About Us
Building a Workforce That Mirrors Our Population
We're on a mission to champion candidates of all experience levels and eliminate age bias from the hiring process — one placement at a time.
Leadership
Founder-Led
Founder-led engagements, backed by a dedicated team.
Expertise
40+ Years
of hiring, mentoring, and talent strategy experience.
Credentials
CDE + CDR
National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Executive & AIRS Certified Diversity Recruiter.
About Our Agency
The Age-Smart Recruiting Agency
GreySource exists to put experience back to work. We match proven 50+ professionals with employers who hire for capability — because the future of the workforce requires recruiting that eliminates age bias and treats experience as the asset it is.
We champion professionals from all backgrounds, and we live our values. As a 55+, woman-owned business, we walk the walk.
Age-Inclusive
Championing professionals across all generations and experience levels.
WOSB Certified
55+, woman-owned small business — we walk the walk.
Nationwide
Minneapolis HQ, Houston office, serving employers and job seekers across the US.
Results-Driven
Every candidate personally vetted. Every placement a strategic match.
Our Story
Intentionally Creating Space for Seasoned Professionals
The culture of work is changing rapidly. A worldwide pandemic inspired the need for more flexible work arrangements, and the boomer and GenX generations are no longer following traditional retirement timelines. AI’s use is disrupting in every way imaginable but will never replace lived, real-world problem-solving expertise.
These circumstances create new opportunities for employers that are looking for experienced professionals that are willing to fill a wide variety of positions, in both traditional and non-traditional work arrangements.
However, age bias is real and often results in these professionals being overlooked. Enter GreySource. Our agency was born out of the desire to create a new market for already-trained professionals who have a great deal to offer our evolving workforce. Our multigenerational team is working to intentionally create space for these professionals, helping them to thrive in their next act.
When companies hire GreySource candidates, they get a highly qualified candidate who brings real-world problem solving on a cost-effective basis. Everybody wins.
GreySource, an age-inclusion focused DEI recruiting firm, offers services to all job seekers and hiring managers throughout the US who share our objective of eliminating age bias, along with all other forms of biases, in the hiring process.
Meet Our Founder
Kimberly (Kim) Anderson
Certified Diversity Recruiter (C.D.R.) | NDC Certified Diversity Executive | CEO & President
“It’s astonishing that unconscious age bias leads smart companies to overlook the very people whose performance fueled their success and profitability for decades. I founded GreySource to change that.”
— Kim Anderson, CEO & President of GreySource
Kim Anderson is a seasoned recruiter with more than 40 years of experience in hiring and mentoring, including 20-plus years in technical recruiting. Her career spans a wide array of industries, and she possesses the rare combination of both for-profit and non-profit executive leadership experience — allowing her to understand the needs of hiring managers and candidates across company cultures ranging from smaller organizations to Fortune 100 corporations.
She founded GreySource in 2022 with a clear conviction: age-inclusive hiring isn't charity. As Kim puts it, "Experience is an asset. Treating it like one is just smart business." Her goal is a workforce that honors experience at every level and recognizes the institutional knowledge seasoned professionals bring to their teams.
NDC CDE — National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Executive
Certified Diversity Recruiter (C.D.R.)
40+ Years in Recruiting
20+ Years in Tech Recruiting
SBA Certified
Emphasizing Age Diversity in Hiring
During her years in recruiting, Kim has witnessed firsthand how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts are more often talk than walk — especially when it comes to ageism. As a "grey source" herself, she knew it was time to bring something new to the industry.
Kim, a National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Executive, founded GreySource to provide employment matchmaking strategies that intentionally champion the value of experienced professionals and strengthen the multigenerational workforce. Her intention is to flip the script on current attitudes regarding professionals 50 and over, making age inclusion a practical part of modern recruiting best practices while highlighting the proven strategic business asset that it is.
Partnering With Hiring Managers
Your company sees the true value in the diversity of thought, conversation, and innovation that comes with an inclusive workforce. You have DEIB initiatives to accomplish, and you know achieving full inclusion requires intention and dedication. Kim and her team work with you to remain mindful of all elements of fully inclusive hiring practices — especially those regarding age. A consummate problem-solver and strategic advisor, she helps identify ways to eliminate biases, unconscious and otherwise, from your candidate vetting processes to assist in creating truly powerful multigenerational teams.
Validating & Championing Job Seekers
Job seekers from all walks of life deserve to be honored and acknowledged for what they uniquely bring to the table. It's the individual combination of work and life experiences that truly allows each candidate to shine in their own light.
A true champion for her candidates, Kim advocates for you in a way that shows hiring managers how you meet their needs first and foremost — age notwithstanding. Whether you're looking for your first career or your second-act career, full-time or more flex, Kim is your go-to resource for finding employment matches that fit your needs.
Extensive Work & Life Experience
Kim's success in recruiting stems from her work in organizational development executive management, and consulting for nonprofit organizations and corporations. She's held titles including Director of Recruiting, Executive Director, National President, Strategic Accounts Manager, and General Manager. Whether managing teams, launching new business divisions, or executing strategic action plans, Kim is known as a change-maker.
She continues to grow professionally through memberships with the Texas Diversity Council, the American Management Association, and the Minnesota Talent & Recruiting Network. Educated at Purdue University, St. Catherine's University, and the University of St. Thomas, Kim brings both academic rigor and real-world wisdom to every engagement.
Kim's strengths are only made greater by her life experiences — from board rooms to global NGO work teaching micro-enterprise development or living aboard a sailing expedition in the remote South Pacific for six months -Kim has a history of collaborating with people from all over the world whose work has high value in their respective community. When it comes to walking the talk of inclusion, Kim has done it.
Work With GreySource on Your Next Search
Building inclusive, multigenerational teams is a win-win for everyone involved. Let us show you how you can win in your next job or candidate search.
Contact Us TodayCredentials You Can Verify
Certifications & Affiliations
The certifications and memberships behind the way we work.
SBA Women-Owned Small Business
Women's Business Enterprise National Council
State of Minnesota Targeted Group Business certification
National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Executive
AIRS Certified Diversity Recruiter (powered by ADP)
Proud member of the Encore Network
Minnesota Talent & Recruiting Network
Society for Human Resource Management
Our Commitment
GreySource's Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At GreySource, we recognize that the diversity of ideas, experiences, and backgrounds is what makes us better, personally and professionally. We aspire to celebrate and honor these differences in our efforts and company culture in all ways possible, every day, in everything we do.
We are proud to consider ourselves Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion champions and are an Equal Opportunity Employer. GreySource will not discriminate against any employee, applicant, or client based on age, race, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), marital status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics that are expressly protected by law.
GreySource will respectfully provide reasonable accommodations to all qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and invites discussion with prospective applicants, employees, or clients needing accommodation.
We will align all of our business partnerships with those who specifically share a commitment to these values. Moreover, we will ensure that our values are visible — that our team and our partners walk the path we promote daily.
Our Foundation
Mission, Vision & Values
The principles that guide every placement, partnership, and conversation at GreySource.
Mission
Why We Exist
To embrace diversity and equity at all levels of recruiting while producing employment matchmaking strategies that honor and promote multigenerational talent.
Vision
Where We're Headed
To help build a world where our workforce mirrors our population and honors candidates of all experience levels.
Values
How We Show Up
Recognize
Every level of experience is an asset — an opportunity to be matched with a potential employer or role, creating mutual benefit for both candidate and hiring manager.
Relate
We connect with every professional we encounter on a human level — understanding their story, their goals, and their unique strengths.
Respect
We treat every professional — whether employer or candidate — with the utmost respect, honoring a candidate's life of experience and meeting the hiring manager's stated need.
Embody, Emulate, Exemplify
Diversity, equity, inclusion, integrity, and excellence live at the heart of every encounter we have and everything we do.
Want to Know More?
GreySource, a dedicated DEI recruiting firm, offers services to job seekers and hiring managers throughout Minnesota, Texas, and the US who share our diversity-driven objective of eliminating age bias in the hiring process.
Contact our uniquely focused DEI-Certified recruiting team to learn how we can bring our strengths to work for you.