Overview

• Founded in 2016 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, The UH Group | The Unicorn Handlers operates as a sole employee-operated staffing and recruitment firm.
• Specializes in identifying ‘unicorn’ candidates—unique, hard-to-find professionals in Architecture & Design, Accounting & Finance, Oil & Gas Engineering, and IT.
• Emphasizes a highly personalized approach, prioritizing client and candidate values through intensive listening and time-intensive matching processes.
• Focuses exclusively on proactive talent searches, conducting ‘countless interviews’ to align niche roles with specialized candidates in its target industries.
• Brands its successful candidate-employer connections as ‘magic,’ leveraging its ‘Unicorn Handler’ metaphor to highlight rare, high-value placements.

Specializations

• Architecture & Design recruitment with a focus on niche roles and exclusive talent pipelines.
• Accounting & Finance staffing tailored to client-specific financial expertise requirements.
• Oil & Gas Engineering recruitment within the Calgary market, leveraging regional industry expertise.
• Information Technology (IT) talent matching for specialized technical and leadership roles.

Services & Approach

• Time-intensive talent matching through extensive client interviews and candidate vetting processes.
• Proactive candidate sourcing for hard-to-fill roles in Architecture, Finance, Engineering, and IT sectors.
• Values-based candidate alignment using targeted questioning to assess cultural and professional fit.
• Exclusive role placement services emphasizing rare opportunities for ‘unicorn’-caliber professionals.