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Genius Search Group

Genius Search is a specialist executive search and leadership advisory firm dedicated to the Life Sciences sector, combining decades of market insight with a global network to place senior leaders and board members in mission-critical roles. Headquartered in Heidelberg with offices in London and Davos, the team consists of consultants and domain specialists from pharma, chemistry, medical technology, diagnostics, biotechnology, and related fields who understand the specific regulatory, scientific, and commercial dynamics of the industry. The firm supports global players, Mittelstand companies, investors, and family offices with a portfolio of services that spans Executive Search for C‑suite and senior leadership, Board Services for supervisory and advisory mandates, and long-term Talent Pipelining to anticipate succession needs. Complementing search, Genius Search delivers Professional Assessments rooted in management diagnostics, using empirically validated psychometric tools such as the Bochumer Inventar zur berufsbezogenen Persönlichkeitsbeschreibung (BIP), competency-based interviews, and group assessment formats with case studies and role plays; these are led by in-house psychologists, including leadership assessment expert Dr. Rainer Wilkening, ensuring evidence-based evaluation and selection. Coaching and structured Onboarding programs help leaders integrate and perform, while continuous market mapping maintains access to hard-to-find scientific, technical, and commercial talent. Known for discretion, trust, respect, and high personal commitment, the firm runs a transparent and traceable project process and stays in constant contact with key companies and decision makers across Life Sciences. Its quality and client satisfaction have been recognized by the TOP CONSULTANT award for 2023, with endorsements from senior industry leaders referencing consistently strong shortlists and successful placements. By uniting rigorous assessment, deep sector knowledge, and a relationship-driven approach, Genius Search reliably connects the right leaders with the right opportunities at the right time to drive innovation and growth in Life Sciences.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTotal Talent MgmtHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsDefenseConsumer Goods ManufacturingIndustrial Machinery

HQHeidelberg, Germany

Gaia Talents

Gaia Talents is a specialist recruitment partner dedicated to connecting diverse talent for a sustainable future, focusing exclusively on environmental and sustainability roles across Australia, Singapore, and Japan. With more than 15 years of recruitment experience, the firm combines sector insight with a disciplined delivery model to help organizations hire permanent employees, secure high‑caliber contractors, and appoint senior leaders through targeted executive search. Their coverage spans sustainability strategy, circular economy initiatives, climate change and climate risk, ESG and non‑financial reporting, carbon reduction and net zero delivery, renewable energy development, climate policy and advocacy, and environmental conservation and stewardship. Typical assignments include environmental engineers, sustainability analysts, ESG reporting managers, climate risk specialists, carbon market experts, renewable project developers, policy advisors, and heads of sustainability, reflecting the cross‑functional nature of the field across strategy, engineering, analytics, and program delivery. For employers, Gaia Talents runs a proactive process that begins with a thorough needs assessment, followed by strategic sourcing across active and passive networks, rigorous screening and shortlisting, interview coordination, and post‑placement support to ensure successful onboarding and retention. For candidates, the consultancy offers coaching on career planning in sustainability, personal brand and promotion, interview preparation, and salary negotiation, supporting professionals at every stage from emerging specialists to senior executives. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are embedded in the firm’s values—Passion, Authenticity, Speed, and Diversity—and reflected in inclusive recruitment practices and partnerships that broaden access to opportunity. Operating from Sydney and serving clients throughout the APAC region, Gaia Talents is trusted by mission‑driven businesses, professional services firms, energy and utilities operators, and public sector bodies seeking to build teams that can deliver measurable environmental and social impact. By uniting a curated network with market intelligence and a swift, transparent approach, Gaia Talents enables organizations to achieve their sustainability goals while advancing meaningful careers.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningTechnical WritingProject ManagementGovernment Administration

HQSydney, Australia

Grid Talent

Grid Talent is a boutique staffing and recruiting firm dedicated to the technology sector, built to connect skilled professionals with forward-thinking organizations that value innovation. With a small, agile team, the company focuses on a carefully curated approach to opportunities and a consultative process that aligns capabilities, aspirations, and business outcomes. Whether a candidate is just beginning a career in tech or is a seasoned specialist pursuing the next challenge, Grid Talent provides access to roles across areas such as software engineering, data and analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, product, and IT infrastructure, while partnering closely with hiring teams to clarify requirements and design efficient hiring workflows. Through market awareness and attentive communication, the firm helps employers benchmark talent, streamline selection, and secure hires who will make a measurable impact, while candidates benefit from transparent feedback, thoughtful role matching, and a smooth journey from initial conversation to offer acceptance. As a niche provider, Grid Talent emphasizes quality over volume, investing time to understand culture, team dynamics, and the outcomes each role must deliver. The team leverages up-to-date insights on in-demand skills and emerging technologies to inform search strategies and to help candidates present their strengths effectively. Clients engage Grid Talent for targeted searches, scaled campaigns, and time-critical needs, and value the firm for its responsiveness, accountability, and focus on long-term fit. Operating as a trusted partner rather than a transactional vendor, Grid Talent prioritizes relationships, integrity, inclusivity, and measurable results, maintaining a continually refreshed network and rigorous research to anticipate hiring needs. By uniting ambitious professionals with innovative companies, the firm aims to strengthen teams, accelerate product development, and support sustainable growth across a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

HQMelbourne, Australia

Avatar International

Avatar International is a global recruitment and business consultancy that helps organizations secure scarce and uniquely skilled talent across cybersecurity, information technology, finance and accounting, and executive leadership. Founded in 2011 and trading as Avatar Recruitment Consultancy Limited, the firm operates from offices in the United Kingdom and South Africa and supports clients throughout Europe, the Middle East, Australasia, and North America. Led by CEO William Wilsnagh and COO Miranda Wilsnagh, Avatar combines deep business, recruitment, and coaching expertise to interpret complex briefs accurately and deliver shortlists that are both targeted and high quality. The firm partners with startups, scaleups, and multinationals on retained executive search and contingency mandates, and it places professionals in permanent and contract roles from mid level through c suite. Known for a values led approach rooted in honesty, integrity, and professionalism, Avatar provides a highly personalized service to clients and candidates, offering practical market insight on talent availability, compensation, and hiring timelines, as well as hands on candidate preparation including CV refinement, interview coaching, and transparent feedback loops. Industry specialization spans cybersecurity, software and infrastructure engineering, data and cloud, agile and product management, and corporate finance and accounting disciplines, supported by dedicated active candidate showcases for executive, HR, finance, product, IT, agile, AI, and cybersecurity profiles. Clients recognize Avatar for rigorous pre qualification, careful culture and capability alignment, and a commitment to delivering results quickly without sacrificing quality. Beyond recruitment, the firm provides executive coaching and business consulting to strengthen leadership impact and organizational performance. With competitive fees, options to reduce costs under exclusivity, and a track record reflected in five star reviews, Avatar International is a trusted partner for building high performing teams and placing senior leaders who drive measurable business outcomes.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceFinTechManagement ConsultingLegal

HQBrighton, United Kingdom

Smart Link

Smart Link is a boutique French recruitment firm dedicated to the IT and digital market, specializing in the rapid placement of freelance technology professionals and, when appropriate, facilitating permanent hires. Built on more than seven years of hands‑on recruitment experience, the firm operates with a simple promise: two qualified, available profiles delivered within 24 hours, coordinated by a single, accountable interlocutor to eliminate hand‑offs and information loss. Smart Link focuses on web and mobile development (Java, .NET, PHP, React, iOS, Android, Kotlin), QA and test automation, DevOps and infrastructure, data and analytics, as well as Agile roles including Scrum Master, Product Owner, PM/PMO, and Product Management. Its track record includes 200+ freelancers placed and a 95% mission success rate across startups, SMEs, and large enterprises, with references visible from household brands such as L’Oréal, Accor, Leetchi, and Maisons du Monde. The approach combines deep technical pre‑qualification, portfolio and mission review, and cross‑checked recommendations, with attention to soft skills and cultural fit to ensure smooth onboarding and rapid impact. Budget transparency is central: Smart Link works from the client’s target day rate (TJM), integrates its fee within that envelope, and maintains clear, no‑surprise commercial terms. As a recruitment cabinet and not an ESN, Smart Link does not employ the consultants it presents; clients retain direct control of the engagement while benefiting from a curated network built and maintained over years of collaboration. When internalization becomes the right next step, conditions remain flexible and pragmatic, with typical permanent placement fees calibrated to mission history and context. Whether the need is a critical freelancer to unlock a delivery milestone or a hard‑to‑find technologist for the long term, Smart Link offers a fast, rigorous, and human‑centered way to secure the right tech talent at the right moment.

Contract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentPayrolling/EORSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomAll industries

HQParis, France

Ethos BeathChapman

Ethos BeathChapman (EBC) is a staffing and recruiting firm focused on connecting organizations with high-caliber professional and leadership talent. With an employee base of around 130 professionals as indicated by LinkedIn, the company blends research-driven methodologies with consultative delivery to solve complex hiring needs across permanent recruitment, executive mandates, and contract/interim solutions. Its approach is grounded in discovery-led briefs, tailored market mapping, competency-based assessment, and transparent communication that keeps both clients and candidates informed and engaged through every stage of the process. EBC supports the full hiring lifecycle—from workforce planning, role design, and employer branding support through targeted sourcing, evaluation, interview orchestration, offer management, and onboarding—while prioritizing quality-of-fit, time-to-hire, and long-term retention. The firm maintains deep professional talent communities and leverages CRM, sourcing intelligence, and referral networks to surface both active and passive candidates, creating balanced shortlists that consider technical capability and cultural alignment. Operating with a generalist professional focus, its teams regularly partner on mandates spanning core corporate functions such as finance, operations, risk and compliance, technology, sales and marketing, legal, and corporate services, as well as senior and niche appointments that require dedicated search. Clients engage EBC for market insights, salary and benefits benchmarking, competitive intelligence, and structured reporting alongside recruitment delivery, with service models that include contingent, retained, and interim search options calibrated to urgency and complexity. The firm emphasizes integrity, data protection, diversity and inclusion, and measurable service levels, embedding feedback loops and continuous improvement into every engagement. Through a combination of rigorous research, targeted outreach, and disciplined execution, Ethos BeathChapman delivers talent solutions that help organizations build resilient teams, upgrade leadership capability, and mobilize specialist expertise to drive transformation and growth.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingAll industriesGeneralist - white collar professionalsSenior Executives

HQSydney, Australia

True Consulting & Recruitment HR AB

True Consulting & Recruitment HR AB is a Swedish recruitment and staffing partner based in Falun, serving clients primarily across Dalarna and frequently supporting assignments in Västmanland, Gävleborg, and Stockholm. The firm focuses on delivering a high‑quality, people‑first experience in every engagement, combining structured processes with genuine care for both clients and candidates. True provides permanent recruitment across assistant, specialist, and managerial levels, supported by personality assessments that illuminate strengths, development areas, motivations, and leadership needs to ensure culture and role fit. The company also supplies interim solutions when urgent needs arise, drawing on a broad and active network to quickly match HR, finance, CEOs, project managers, IT consultants, and other specialists. Complementing this, True offers temporary staffing (uthyrning) of white‑collar professionals, acting as attentive consultant managers to sustain engagement, performance, and well‑being during the assignment. For senior mandates, True conducts Executive Search with a careful, values‑driven methodology. The approach emphasizes respectful, transparent candidate care—personal feedback and timely communication—so that employer brands are strengthened through every process. Testimonials from organizations such as FM Mattsson Mora Group AB and Outokumpu highlight True’s professionalism, rigor, and ability to deliver strong shortlists quickly, while clients appreciate being challenged constructively to reach better hiring outcomes. Engagement and authenticity are central principles: the team prefers long‑term partnerships with employers that share fair people practices and recognize that motivated employees drive profitability. In addition to core recruitment and staffing, True can provide training such as CPR, first aid, and crisis management, further supporting safer, healthier workplaces. With deep regional knowledge, hands‑on consultant care, and a commitment to soft values as much as competencies, True helps companies secure the right person at the right time while giving candidates a positive, memorable experience.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationHuman Resources

HQFalun, Sweden

Stellar Recruitment

Stellar Recruitment is a leading recruitment partner for executive search and workforce solutions across Australia and New Zealand, known for deep sector expertise and a people-first, safety-led approach. Founded in 2006, the firm has facilitated more than 32,000 placements and engaged a pipeline of 650,000+ qualified candidates, underpinned by specialist teams and rigorous process excellence. With branches in Brisbane and Perth, and in Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, Stellar supports employers and job seekers across mining and resources, energy and utilities, construction and engineering, industrial operations, agriculture and primary industries, corporate services, supply chain, logistics and procurement, and healthcare. Its core offering spans permanent recruitment, temporary workforce delivery, and targeted executive search, complemented by immigration and relocation support to simplify cross-border hiring and talent mobility. Recognized for quality and safety, Stellar is an RCSA Corporate Member, ISO 45001 accredited, and a multi-year award recipient and finalist, including SEEK SARAs Large Recruitment Agency of the Year (NZ) 2025 and multiple RCSA honors for leadership, safety culture, and professional excellence. Employers value fast turnaround for urgent temporary needs, access to passive talent through extensive networks, and culturally aligned shortlists informed by market data and local insight, while candidates highlight transparent communication and a smooth end-to-end experience. The firm’s delivery model integrates disciplined sourcing, structured assessment, and HSE diligence, with practical tools such as a client portal for vacancy submission and progress visibility, and job seeker tools for browsing roles, creating alerts, and accessing career advice and insights via podcasts and resources. Whether scaling site-based crews, securing technical specialists, or appointing senior leaders, Stellar focuses on lasting fit and measurable impact, aligning capability, culture, and safety to help organizations build resilient teams and individuals advance rewarding careers across Australia and New Zealand.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQBrisbane, Australia

WiseCloud Inc.

WiseCloud Inc. is a Nordic-focused outstaffing and recruitment partner that bridges the gap between employers across Sweden and the wider Nordics and vetted IT talent in the Philippines. Combining employer-of-record/payroll capability, HR, and an onsite operation in Manila with Swedish leadership and work-culture standards, the company delivers dedicated remote team members who are officially employed by WiseCloud yet work exclusively for the client, functioning as seamless extensions of in-house teams. Its model is transparent: clients agree salaries directly with the employee while WiseCloud charges a rolling monthly administrative fee that covers employment, payroll, tax, pension, healthcare insurance, HR oversight, office facilities, equipment, and technical support—eschewing the high markups typical of traditional consulting or agency contracting. WiseCloud’s end-to-end process begins with a jointly defined requirements profile, followed by an internal project plan in English that sets timelines, expected outcomes, and contract terms; targeted sourcing spans a proprietary talent database, national networks, and the largest Philippine job boards, with structured interviews conducted by experienced recruiters. The firm’s signature Podium candidates approach presents the three strongest finalists, then supports testing, deep-dive interviews, reference and background checks, and a “Joboffer talk” aligned to agreed compensation and benefits. Core role families include frontend, backend, and full-stack developers, web and graphic designers, and SEO/SEM specialists and reporting analysts, with technical assessments available to validate capability. Employees can work remotely or from WiseCloud’s Manila hub, which provides stable connectivity, modern workstations with 27" displays, video-enabled meeting rooms, security, and everyday comforts such as coffee and fika, supporting productivity and well-being. The company’s HR program emphasizes Swedish workplace norms—balanced work-life, leadership accessibility, fair benefits, and continuous feedback—applied locally to ensure engagement and cultural alignment. Each engagement is tailored; WiseCloud can supply laptops and standardized support packages or procure bespoke hardware and software per role, and it maintains regular touchpoints to strengthen collaboration between client and employee. By uniting seasoned IT recruitment expertise, structured delivery, and transparent commercial terms, WiseCloud helps startups, scaleups, and enterprises address the Nordic IT skills gap with reliable, scalable, long-term teams.

Payrolling/EORPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData SciencePublic RelationsAdvertisingJournalism

HQMakati, Philippines

M&B Search Group

M&B Search Group is a boutique executive recruitment firm based in the Kansas City metro area, known for building lasting connections through a highly personalized, transparent approach. Led by managing partners with more than 40 years of combined experience, the firm bridges the gap between clients and candidates across multiple industries by focusing on precision, culture alignment, and the long-term success of each placement. M&Bs team is consultative and detail oriented, with a proven ability to identify and engage passive leaders who are making meaningful impacts today. The firm specializes in executive management, finance and accounting, human resources, and sales recruitment, delivering both direct hire and contract placements to address immediate project needs as well as long-term leadership requirements. Their thorough and collaborative process includes deep discovery, comprehensive candidate analysis, and consistent communication, ensuring clients remain part of the conversation at every step. M&B regularly places senior leadership roles such as President, VP, CEO, COO, CIO/CTO, and Directors, in addition to financial leaders including CFO, Controller, Director of Finance, FP&A, Internal Audit, Treasury, Payroll, Staff/Senior Accountant, and Financial Analyst. The firm also delivers top sales talent spanning Account Manager/Sales Manager, Territory Manager, Business Development Manager, Director of Sales, Regional Vice President, Vice President of Sales, Director of Key Accounts, and Channel Partner Manager. Testimonials from leaders in manufacturing, freight brokerage, technology, transportation, healthcare technology, construction, and engineering reinforce the firms agility, integrity, and speed in presenting highly qualified candidates who fit both role requirements and culture. By maintaining a consistent point of contact and ongoing post-placement engagement, M&B Search Group ensures outcomes that drive stable growth and measurable impact for clients while helping candidates realize their full potential in environments where they can thrive.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseWarehousingDistributionPublic Transit

HQOverland Park, United States

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