I'm Cherkea Henson, founder of Chesapeake Talent Partners and a talent acquisition professional with over a decade of experience across government contracting, federal program management, and private sector HR — from Dollar General to DoD supply chain to director-level recruiting at Transcat and beyond.

I know what it looks like when a business waits 90 days to fill a role. I know the cost of a bad hire. And I know exactly what most staffing agencies get wrong: they optimize for volume, not fit.

CTP was built because small and mid-size businesses in the Greater Baltimore region deserve an exclusive recruiting partner who treats their search with the same expertise a Fortune 500 client would get without the price tag.

We work on contingency. You pay nothing until we place someone. That's not a gimmick — it's confidence in the work. Every candidate I present is intentional. Every search is owned, start to finish.