Our President, Denise Grant — Leader in Sales Recruitment

A motivating and effective executive, an intuitive and caring person, and a great coach ... these are just a few of the phrases that clients and candidates use in describing Denise Grant, president of Dana Associates. She has an exceptional ability to understand each person and client organization. Denise knows sales inside and out. This has earned her a stellar reputation as the recruiter to “go to” when you are looking to hire a sales professional who will deliver the sales results you need.

Denise has developed a practical, unique and holistic recruiting approach based on in-person interviews with more than 20,000 candidates. Through her in-depth approach, she is able to uncover the answers that are not explained on paper. An initial phone interview is followed by two in-person interviews. Meeting with her candidate at least twice gives Denise an excellent sense of the individual’s skills, personality and ideals, and the organization and opening for which he or she would be a “best fit”. In addition, she probes to find out what the person is looking for in a work-life balance. The Dana Associates difference is a holistic model of work-life integration.

Clients have described Denise as a social anthropologist with strong intuition and observation skills. She understands the critical importance of getting to know a client organization. In fact, to gain further understanding of the company, she will often interview members of the sales and executive teams in addition to the hiring manager. She is interested in the management style, internal culture, and overall vision of the company. Denise listens to what the client is saying and can pinpoint the required characteristics of each role.

Denise’s thoroughness allows her to convincingly invite the attention and interest of ideal candidates and to present only those she knows will succeed in a particular work environment. On average, of every three Dana Associates candidates sent to interview with a client company, one is successfully placed in a sales position. This focus on select candidates saves time for the client. The Dana Associates difference is that quality far outweighs quantity.

Denise Grant joined Dana Associates in 1984. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Literature. Her interests include collecting contemporary art, photography, traveling, music, and tennis.