Context, potential, and proof matter more than keywords or application order.
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A new beginning for talent
You deserve to be seen.
sii{me} is a private talent hiring network powered by an end-to-end hiring engine, not a social network or public talent directory. Build one Talent Passport, then let sii{me} carry the right mutual fit through private communication, interviews, offers, and hiring handoff.
Request free membership access to the private hiring engine. This is a waitlist form, not a job application.
A more human beginning
We see the work behind the résumé.
We know how exhausting it is to keep introducing yourself to systems that never truly meet you. sii{me} gives your experience a lasting home and gives the entire hiring journey one private place, from mutual match through offer and handoff.
Rhett Lindsey & Kacey Short · Founders of sii{me}Our public promise
Hiring should begin with recognition, not rejection.
You should not have to keep proving that you are worth a conversation. sii{me} gives your experience one private, reusable home and helps reduce bias by centering job-relevant evidence before connecting you with the person who can actually say yes.
Talent and hiring managers meet each other without a recruiter controlling access.
No one is pushed into a conversation. Both people choose the introduction.
What we are leaving behind
You’re not failing the job search. The job search is failing you.
Traditional hiring asks you to perform the same unpaid work over and over, then makes silence feel personal. sii{me} replaces that cycle.
Repeat
Rewrite your résumé, re-enter the same history, and answer another application form.
Wait
Spend weeks hearing nothing or receive an automated rejection with no explanation.
Disappear
Get reduced to keywords before the person making the hiring decision ever sees you.
Start over
Do it all again for the next role, even though your story and proof have not changed.
Your next opportunity should begin with a mutual yes, not an ATS rejection.
The complete sii{me} hiring experience
One private hiring engine. From Passport to offer.
Build one Passport
Capture what you have done, what you want next, how you work, and the job-relevant evidence behind it once.
Let sii find mutual fit
sii sources and compares your private signal with real hiring needs. You do not search listings or submit applications.
Open a private hiring room
When interest is mutual, private chat opens directly with the hiring leader and keeps communication in one accountable place.
Interview in one workflow
Move through direct conversations, structured interviews, and panel interviews without leaving the hiring experience.
Stay coordinated
Scheduling, communication, feedback, and hiring stages stay organized while Talent Partners support the experience.
Move through offer and handoff
Continue from final decision through the offer, acceptance, and company handoff inside the same private hiring journey.
What sii{me} does not do
sii{me} does not make you chase the match.
This is not automation wrapped around the same exhausting job-search work. You build one Passport. sii{me} handles the matching, and a conversation opens only when the interest is mutual.
No auto-applying
sii{me} does not apply to jobs for talent or submit applications in the background.
No job-feed scavenger hunt
sii{me} does not source listings that send talent back into another application flow.
No contact lists
sii{me} does not give talent hiring manager contact information and ask you to cold outreach.
No recruiter chase
sii{me} does not send talent to recruiters or make them pursue another gatekeeper.
Low volume. High outcome.Build your Passport. Let sii{me} work for you.
That’s it. sii{me} becomes your hands-on recruiting partner and the home for your full hiring experience: matching, private chat, interviews, panels, decisions, offers, and handoff while you stay in control.
A private invitation begins here
Request membership. Build one Passport. Never another job application.
Membership gives you access to a private hiring engine, and your Passport becomes your reusable professional identity throughout the full hiring journey. This is a waitlist form, not a job application, and membership is always free for talent.
✓Always free for talent✓No job applications✓Complete hiring experience✓Direct to hiring leaders
Founding Fall 2026
The current private membership class, curated for fit, trust, and meaningful introductions.
Two private membership opportunities each year
The Founding Fall 2026 private membership class is now forming.
sii{me} does not open as a free-for-all. Private membership requests open only in Fall and Spring so each class has time to build Passports, complete verification, form meaningful matches, and move through the full hiring experience before the next private class.
Fall
Request window open
Spring
Six-month cadence
Why membership classes exist
Selective by design. Never another applicant pool.
We control the size and balance of every release so the hiring engine stays useful from first match through final handoff. Talent is never reduced to a statistic, waiting number, or public profile in a searchable pool.
- Protected capacityEach release is intentionally sized so people can actually be seen.
- Complete workflowMatches move through communication, interviews, decisions, and offers in one system.
- Direct connectionMutual interest opens a relationship with the hiring leader, not another application flow.
Talent and hiring leaders register their interest before the waitlist closes.
Rhett, Kacey, and the sii{me} team review the complete request pool and build a balanced first membership class.
Admitted members receive a private invitation and access code. Their Passport becomes their membership ID.
Why Fall matters: Founding members will establish the quality, behavior, and standard for the Spring 2027 class and every Fall and Spring class that follows. Between request windows, the website remains open for next-class alerts. Limited private invitations may be issued only when a specific active hiring need requires additional network balance.
Real people. Real opportunity.
Every admitted member verifies they are a real person.
Talent and hiring leaders complete secure government-ID and live-selfie verification through Persona before entering the sii{me} network. The verification is designed to keep bots, duplicate accounts, and fake profiles out, so real people can interact with real people.
sii{me} receives the verification status. Persona securely handles the identity media used during verification.Low risk. All reward.
Free means free. Seen means on your terms.
No subscription. No placement fee. No pay-to-rank. No repeated applications. You control when you are open, what is shared, and whether a conversation begins. Hiring leaders make an accountability promise, and sii{me} tracks communication and follow-through because a better talent experience creates a better hiring experience.
- 01100% free for talentCompanies fund successful hiring outcomes. Talent never pays.
- 02Private by defaultYour professional identity is not dropped into an open résumé database.
- 03Mutual consentA relevant match becomes a conversation only when both people say yes.
- 04Accountable communicationMember-facing metrics show response consistency and follow-through. Repeated ghosting can affect a hiring leader's standing and access.
The people behind sii{me}
Built by people who know where hiring breaks.
Rhett Lindsey and Kacey Short bring technical recruiting, talent strategy, people leadership, organizational development, and inclusive-workplace experience to a system designed around human context.
Founder & CEO
Rhett Lindsey
Technical talent builder and product founder with 10+ years across full-cycle recruiting, technical sourcing, talent strategy, diversity hiring, recruiting operations, and startup hiring infrastructure.
Read Rhett's full bio +
Recruited at Facebook, Tinder, Microsoft, Disney, and Applied Minds. Previously built a venture-backed recruiting technology company.
Featured by The Washington Post, CNBC, CBS News, The Hill, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, Fast Company, and selected to the Forbes Next 1000 List.
Cofounder & COO
Kacey Short
People and organizational strategy leader with 11+ years across human resources, DEI, talent strategy, leadership consulting, and organizational development.
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Kacey previously served as Tinder's first Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leader, building the function from the ground up and supporting initiatives across the Match Group portfolio.
She holds a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, a Master's in Clinical Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Bachelor's degree from San Francisco State University.
Supported, never gatekept
Direct does not mean you are on your own.
sii{me} intelligence sources, qualifies, ranks, prepares, and coordinates matches inside the registered hiring engine. Human Talent Partners support communication, interviews, panels, offers, and handoffs without standing between talent and the hiring decision-maker. Software runs the recruiting workflow; people make every decision.
Clear answers before you join
No fine print hiding the point.
Does talent ever pay?
No. Talent participation is 100% free. There is no premium visibility, paid ranking, application fee, or placement fee for talent.
Do I apply to jobs inside sii{me}?
No. Talent builds one reusable Passport. sii identifies credible mutual fits and neither side moves forward until both choose to.
Is sii{me} a recruiting agency?
No. Talent and hiring managers connect directly. Talent Partners support the experience without owning or gatekeeping the relationship.
How does sii{me} aim to reduce hiring bias?
sii{me} centers structured, job-relevant evidence, clearly defined outcomes, verified identity, and mutual consent instead of application order, résumé keyword volume, or who is best at cold outreach. The platform supports a more consistent introduction process while people remain responsible for every hiring decision.
What happens if a hiring leader stops communicating?
Hiring leaders agree to a communication accountability promise when they enter the platform. sii{me} tracks response consistency, follow-through, and communication health through member-facing metrics. A pattern of ghosting can lower a hiring leader's accountability standing and may lead to reduced matching privileges or removal from the platform. Talent Partners can also step in to support the talent experience.
Is sii{me} a social or professional networking site?
No. sii{me} is a private end-to-end hiring engine, not a social feed, public talent directory, or contact marketplace. It supports sourcing and matching, private chat, direct communication, structured and panel interviews, ATS-connected workflows, decisions, offers, and hiring handoffs in one controlled experience.
How does membership work?
Membership is the private access model for the hiring engine. Private membership requests open twice each year, in Fall and Spring. Between request windows, the website remains open so you can request an alert for the next class. Membership is free for talent and hiring leaders. Admitted members receive a private invitation, complete Real ID verification, and use their Passport throughout the complete hiring experience. The sii{me} team may issue limited private invitations between request windows when an active hiring need requires a specific function, market, or experience.
How can I check my request?
Use Check membership status with the email from your waitlist form. We send a single-use temporary code, then privately show Submitted, Under review, or Decision. Internal notes and other members remain private.
Who sees my information?
Waitlist information is used to review cohort fit and contact you about access. A future Passport is private by default and is shared through controlled, consent-based experiences.
How do you know members are real people?
Before entering the hiring engine, talent and hiring leaders complete government-ID and live-selfie verification through Persona. This identity layer is designed to prevent bots, duplicate accounts, and fake profiles from participating.
Is AI making the hiring decision?
No. sii helps organize, compare, and surface relevant signal. Talent and hiring leaders make every interest, interview, and hiring decision.
The Founding Fall 2026 private membership waitlist is open.