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How a Fired Rookie Became a $6.5M Top Biller in Recruitment, with Dario Furman

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Fired in 3 days, Dario Furman rebounded to bill $6.5M. Learn his recruitment growth strategies using relationships, niche focus & AI.

Fired three days into his first recruiting job, Dario Furman could have walked away. Instead, a bold “second chance” email to the CEO got him rehired and launched a 17-year executive search career placing 500+ professionals and billing $6.5M at StevenDouglas.

In this episode of The Resilient Recruiter, Dario shares how resilience, relationship-building, and smart use of AI helped him become one of Florida’s top billers. You’ll learn how he turned candidates into loyal clients, outworked his competition, and built a sustainable desk focused on quality, not transactions.

You’ll discover:

The comeback story that began with a “second chance” email.
How Dario became a top 3 national biller within a year.
Overcoming fear of business development and calling C-suite decision-makers.
Turning long-term candidate relationships into client revenue.
Why did he “MPC’d” himself into StevenDouglas?
Leveraging niche focus, KPIs, AI tools, and warm introductions to boost results.
Automations that enhance, not replace, human connection.

About Dario:
Dario connects top-tier finance and accounting talent with South Florida’s leading companies. Since joining StevenDouglas in 2014, he’s placed 387 professionals with an 8% falloff rate, generating over $6.4M in fees. Fluent in English and Spanish, he combines modern recruiting tools with an old-school relationship-first approach.

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