Recruiting and Staffing for Great Companies and Great People
Our team has built and fostered business relationships for more than a quarter century with some of the best and brightest technology talent. We are trusted guides to help optimize careers in the complex and growing technology industry.
Our History
Avanti was founded on the belief that applying a keen eye for detail to match great people and great companies with shared purpose, mission, and leadership style, everyone succeeds. Whether for contract or full time recruitment, Avanti’s team focuses on deeper alignment beyond just skills or experience. The goal is for employees to find fulfillment and growth, and companies to benefit from engaged, purpose-driven team members. It’s about building a foundation for long-term success through thoughtful, values-based recruitment and staffing.
Giving Back to the Community
We are passionate about helping under-represented communities. Avanti’s team works to inspire our underserved communities by promoting STEM to education and students. Avanti Recruitment Solutions team members regularly speak to students at local schools to educate them about careers in STEM. We aim to inspire people to join the industry and stay right here in the Sacramento region to help contribute to the local workforce.
In addition, we have identified charities that we support such as American Heart Association’s “Go Red For Women” efforts. Since 2004, the American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative, Go Red for Women, has addressed the awareness and clinical care gaps of women’s greatest health threat, cardiovascular disease (CVD). AHA is prepared to meet the evolving needs of women now, and at every age, every stage and every season of their lives as their trusted, relevant source for credible, equitable health solutions.
Our Team
Evelyn Milani
President & CEO
Rita Phillips
Coordinator
Cassie Zamora
Candidate Researcher and Sourcer
Chandra Schreck
Agile Operations Manager
Evelyn has over twenty-five years of experience in the recruitment industry and is an expert at conducting Behavioral Interviews to understand a candidates’ motivations and work preferences based on their past work experiences.
Evelyn is an active Sacramento community leader participating in initiatives with the NORCAL HIMSS Sacramento MeetUp Group where she heads up MeetUp Conferences to bring innovators and the business community together for forward momentum in technology for the healthcare industry. She is also a member of the MedStart Advisory Board.
Evelyn has a passion for workforce development in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math fields and visualizes a vibrant Sacramento where innovative companies thrive here as a result of a robust workforce. Evelyn is working to help make that happen by aligning students and career opportunities in STEM.
Rita Phillips
Coordinator
Rita Phillips performs Reference Checks and Special Projects for Avanti. Rita’s extensive and broad-based HR experience emanates from a long career as a manager and a supervisor with the Federal Government.
Rita provides informative and comprehensive reference checking, enabling clients to gain valuable insight about potential candidates. Rita’s ability to ask the right questions and provide meaningful input help meet the challenge of matching Talent with the right opportunity.
Rita also assists CEO Evelyn Milani with ongoing functions. She employs finely honed skills, dedication, and passion to enhance and maintain Avanti’s operations and its reputation as a leader in the staffing industry.
Cassandra Zamora is an analytical, highly detail-oriented researcher. She has experience as an independent business owner and is currently attending California State University, Stanislaus working on her Bachelors degree. Cassandra adds a tremendous amount of value to the talent search part of Avanti’s workflows by conducts researching mass amounts of information to identify high impact technical talent.
Chandra Schreck is a highly valued member of the Avanti team and brings experience with Project Coordination, CRM Management and candidate interviewing.
She has a keen eye for detail and provides insights into candidates’ strengths and backgrounds based on thorough interview techniques. Chandra also streamlines processes and creates efficiencies with Avanti’s CRM database.
Chandra worked for Avanti in 2006! We are thrilled to have her with us again!
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