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What is Ripe?

Ripe Recruiters is a staffing boutique that focuses on ensuring fair employment opportunities.

What we do

RIPE Recruiters advocates for the “ageful”professional so they may obtain either permanent, contract, or interim employment. We search for and match talented individuals with solid and diverse companies.

Why we're necessary

The American workforce is evolving, with experienced professionals representing a significant and valuable segment of today’s talent pool. In an increasingly competitive job market, having the right support can make all the difference. Ripe Recruiters helps experienced professionals position themselves for success by ensuring their résumés effectively showcase their skills, accomplishments, and value, not simply their years of experience. Our goal is to help candidates get their résumés in front of the right employers, stand out among the competition, and receive serious consideration for meaningful employment opportunities. We advocate for the “ageful” professional while helping employers recognize the experience, knowledge, and perspective that seasoned talent brings to the workplace.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to serve as an employment advocate and to make educational tools available for further growth and development, while contradicting stereotypes related to ageism in the professional environment.

The Thing about Ageism, is that the group we see as different, is our own future Selves.

Ashton Applewhite

This chair rocks

A Manifesto Against Ageism

Did You Know?

Studies reveal a multitude of positives as to why companies should hire ageful professionals including:

  • Experience
  • Knowledge
  • Work Ethic

A study commissioned by AARP called A Business Case for Workers Age 50+: A Look at the Value of Experience, found that members of the workforce who are 50 and older continue to be the most engaged age cohort. These professionals tend to be:

  • Less resistant to change
  • Less likely to leave the organization
  • Less likely to miss work
  • Enthusiastic about working
  • Innovative and able to keep up with technology

How We Help

These are just a few ways RIPE makes a difference.

Employment advocacy

We help professionals obtain permanent, contract, or interim employment with major corporations, growing companies in progressive industries, and non-profit organizations.

Hands-On Support

Resume editing, cover letter revisions, technical and administrative training, and interview refresher workshops.

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Company OUTPLACEMENT SERVICES

Career counseling, skills assessments, and self-marketing
strategies for displaced employees.

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PROFESSIONAL SELF CARE

Life coaching/therapy for building professional confidence and personal self-esteem.

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Turn Around and look at what’s in front of you.

Elizabeth White

Fifty five unemployed and faking normal

JOBS

RIPE has job opportunities in numerous industries. There is something out there for you!

STAY TUNED… COMING SOON!

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Confucius

Our Team

Tamilyn Bonney

Founder, CEO/CMO

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Denise Smith

Co-Founder, COO/CSO

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JEREMY BONNEY

Co-Founder, Vice President of Business Operations & Strategy

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Teamwork makes the dream work.

John C. Maxwell

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Tamilyn Bonney

Founder
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Marketing Officer

Tamilyn is a strategic leader with more than 20 years of experience spanning the entertainment, nonprofit, human services, and community-based sectors. Her career began in entertainment, where she developed and executed global marketing campaigns and led teams supporting major film and television franchises for Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks. She has also developed innovative brand partnerships with leading national retailers, including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Today, Tamilyn brings that same strategic and creative approach to nonprofit leadership, organizational operations, workforce development, compliance, and community engagement. Her experience includes building and supporting teams, developing programs and partnerships, strengthening organizational systems, and advancing initiatives that create meaningful opportunities for individuals, families, and communities. Throughout her career, Tamilyn has remained passionate about connecting people, ideas, and resources to create lasting impact. Her favorite quote is, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates

Denise Smith

Co-Founder
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Sales Officer

Denise is an accomplished communications industry professional with more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, leadership, and talent development. Throughout her career, she has held a variety of leadership roles with some of the industry’s most recognized companies, including Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and American Cablevision. Known for her ability to build relationships, develop high-performing teams, and deliver strong results, Denise has recruited, hired, trained, mentored, and developed numerous professionals throughout her career. A consummate networker and natural relationship builder, she has a unique ability to connect people, identify talent, and create opportunities for others to grow and succeed. Denise’s professional achievements have earned her numerous awards and recognitions, including the prestigious President’s Club Award and The Pinnacle Award. Her commitment to developing and uplifting others also extends beyond the corporate world. Denise manages Ripe Cares, the nonprofit arm of Ripe, where she helps lead the organization’s community-focused efforts and initiatives designed to make a meaningful and lasting impact. Beyond her professional and community accomplishments, Denise brings resilience, determination, compassion, and a strong sense of purpose to everything she does. As a five-year cancer survivor, she understands firsthand the importance of perseverance, faith, and using life’s experiences as an opportunity to encourage and inspire others. Denise’s favorite quote is, “Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

JEREMY BONNEY

Co-Founder, Vice President of Business Operations & Strategy

Jeremy is a business operations and strategy professional with more than 15 years of experience spanning entrepreneurship, marketing, career development, and corporate merchandising. As a Vice President of Business Operations & Strategy for Ripe Recruiters, Jeremy helps lead the organization’s strategic direction and its mission to connect experienced professionals with meaningful permanent, contract, and interim career opportunities. A passionate advocate for the “ageful” professional, Jeremy works to challenge age-related stereotypes while helping professionals remain competitive and confident in today’s evolving workforce. His diverse career includes owning and operating a successful marketing and design company and working with Nike, Inc. in visual merchandising and product operations. Jeremy earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from Prairie View A&M University. He is also an active member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, and remains committed to giving back to his community through nonprofit board leadership and service. Jeremy’s favorite quote is, “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” — Booker T. Washington