JR officially started Shift Group with his business partner John Davis at the beginning of 2022 after realizing their collective recruiting talents had value in the open market during the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s mission is to help athletes transition from the field of play to the office.Butler wants to push athletes to succeed using the same principles people use in their sports pursuits.He points out that sales teams still have a scoreboard, practice, constantly measure performance and receive coaching. He wants athletes to understand the value of maintaining a positive attitude and professional approach.

The best part about Shift Group is that it uses a contingency model, charging companies just 25% of a successful candidate’s base salary for the first year of employment. The athlete themselves is not obligated to take any of the jobs presented to them, and they don’t have to pay for Shift Group’s services. This becomes a real win-win-win scenario since everybody has tremendous upside to make things work. The Shift business model at its core has a positive-impact flywheel that spurs upside for everyone involved in the transaction.The company also estimates that more than 50% of the athletes asking for help are female or identify as racial minorities. That reality enables Shift Group to actively make an impact in terms of making the broader workforce more diverse at a time when recruiting diverse candidates across various industries is becoming more and more progressive.

JR officially started Shift Group with his business partner John Davis at the beginning of 2022 after realizing their collective recruiting talents had value in the open market during the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s mission is to help athletes transition from the field of play to the office.Butler wants to push athletes to succeed using the same principles people use in their sports pursuits.He points out that sales teams still have a scoreboard, practice, constantly measure performance and receive coaching. He wants athletes to understand the value of maintaining a positive attitude and professional approach.

The best part about Shift Group is that it uses a contingency model, charging companies just 25% of a successful candidate’s base salary for the first year of employment. The athlete themselves is not obligated to take any of the jobs presented to them, and they don’t have to pay for Shift Group’s services. This becomes a real win-win-win scenario since everybody has tremendous upside to make things work. The Shift business model at its core has a positive-impact flywheel that spurs upside for everyone involved in the transaction.The company also estimates that more than 50% of the athletes asking for help are female or identify as racial minorities. That reality enables Shift Group to actively make an impact in terms of making the broader workforce more diverse at a time when recruiting diverse candidates across various industries is becoming more and more progressive.

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