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Alexander Lloyd

Alexander Lloyd is a UK recruitment specialist established in 1999 and headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex, focused on delivering permanent, interim and contract, and executive search solutions across core corporate functions. The firm concentrates on Accountancy and Finance, Human Resources, Compliance and Risk, Pensions, Investments and Employee Benefits, and Procurement and Supply Chain, supporting organizations of all sizes from SMEs to global blue chips across all industry sectors. Its model combines deep functional expertise with a consultative approach for both employers and candidates, covering the full hiring lifecycle from role scoping and market insight to targeted search, shortlisting, interview preparation, offer management, and onboarding. Alexander Lloyds practices are recognized for market specialism: the HR team recruits from coordinator and adviser through HR business partner, learning and development, reward, and HR director; the finance team spans transactional finance, payroll, management and financial accounting, FP&A, audit, tax, treasury, and CFO; pensions and benefits specialists cover administration, calculations, governance, and technical consulting; while risk, compliance, and procurement roles are handled by dedicated consultants who understand regulatory frameworks and supply chain dynamics. The firm operates an Executive Search capability for senior and leadership mandates, leveraging discreet headhunting, referral networks, and career tracking to access high impact talent. For contractors and interims, Alexander Lloyd streamlines engagement with ETZ online timesheets, providing a straightforward and reliable process for time capture and approval. Beyond live vacancies, the company publishes practical resources for jobseekers, including interview question guidance and advice on handing in notice, reflecting a commitment to transparency, preparation, and long term career progression. With two decades of consistent delivery, Alexander Lloyd is viewed as a trusted partner that aligns candidate potential with client requirements and delivers timely, high quality outcomes across permanent, interim, and executive mandates throughout the UK.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)InsuranceInvestment ManagementFinTech

HQCrawley, United Kingdom

Talencia

Talencia LLC is a U.S.-based consulting and staffing firm dedicated to helping clients identify, attract, and hire high-caliber professionals through executive search and comprehensive recruitment solutions. Managed by seasoned specialists with over two decades of strategic staffing experience, the firm blends deep business and technology insight to improve candidate identification and fit. Talencia focuses on two core domains—Healthcare and Information Technology—delivering Total IT Staffing Solutions and Total Healthcare Staffing Solutions that cover critical clinical roles such as Registered Nurses and LPNs as well as a broad spectrum of IT talent from software development and infrastructure to emerging digital capabilities. In addition to permanent placement and executive search, Talencia supports project-based delivery through managed and project solutions, including the option to leverage an affordable offshore development team while maintaining the assurance of working with a U.S. corporation. The company’s approach emphasizes partnership, going beyond the resume to evaluate competencies, values, and culture fit, underpinned by quality, honesty, and integrity. This caring, high-touch methodology is reflected in its track record serving notable organizations across payer, provider, and health technology ecosystems—alongside enterprise clients in adjacent sectors—with featured logos such as Humana, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, NYU Langone Health, Cerner, and Wells Fargo. Whether building a specialized unit, scaling project teams, or securing senior leaders, Talencia provides responsive support, referral-driven talent pipelines, and a flexible delivery model tailored to each client’s goals. By uniting domain expertise, rigorous search, and adaptable engagement options, Talencia enables organizations to find the right talent, accelerate projects, and sustain long-term workforce success.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsCybersecurityData ScienceIT Infrastructure

HQParis, France

Requritas AB

Requritas AB is a boutique Swedish recruitment and headhunting partner based in Stockholm, dedicated to helping companies build high-performing commercial teams across sales, customer success, marketing, and growth roles. Founded and led by Henning Mårtensson, the firm blends business acumen with a people-first approach, focusing on culture, personality, and energy as much as skills and experience to ensure long-term success for both clients and candidates. Requritas operates a headhunting-first model, proactively identifying and engaging top performers who are often not actively on the market, and complements this with targeted advertising via Teamtailor when appropriate. The company’s structured, competence-based methodology spans discovery and role scoping, targeted sourcing, rigorous screening and selection, client interviews, and offer coordination, followed by continuous post-placement follow-up. With 5,000+ candidates in its network, 40+ roles filled in the past year, and a 5.0 customer satisfaction rating on Google, Requritas has built a reputation for speed, rigor, and precision—typically starting new searches within 1–2 business days and providing pricing proposals within 12 hours. The firm partners with growth-oriented organizations across technology, IT, and greentech/climate segments as well as marketing-led environments, and has supported brands such as ROI Sweden AB, Mezmer & Partners, Klingit, and Laddboxbolaget. Clients value Henning’s attentive, structured, and transparent guidance, and candidates highlight a standout experience marked by fast response times, honest feedback, and genuine care. Whether the brief is an Account Executive, Sales Manager, Customer Success Manager, Marketing Lead, or a commercially oriented growth profile, Requritas leverages a strong network and modern tools to secure talent that contributes from day one, ensuring each hire aligns tightly with the company’s goals, team culture, and pace of growth.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic Relations

HQStockholm, Sweden

CROSSROADS

CrossRoads is the Qualiopi-certified training brand of SP SEARCH, a French headhunting firm, created to help professionals give new meaning to their careers by applying the pragmatic, direct-approach methods used in executive search. Positioned as an alternative to traditional outplacement and standard training, the brand delivers tailored, outcomes-focused programs that adapt to each participant’s pace and objectives. Its 21-hour “Chasse ton job” training equips students, young graduates, and experienced professionals to evolve their careers, change roles, return to work, or secure an apprenticeship by mastering proactive market mapping, targeted outreach, and job search techniques inspired by headhunters. A structured 24-hour “Bilan de compétences” assesses past experience to identify strengths, clarify ambitions, and define a new professional project, while coaching—delivered individually or in groups—covers career transitions, onboarding, and managerial development. CrossRoads blends online modules with live webinars led by consultants and leverages a multidisciplinary collective of headhunters, HR leaders, mediators, social sellers, and legal experts to personalize guidance and maintain close alignment with real hiring expectations. As the training arm of SP SEARCH, CrossRoads keeps participants connected to current employment market dynamics and, through the SP SEARCH network, provides visibility to curated job opportunities hosted by the recruitment firm. For organizations, CrossRoads designs bespoke, project-based learning paths and enterprise solutions that reinforce internal mobility, leadership integration, and performance, supported by practical tools and measurable progress tracking. Its Qualiopi accreditation not only signals quality assurance but also enables access to funding pathways, with clear guidance on financing options and procedures. Serving professionals across sectors and seniority levels in France, CrossRoads consistently emphasizes ethical, judgment-free support, collective energy, and actionable methods so participants become skilled “job hunters” capable of navigating the market with confidence and turning career intention into sustainable results.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAll industriesGeneralist - white collar professionalsSenior Executives

HQIssy-les-Moulineaux, France

Altius Recruiting Group

Altius Search Group (ASG) is a boutique permanent placement executive search firm dedicated to delivering personalized, worldclass recruiting services across carefully chosen sectors, notably Financial Services, Healthcare, and Hospitality. Small and niche by design, ASG emphasizes accurate, timely, and reliable communication through every phase of the search, believing that transparent collaboration and deep listening to client and candidate needs produce superior longterm matches. In Financial Services, the firm supports equipment leasing and finance, commercial and private banking, healthcare finance, real estate valuation and appraisal, assetbased lending, investment management, and insurance, placing leaders and specialists such as presidents and general managers, CFOs, COOs, chief credit officers, credit analysts, documentation specialists, portfolio and asset managers, relationship and commercial loan officers, business development officers, sales leaders, account managers, program managers, and HR managers. In Healthcare, ASG focuses on direct permanent placement across hospitals, nurse recruiting, medical device, and the continuum of senior livingindependent and assisted living, memory care, CCRCs, and skilled nursingfilling roles including nurses, pharmacists, executive directors, assisted living administrators, regional directors of operations and sales, asset managers, facilities and maintenance managers, dining and hospitality operations leaders, and executive management. Through its dedicated Hospitality Division, ASG partners with restaurants, hotels and resorts, casinos, country clubs, and senior living dining operations to recruit frontofhouse leaders, culinary professionals (from sous and executive sous to chef de cuisine and executive chef), kitchen managers, housekeeping and rooms leaders, front desk managers, catering managers, general managers, and corporatelevel managers across sales, marketing, membership, clubhouse, and finance. Leveraging deep industry networks, tailored search strategies, and disciplined sourcing and vetting, ASG reduces downtime, improves retention, and secures culturally aligned hires that drive performance and growth, remaining closely attuned to the pulse of local markets while serving as a trusted advisor to employers and candidates.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementMental Health CareVeterinaryHotel Management

HQLehi, United States

Nextdev Engineer Search

Nextdev Engineer Search is a specialized recruitment partner focused exclusively on the industrial sector, helping startups, SMEs, and large groups build high-performing engineering teams. Combining direct search (approche directe) with a flexible delivery model, the firm supports both permanent hiring and on-demand technical assistance, enabling clients to respond quickly to short- and long-term needs without losing sight of core technical priorities. Its coverage spans the full spectrum of engineering disciplines: mechanical design and product engineering (including drafter/projector, mechanical design, product engineering, technical lead, and project manager roles), software development (Java, JEE, C, C++, Qt, web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, Angular), as well as integration, validation, verification, and qualification. On the hardware side, Nextdev addresses analog/digital electronics, automation, embedded systems, mechatronics, VHDL, and optics/optronics. The firm also supports production engineering (methods and industrialization), supply chain (scheduling, supplier management), and core support functions such as purchasing and sales. Leveraging a targeted network, cooptation, and intelligent matching technology, Nextdev identifies and engages scarce profiles, including passive candidates, to attract the best talent for engineering offices and industrial leadership teams. Clients benefit from a single point of contact who deeply understands the technical context, translates needs and value propositions clearly, and delivers tailored shortlists with speed and precision. The team, largely from scientific backgrounds, speaks the language of engineers and brings enthusiasm and rigor to every mandate. Whether the requirement is a permanent hire, a contract expert available on demand, or a discreet direct-approach search, Nextdev provides a pragmatic, industry-first methodology that optimizes time, navigates budget and organizational constraints, and consistently aligns candidate capabilities with the specific challenges, tools, and environments of modern industrial organizations.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCybersecurityData ScienceIT Infrastructure

HQParis, France

Smile Talent

Smile Talent is a Paris-based boutique recruitment firm dedicated exclusively to Sales and Sales Leadership hiring for technology companies. Founded and led by sales professionals, including CEO Gérald Chiche, the firm was built on a simple truth refined through experience at global employment leaders such as Indeed, Cadremploi, Talent and Monster: the best commercial performers do not apply—they are proactively headhunted. Smile Talent focuses on permanent (CDI) placements across the full sales org, from Account Executives, Enterprise Sales and Account Managers to Key/Channel/Inside Sales, Sales Managers, Regional Sales Directors, Heads of Sales, VP Sales, CCOs and CROs. Operating at the heart of the French tech ecosystem—SaaS, Software, IoT, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, AI and Cloud—the team blends sector fluency with a direct, ultra-personalized approach and a proprietary network of 25,000+ sales profiles to identify candidates who drive measurable revenue impact. Their methodology starts with deep discovery and a feasibility assessment within 24–48 hours, followed by a tailored market strategy after one week of immersion, structured reporting and feedback loops, and hands-on support through offer, negotiation and onboarding. Smile Talent positions itself as a true growth partner to startups and scale-ups, addressing critical topics head-on—compensation, selection criteria and cultural fit—to de-risk hiring and accelerate go-to-market. Candidate experience is part of the firm’s DNA; every interaction is transparent, respectful and outcome-oriented to protect employer brand and secure long-term success. The team maintains post-hire follow-up and, when required, restarts searches at no cost to ensure performance in the crucial first months. Direct, expert and results-driven, Smile Talent hunts where top sellers are, even when they are not looking, enabling clients to secure rare talent that raises the bar for sales execution and revenue growth.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomSales & Business Development

HQParis, France

NextPlay

NextPlay is a founder-led recruitment partner that helps high-growth technology companies build exceptional teams while reimagining how hiring is done. Operated by former founders and operators with deep experience scaling and exiting startups, the firm blends executive search rigor, permanent recruitment delivery, and project-based team builds with proprietary AI-driven tools to give clients an unfair advantage in the talent market. Headquartered in Peregian Beach, QLD and active from the AI Lab at the Peregian Digital Hub, NextPlay specializes in hard-to-hire functions across AI and ML engineering, data science and analytics, software product management, UX/UI, go-to-market, finance and leadership roles. Their operator-informed process starts with company analysis and role definition to align outcomes, success metrics, and assessment criteria, then elevates employer positioning through compelling candidate-facing assets, followed by targeted discovery and outreach that surfaces passive, high-potential talent beyond job boards. A white-glove candidate experience and structured onboarding support help clients win top performers and ensure seamless integration and retention. For larger mandates, NextPlay delivers end-to-end projects such as startup team formation and engineering scale-ups, and offers a free 60–90 minute Hiring Blueprint that provides a concrete playbook within 24 hours. The team augments search with proprietary intelligence that enriches profiles at scale, monitors hiring signals indicating candidate readiness, and provides competitor insights on organizational structures and market moves. Testimonials from venture-backed founders and technology leaders at companies such as BeyondOS, Expert360, Cova.ai and OVUM highlight NextPlay’s high-touch communication, strategic guidance, and rare combination of recruitment depth and product-building acumen. Whether the need is a single difference-making hire or an orchestrated build-out across functions, NextPlay aligns values, stage, and ambition to deliver lasting impact for startups and scaleups across the technology ecosystem.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQSunshine Coast, Australia

Devereaux Search Group

Devereaux Search Group is a Dallas-based boutique search firm dedicated to helping military officers transition into impactful corporate careers. Developed to bring together companies seeking proven leadership with candidates who offer top military experience and corporate acumen, the firm has, for nearly two decades, supported successful transitions for more than 2,500 officers. Their model is intentionally personalized: they do not run job fairs or hiring conferences, and instead tailor each engagement to the unique requirements of both client and candidate, working closely throughout the entire hiring journey and across the candidates career. With first-hand military and corporate backgrounds, the team understands how to translate service-derived leadership, operations, and team-building capabilities into business results, and pairs this insight with access to corporate decision makers. Clients rely on Devereaux Search Group for a straightforward, honest approach that prioritizes fit and efficiency, from role scoping and targeted outreach through interview coordination, offer navigation, and onboarding. Candidates value the firms practical guidance on role alignment, preparation, and long-term development, ensuring that each move supports both professional objectives and personal priorities. Headquartered at 14785 Preston Road, Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75254, Devereaux Search Group focuses on leadership placements across a wide array of corporate functions and industries, delivering permanent and executive-level solutions grounded in rigor, discretion, and measurable outcomes. The firms commitment to personal attention, industry knowledge, and integrity underpins lasting relationships, enabling organizations to strengthen their leadership pipelines while helping officers achieve successful, fulfilling transitions into the corporate world.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTotal Talent MgmtAll industriesSenior ExecutivesGeneralist - white collar professionals

HQDallas, United States

Ashdown Appointments

Ashdown Appointments is presented here as a recruitment firm based on its name and limited public inputs, with no official website content or LinkedIn description provided in the source data. In the absence of verified details, this profile focuses on a neutral, good practice overview of how a professional recruitment partner typically operates. The firm would be expected to help employers identify, attract, and select qualified talent through a structured process that includes briefing and role discovery, targeted sourcing, competency screening, interview coordination, and offer management. For candidates, the agency would likely provide transparent guidance on opportunities, CV and interview support, and consistent feedback throughout the hiring journey. Where clients require senior leadership or niche specialists, a search-led methodology is typically employed, while more immediate or project-based resourcing needs are addressed through contract and temporary solutions. Quality controls commonly include clear service SLAs, rigorous reference checks, and a commitment to equitable and inclusive hiring practices. Operating as a trusted intermediary, the firm would emphasize long term relationships, market insight, and data informed recommendations on salary, skills availability, and hiring timelines. While specific sectors, geographies, and role families are not stated in the materials provided, a generalist professional focus would usually span white collar roles and selected executive positions across a range of business functions. This summary does not claim verified specializations, clients, or locations; instead, it outlines a balanced, expectation setting view of a recruitment provider named Ashdown Appointments and should be validated against primary sources before making decisions. Contact information, sector coverage, and detailed services should be confirmed directly with the company when available.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAll industriesGeneralist - white collar professionalsSenior ExecutivesHuman Resources

HQCrowborough, United Kingdom

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