Founders of Executive Search Firm Y Scouts Launch Prevail Recruiting to Elevate Mid-Level Hiring

Y Scouts, a leader in retained executive search, is proud to announce the launch of its sister company, Prevail Recruiting — a new staffing and recruiting agency built to transform how organizations hire at the manager, director, and key contributor levels. Headquartered in Phoenix and co-founded by Max Hansen and Ryan Berry, Prevail brings a tech-powered approach to the “messy middle” of hiring, cutting traditional recruiting times in half.

Y Scouts is known for disrupting executive recruiting by looking beyond resumes to factors like leadership and communication style, vision, and values. Given that a bad executive hire commonly costs companies a million dollars or more, Hansen said a better executive hiring process was long overdue.

“In my decades in the executive search industry, I have found that most companies aren’t clear on what they want in a role, let alone who they want to fill it,” said Hansen. “We use tools like role envisioning and success outcome design to help companies get crystal clear on what they need their new leader to accomplish and how they want them to accomplish it. That way, they aren’t placing a leader who looks good on paper but doesn’t ultimately align with their company’s values or vision for the future.”

Prevail Recruiting extends Y Scouts’ innovative search methods to middle management roles, quickly delivering fully vetted candidates through a powerful combination of elite human recruiters and proprietary AI technology.

“Clients have asked us for years, ‘Can you help us hire beyond the C-suite?'” said Hansen. “We didn’t have a trusted partner to refer them to, so we built Prevail. It’s a purpose-built partner for roles where execution matters just as much as alignment — and where fast, accurate hiring makes all the difference.”

What makes Prevail unique is its 360/full desk model. Each recruiter owns the entire client relationship — from sourcing to placement — eliminating messy hand-offs between recruiters and clients. Recruiters are empowered with leading tools like Scout Path, Prevail’s AI-driven sourcing platform and lead distribution system, allowing them to fill roles across industries like healthcare, tech, legal, accounting, and biotech at unmatched speed. (Prevail’s average time to fill is two weeks.)

Prevail is also turning the traditional agency culture on its head by putting recruiters first — with higher commissions, built-in autonomy, and clear leadership incentives. “Happy, motivated recruiters mean better results for clients,” said Berry. “We’re proving that a better internal culture leads to better external outcomes.”

Together, Y Scouts and Prevail create a complete hiring ecosystem. Whether an organization needs to recruit a CEO who can define culture and vision or a director to scale a growing team, they get two purpose-aligned partners under one roof.

To learn more about Prevail Recruiting, visit www.PrevailRecruiting.com. For companies seeking mission-aligned executives through retained search, visit www.YScouts.com.

About Y Scouts

Y Scouts specializes in purpose-driven executive recruiting. They are committed to connecting organizations with leaders who are not only highly qualified but also aligned with the organization’s culture, mission, values, and core competencies.