Blue Signal Named 2022 Phoenix Business Journal Small Business Awards Finalist

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We are excited to announce that Blue Signal was named a finalist in the Phoenix Business Journal Small Business Awards in the midsized company category. These awards recognize excellence among entrepreneurs and small businesses in Phoenix. We are honored to be nominated alongside these amazing, and local businesses.

Phoenix Business Journal Small Business Awards, Midsized Company Category Finalists:

Blue Signal, LLC

Wilde Wealth Management Group

Venn Construction

evolvedMD

Handwrytten

SPS+ Architects, LLP

KP Elite

The Phoenix Business Journal chose to highlight 16 finalists in this year’s Small Business Awards to bring recognition to those who dealt with the pandemic, turnover, and more over the last year. Next, finalists were divided into the following three categories: micro sized, small sized, and midsized.

“This year’s honorees all share common qualities: leadership, ingenuity, and a passion for innovation. In a year fraught with hiring, supply chain, and countless other challenges, this tenacious group of companies rose to the occasion, overcoming obstacles placed in their paths through creative thinking and ingenuity.”

– Chris Jansen, PBJ

Honorees were selected based on a number of factors, including financial performance, historical achievements, contributions to industry, contributions to the local economy, and potential to shape the Phoenix business community, for instance. Click the video below to see what drives our passion. We aim to support our local community and beyond by building better careers and lives for our candidates and clients.

On September 22nd, our CEO, Matt Walsh and his wife, Jessica Walsh, joined the Phoenix Business Journal and Pacific Premier Bank in person for their fourth Annual Small Business Awards event to meet and socialize with fellow finalists and of course, attend the official awards ceremony.

Specifically, a special congratulations goes out to Handwrytten, for being name the overall winner of the midsized company category! We have personally used their services within our business and are proud to be nominated alongside them.

PBJ Awards Event

In closing, we owe a huge thank you to Phoenix Business Journal and Pacific Premier Bank for creating this amazing opportunity. Through this event, they support thriving small businesses in our headquarters’ hometown. Additionally, we’d like to recognize our incredible clients, candidates, and staff who make it possible to do what we do. From all of us at Blue Signal, thank you!

More About Phoenix Business Journal:

Phoenix Business Journal (PBJ) is Arizona’s premier resource for breaking business news. Their publication delivers daily updates, weekly publications, and industry insights. Additionally, PBJ is also a member of the American City Business Journals (ACBJ). ACBJ is the largest publisher of metropolitan business newsweeklies in the United States. They have 44 business publications across the country, reaching more than 3.6M readers weekly.

More about Blue Signal:

Having successfully completed over 1,800 search projects, it’s no surprise that Blue Signal has the experience, relationships, and tools to achieve this massive growth. Additionally, our deep industry knowledge and streamlined search processes help clients to secure high-caliber talent within tight timeframes. As a top executive search firm, we have been a driving force in our clients’ professional successes. Therefore, we immerse ourselves in our client’s businesses and our candidate’s careers to fully understand top priorities and the best direction for both parties. Our reputation is built on our ability to consistently incorporate these priorities into each of our searches to make long-term, impactful connections.

Blue Signal Recognized as Best of Tempe 2021

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Blue Signal was recently recognized as the Best of Tempe Award Top Recruiter for 2021.

The Tempe Award Program identifies local companies that have achieved excellence in their field and work to give back to their communities. Top contenders are chosen based on their service to their local community, the use of best practices, resourceful market differentiation, long-term value, and the image they portray of small businesses within the locally owned economy. Based on information gathered by the Tempe Award Program and other 3rd parties, Blue Signal Search was selected as the 2021 winner in the Recruiter category for the third consecutive year (2019, 2020, & 2021). As a three-time recipient of this award, Blue Signal has qualified for the 2021 Tempe Business Hall of Fame.

Best of Tempe Physical Award

Best of Tempe Award Top Recruiter 2021

Blue Signal is honored to receive this recognition. We are privileged to be part of a great community with such a thriving local-business marketplace. Blue Signal takes pride in knowing our success directly benefits our local economy, and we are honored to be listed amongst such notable companies. While Blue Signal’s work extends across the globe, we are lucky to call Arizona our HQ home!

Blue Signal’s success would not have been possible without the support of other local businesses, our loyal clients, our exceptionally talented candidates, and our skilled internal employees. This award as Best of Tempe showcases the excellence of our industry overall, and the exponential growth it has seen over the past several years, as the war for talent continues to be a challenge throughout all professions.

With such a great need, comes even greater competition. At Blue Signal Search, we work to benefit every single person in the process. We ensure candidate satisfaction by helping them take the next big step toward their career goals. This includes our 12-point interview process that prequalifies candidates for the role before sending them into a client-facing interview. As for clients, we work to assist them in finding the next key addition to their team. We act as partners to clients by supplementing future ventures with the talent needed to support those big ideas. After all, the best resource any company has is its employees.

More about the Tempe Award Program

The Tempe Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Tempe, Arizona area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Tempe Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in the community. Their organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Their mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy.

 

More about Blue Signal Search

Blue Signal was founded in Chicago in 2012, and since then, has grown into a multimillion-dollar executive placement firm with an office in Phoenix and remote employees nationwide. Blue Signal has established itself as the premier executive search firm within wireless/telecom, information technology, IoT, finance & accounting, emerging technology, cloud & managed services, manufacturing & industrial, lighting, logistics & supply chain, food & agriculture, human resources, medical & healthcare, and related industry niches.

At Blue Signal, we believe that hiring the right people is the best way to transform business. Our targeted, specialized searches deliver highly qualified professionals to meet every hiring need. Our team has over 220 years of combined experience in finding the right people for each unique company culture and industry niche.

Our team works with both candidates and hiring managers to find the right fit. Contact us today to let us know how we can help.