Optional supportSupport useful performance and development discussions.
Optional supportExplores workload, growth, motivation, and emerging concerns.
Optional supportIntegration & Retention Support is designed to improve how a new hire settles in and stays engaged. No service can guarantee performance or prevent someone from leaving. What we can promise is that someone is paying attention.
How to engage us
Most clients begin with Precision Search. Recruitment sits within a complete HR offer, so our support can grow with your business.
For businesses hiring a specific professional.
A search engagement fee begins the work and is credited in full toward the placement fee. The balance is due at the hiring milestone agreed in your engagement letter.
Fee levels and refund terms are set out in writing before any work begins.
For leadership positions, sensitive replacements, and specialist roles that are hard to fill. Includes deeper market mapping, discreet outreach, senior assessment, and closer stakeholder alignment.
Structure: a retained engagement with clearly defined milestones.
Onboarding planning, scheduled check‑ins, manager support, expectation reviews, and early identification of obstacles.
Structure: a defined initial support package, then an optional monthly advisory arrangement.
For businesses with recurring hiring needs. Ongoing recruiting capacity, consistent assessment standards, hiring coordination, and regular workforce planning.
Structure: a monthly retainer with explicit capacity and deliverables, plus any placement charges agreed in advance.
The same senior HR judgment behind every search, available on its own.
Workforce planning, capability gaps, and a hiring plan tied to where the business is going.
Structure, reporting lines, and role definitions that support how your teams need to work.
Practical guidance on workplace concerns, conflict, and difficult conversations, handled fairly and in confidence.
HR policies and practices aligned with employment requirements, working alongside your legal counsel where needed.
Our expertise
For founders, CEOs, operating leaders, and HR teams who value a deliberate hiring process.
We understand how these businesses are built, function by function.
We search internationally, drawing on Christine's leadership experience across Canada and the United States. TrySniper is a recruitment and HR advisory firm. We do not act as an employer of record, and we do not run payroll.
Proof
Client stories will appear here only with permission. Until then, here is what you can examine today.
Christine Thrussell brings more than 25 years of executive HR leadership across Canada and the United States, from the interview through to retention.
A published process, five assessment dimensions, and fee terms explained before you commit.
Ask to see a sample scorecard, decision brief, and 90‑day plan in your first conversation.
Start your search
Tell us what you need to achieve. We'll help define the person you need.
A senior member of the team replies personally.
Book a discovery conversation, or continue by email if you prefer.
Detailed requirements are gathered in discovery, never on a long form.
Your email app should now be open with your inquiry addressed to hello@trysniper.com. Press send, and we will reply to arrange a discovery conversation.
If nothing opened, copy your message and email it to hello@trysniper.com.
For candidates
Candidate interest is handled separately and in confidence. Your details are never published, and we will only introduce you to a client with your agreement.
Register your interest →