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Matt Schalsey is the co‑founder and CEO of Perfect Hire, an AI‑powered Applicant Relationship Manager (ARM) designed to bring sales‑style engagement to recruitment. A former sales enablement leader at companies including ZoomInfo and Chorus.ai, he built Perfect Hire to transform hiring into a relationship‑driven, high‑visibility pipeline process. Matt believes recruiters are sellers—offering a strategic, structured system to nurture candidates and improve quality of hire. 
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Matt Schalsey is an entrepreneur and enablement visionary best known as the co‑founder and CEO of Perfect Hire, a next‑generation ARM (Applicant Relationship Manager) that unifies ATS and CRM principles to make recruiting more relational and efficient .
His background spans over a decade in sales and revenue enablement, working with high-growth tech companies like ZoomInfo, Chorus.ai, and Chili Piper. There, he sharpened his understanding of pipeline dynamics, candidate engagement, and team alignment—leading him to see that recruiting teams suffer from the same structural pain points he helped fix on the sales side .
Discontent with traditional ATS platforms that emphasize compliance and administrative load over relationship-building, Matt launched Perfect Hire to empower recruiters with:
• Pipelines that mimic sales workflows, enabling structured outreach and candidate nurturing
• AI-driven tools, including question generation and interview planning, to streamline and humanize the process
• Collaboration infrastructure so recruiters, hiring managers, and leadership stay aligned at every stage  
Matt emphasizes systems thinking, behaviorally-informed communication, and relentless execution as the core capabilities that have shaped his journey—and advises aspiring founders to cultivate these abilities to build lasting impact .
Under his leadership, Perfect Hire is onboarding early adopters seeking alternatives to outdated ATS platforms—serving startups and scaling firms who treat hiring as a strategic advantage rather than transactional necessity . His broader philosophy extends into youth mentorship via Nebraska Elite Hockey, where he invests in character-building and community for young athletes. 
Matt has also been featured in Bold Journey Magazine, where he spoke about finding his purpose at the intersection of “pain and potential,” and on the SellMeThisPen podcast, advocating for treating recruiters like sales professionals to reduce turnover and improve hiring outcomes
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Last Active
9 days ago
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Perfect Hire is transforming how companies hire by giving recruiters the same tools sales teams use to win. Our platform is the first Applicant Relationship Manager (ARM), combining AI-powered sourcing, structured interviews, and predictive headcount planning—all in one system. We’re post-MVP, seeing strong traction, and targeting a $10B+ market. With $250K already soft committed, we’re raising a $2.5M SAFE to scale our team, accelerate GTM, and onboard our first 50 customers.
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Technology
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Team Size
5-10 employees
Funding Stage
Pre-Seed
Funding Raised
None/Bootstrapped
Annual Revenue
$0 to $100k
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