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About Instigate

Founded in 1999, Instigate helps small and medium businesses (SMBs) maximize their staffing and recruiting resources. Through recruitment process outsourcing, they strive to level the playing field for SMBs, who are challenged to compete for talent without the budgets, time or people that larger organizations have at their disposal. With access to Instigate’s cutting-edge technology and resources, clients are able to land top talent, shorten time to fill, significantly reduce spending on third-party agencies, measure success, establish their own employer brand, and boost hiring manager satisfaction. Understanding that there is no one-size-fits-all recruitment solution, Instigate also offers traditional placement, online employee screening solutions and consulting services. A founding member of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA), Instigate is led by talent-acquisition experts with more than 30 years of experience.

Christi Schreyer
Co-Founder and Principal, Instigate, Inc. – The Home of TalentAssist™

Helping businesses achieve recruitment efficiency and effectiveness.

For more than 17 years, Christi Schreyer has been helping businesses maximize their staffing and recruiting resources.

Christi strives to “level the playing field” for companies who are challenged to compete for talent without the budgets, time or people that large organizations have at their disposal.  Making the most of technology and Instigate’s highly efficient approach to recruiting, Christi’s clients are able to land top talent, measure success, establish their own employer brand, and boost hiring manager satisfaction.

Prior to founding Instigate in 1999, Christi played a critical role in talent acquisition for Wilson Learning. Before that, she executed nearly every HR function as a specialist with Campbell Mithun, helping them grow into one of the top ad agencies in the country.   HR career was launched with JFA, a human resource and management consulting firm.

A firm believer in giving back to the community, Christi mentors HR professionals through the TCHRA and has been active with SCORE, Development Corporation for Children, and the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce.  Christi holds a B.S. degree in human resources management. She is an active member of SHRM, HCI, HRP-MN, TCHRA and NEM-HRXchange.

Matt Schreyer
Co-Founder and Principal, Instigate, Inc. – The Home of TalentAssist™

Aligning Talent Acquisition with Corporate Strategy to Maximize ROI

Matt Schreyer has more than 15 years of experience helping businesses land top talent while reducing the time, effort, and expense of recruiting.

Among the earliest champions of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), he recognized the tremendous benefits—especially in reducing overhead costs and improving competitive advantage—that RPO offered businesses.  Instigate seeks out the most efficient talent acquisition technology and processes to help its clients find the right talent to maximum corporate strategy while improving recruiting metrics and overall ROI.

Prior to founding Instigate, Matt was the sales director at a regional staffing and recruiting firm, supporting its rapid growth from a start-up agency to a leading regional recruitment firm. Before that, he was a business development executive at ReviewWorks, a provider of medical cost containment solutions and disability management services, where he led the company’s expansion into new markets and service offerings.

Matt holds a B.S. degree in marketing from the University of St. Thomas, and writes frequently on talent acquisition strategies for industry publications. He is a founding member of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA), whose mission is to educate about RPO, develop and enforce certifications, and promote RPO benefits.