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

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

Update: 2025-08-15
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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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How a Fired Rookie Became a $6.5M Top Biller in Recruitment, with Dario Furman

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

Mark Whitby and Dario Furman