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Windermere, Florida
Dave Cassese
MBA, SHRM-CP — Vice President, Veterans Sourcing Group. Three and a half decades spent matching people to work that fits, now applying AI to make the search faster without making it colder.
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About
From smoky cubicles to AI-powered sourcing.
I started recruiting in the early 1990s, when the job meant a desk phone, a Rolodex, and a lot of listening. Thirty-five years later the tools look nothing alike, but the job hasn't changed as much as people think: understand what a person actually wants, understand what an employer actually needs, and don't force a fit that isn't there.
Today I serve as Vice President at Veterans Sourcing Group, where I lead strategic account and business development work — including staffing programs for enterprise clients like Boeing — and help connect service-disabled veterans with meaningful civilian careers. Earlier in my career I founded and led Gem Global, an Orlando-based staffing and IT solutions firm.
MBA · SHRM-CP · 35+ Years in Contingent Staffing
35+
Years in staffing & recruiting
VP
Veterans Sourcing Group
SDVOSB
Veteran-focused placement
FL
Based in Windermere
The Work, Visualized
Recruiting is a connection problem.
Every placement is a node finding its match — a candidate's skills and goals linked to a role, a team, a mission. AI helps me see the graph faster. Relationships are still what make the connection hold.
Career Timeline
Three decades in staffing, reshaped by every wave of technology.
Early 1990s
Started in contingent staffing
Cold calls, in-office interviews, and a phone book — recruiting before the internet reshaped the industry. Learned the fundamentals that still hold: listen first, place people, not resumes.
Founder Era
Founded Gem Global
Built and led an Orlando-based staffing and IT solutions firm, developing deep expertise in IT outsourcing, healthcare IT staffing, and permanent placement strategy.
Present
VP, Veterans Sourcing Group
Leading strategic accounts and business development, including enterprise programs for clients such as Boeing. Focused on connecting service-disabled veterans to civilian career opportunities and helping employers build more diverse talent pipelines.
Ongoing
Sharing what 35 years teaches you
Writing and creating video content on AI in recruiting, leadership, talent strategy, and career navigation — for recruiters and job seekers trying to make sense of a fast-changing hiring landscape.
What I Write & Talk About
Four threads, one throughline: how people and work find each other.
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AI
What AI actually changes about sourcing, screening, and matching — and where it should stay out of the way.
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Leadership
Lessons from three decades of building teams and accounts, in staffing and beyond.
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Talent Strategy
How employers build pipelines that actually hold up — sourcing, diversity, and workforce planning.
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Career Insights
Straight talk for job seekers and recruiters navigating a hiring market that keeps shifting under them.
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