We’re excited to introduce SynerGene™, the newest addition to the Synergy Consulting Group team — though “team” might be underselling it, since he technically doesn’t have a desk.

SynerGene’s alter ego, Gene Synerowski, is a mild-mannered IT recruiter who spent his days doing the things every IT recruiter knows well: screening résumés, calming down panicked hiring managers, and gently explaining that “entry-level architect” isn’t actually a real job. Then one rainy Thursday, a visit to a client site in downtown Cleveland sent him looking for a quiet corner to take a call — and landed him in a server closet in the middle of a lightning strike and a very unhappy network controller. He walked out with a new identity: SynerGene, sworn to fight staffing chaos, ghosted candidates, and recruiting roadblocks wherever they show up.

It’s a fun way of putting a face on something we take seriously: matching great technology talent with the companies that need them, fast. We put together SynerGene’s full origin story as a comic — 1st Edition — and you can read or download the whole thing below.

Download: SynerGene — 1st Edition (PDF)

Want the official announcement? Read our press release introducing SynerGene.

If your team is dealing with its own staffing chaos — talent shortages, roles that won’t fill, candidates who vanish mid-process — that’s exactly the kind of thing SynerGene (and the rest of us at Synergy) are built for. Contact us at team@synergycgi.com to see how we can help.

Want more SynerGene? Follow Synergy Consulting Group on LinkedIn for future editions. And if you are hiring or job hunting yourself, explore our IT staffing services or browse our current IT job openings. SynerGene may be fictional, but the recruiters behind him are very real.