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Avant Search

Avant Search is a Plano, Texas–based recruiting and staffing firm built to deliver affordable hiring solutions with remarkable results for hiring managers under pressure to fill roles fast without compromising quality. Positioned as both a search and staffing partner, the firm supports short-term and long-term hiring needs, combining executive search rigor with high-velocity delivery for professional and skilled roles. Its hyper-focused search model centers on tight role scoping, targeted outreach, and rigorous vetting to present the best qualified, vetted, and motivated candidates, achieving a reported 95.7% interview rate on submitted talent and an average of just 11 days from job intake to successful placement. Clients benefit from tiered recruiting fees as low as 18% and volume discounts designed to lower total acquisition costs, a value proposition frequently highlighted by testimonials from finance and investment banking leaders and talent acquisition executives who cite responsiveness, quality, and cost-effectiveness. Avant Search serves multiple sectors, with notable depth across Technology, Cyber Security, and AI; Financial Services, including Investment Banking, Private Equity, and Venture Capital; and Manufacturing, Logistics, Industrial, and Construction. Typical mandates range from senior executives and functional leaders to managers, individual contributors, and skilled trades professionals, spanning finance and accounting, operations, engineering, digital and data, and go-to-market roles. The firm’s approach emphasizes speed-to-fit: tight calibration with hiring teams, disciplined candidate screening, and transparent communication throughout the process to reduce time-to-hire and elevate hiring decisions. By merging search discipline with staffing agility, Avant Search helps organizations optimize production, secure critical financial and technical talent, and scale teams with measurable impact—delivering interview-ready shortlists quickly, improving operational effectiveness, and providing a dependable, cost-conscious alternative to traditional agencies.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQPlano, United States

SME Staffing

SME Staffing is a technology-focused recruitment partner dedicated to providing IT professionals for projects that matter. Operating nationwide, the firm combines a deep understanding of modern technologies with a meticulous, people-first approach to deliver highly vetted talent that aligns with each client’s technical needs and culture. Their team of seasoned tech experts and consultants specializes in sourcing niche skill sets and deploying them through flexible engagement models that range from staff augmentation to end-to-end solution implementation. SME Staffing differentiates itself by investing significant time to understand the exact requirements of each role, leveraging a large network of continuously trained consultants, and prioritizing long-term retention so employers avoid the revolving door of short-lived hires. The company emphasizes ongoing training and support for placed professionals, ensuring they continue to build relevant skills and remain valuable assets over the life of an engagement. Clients can expect experienced technologists equipped to contribute immediately, paired with a mindset of ownership, punctuality, and leadership. Through a straightforward engagement path—submit a contact form, schedule a discovery call, and hire—SME Staffing streamlines the process for organizations of all sizes, from startups to conglomerates. Their track record includes partnerships with major brands across sectors such as healthcare, financial services, professional services, and retail, while always maintaining a core specialization in technology roles. Whether scaling teams for time-sensitive initiatives, augmenting internal capabilities with expert contractors, or completing discrete project work under outcomes-based engagements, SME Staffing aligns skillset and mindset to deliver reliable execution and lasting value. With a job portal to attract qualified candidates and a consultative approach on the client side, the firm builds durable relationships that help companies hire and retain the best technical talent they need to grow.

Contract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQRosemont, United States

Maristaff

Maristaff is a staffing and recruiting firm focused on delivering practical, people-first hiring solutions to organizations that need dependable talent and to professionals seeking meaningful career moves. With a team size of around two dozen specialists as indicated by public data, the company operates as a nimble partner capable of balancing speed with rigor across the hiring lifecycle. Maristaff supports clients with permanent recruitment for critical hires, contract staffing to flex project capacity, and temporary staffing to address short-term workload spikes or seasonal demand. Its consultants emphasize role scoping, competency-based screening, and structured interviews to ensure fit, while maintaining transparent communication and timely feedback for both clients and candidates. The firm’s approach blends market mapping, proactive talent pipelining, and targeted outreach, underpinned by compliance, reference checks, and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in every shortlist. Maristaff works comfortably with startups, small and mid-sized businesses, and larger enterprises, tailoring service levels from single hires to multi-role campaigns. Clients value its ability to translate business needs into clear role definitions, reduce time-to-hire, and elevate candidate experience, while professionals appreciate access to opportunities that match career goals and work preferences, whether full-time, contract-based, or interim. The team leverages technology-enabled sourcing and a curated network to surface hard-to-find specialists across professional disciplines, and it remains engaged after placement to support smooth onboarding and retention. By aligning hiring strategies with organizational priorities and market realities, Maristaff aims to become a durable extension of internal talent teams, delivering consistent results through accountable processes, consultative guidance, and a focus on long-term outcomes for both employers and talent.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Technical WritingProject ManagementGeneralist - white collar professionals

HQRoswell, United States

Ability Professional Network, LLC

Ability Professional Network, LLC is a Columbus, Ohio–area recruiting firm based in Dublin that specializes in sales executive search and the recruitment of high-performing sales and marketing professionals nationwide. The firm partners with hiring leaders who are struggling to find top performers and builds winning teams through a proven, collaborative process that starts with defining the ideal candidate profile, aligns on how to work together during the search, and continues through shortlist submission and hire. With a focus on results, Ability Professional helps employers hire with confidence, reduce time-to-hire, and minimize the costs of mis-hire, training, and re-hiring by delivering only qualified, high-caliber talent. Their niche spans a wide range of sales and marketing roles, including Vice President of Sales, Regional Sales Manager, National Account Manager, Sales Executive, Account Manager, Business Development Executive, Sales Engineer, Marketing Manager, Marketing Analyst, Content Manager, Social Media Manager, and Brand Manager. Ability Professional recruits across multiple industries, with experience in manufacturing and machinery, consumer goods, supply chain and wholesalers, security, insurance and financial services, facility management, real estate, construction, and staffing. Headquartered at 565 Metro Place South, Suite 300, Dublin, Ohio, the team serves clients locally and across the United States and is known for its positive, transparent candidate and client experience—“We can help…Positively!” The firm’s consultants are adept at assessing track records, territory planning, quota attainment, channel and enterprise selling skills, and the modern marketing toolkit across content, social, brand, and analytics, ensuring both performance and cultural alignment. Clients value the urgency and professionalism reflected in testimonials citing fast turnarounds, great fits, and respectful communication from first contact to placement. By combining disciplined research, proactive outreach, and continuous communication, Ability Professional shortens search cycles and presents concise, decision-ready candidate slates, allowing leaders to focus on running the business while the heavy lifting of talent acquisition is handled end-to-end. In addition to search services, the organization supports the career community through Tuesday Tune-up, a long-running, no-charge virtual job networking group that meets weekly and features guest speakers and free LinkedIn training to help job seekers sharpen their approach.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseInvestment ManagementFinTechResidential Development

HQDublin, United States

The Headhunters Recruitment

The Headhunters Recruitment LP is a Canadian recruitment agency that specializes in uncovering high-caliber talent through targeted headhunting and rigorous sourcing, helping employers across North America build high-performing teams. Operating as strategic consultants rather than simple role-fillers, their recruiters provide market insight, guidance through uncertainty, and tailored hiring solutions designed to ensure long-term fit and measurable impact. Each Recruitment Consultant focuses on a specific discipline, leveraging deep networks and subject-matter understanding to place professionals in Accounting & Finance, Operations, Human Resources, Sales & Business Development, Marketing & Communications, Executive & Senior Management, Administration & Executive Assistance, Private Equity, Legal, Insurance, Customer Service, Information Technology, Engineering, Construction, and Supply Chain & Logistics. The firm’s process prioritizes alignment on outcomes, cultural fit, and the competencies that drive business growth, supported by a robust job board, clear hiring workflows, and practical resources for both employers and job seekers. Recognized for excellence in the industry, The Headhunters has been selected for the Forbes Best Recruiting Firms in Canada lists, reflecting its reputation for delivering hard-to-find candidates and a consultative approach that adds value beyond a shortlist. From executive and senior leadership appointments to specialized professional roles and project-based contract assignments, the team applies a disciplined, relationship-driven methodology that accelerates time-to-hire and reduces hiring risk. With province-wide reach and national coverage, they support searches across Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, while serving clients throughout North America. Employers and candidates alike cite the firm’s responsiveness, integrity, and ability to “leave no stone unturned” as key reasons for partnering with The Headhunters to navigate today’s competitive talent market.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)TelecomAutomotiveAerospace

HQVancouver, Canada

Nord Group

Nord Group is a specialized technology consulting firm dedicated to transforming financial services through cloud, cybersecurity, data and AI, and digital banking solutions. Founded in 2015, the company partners with leading banks, wealth managers, and fintechs to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant technology programs in highly regulated environments. With a team of over 143 consultants and offices in London, New York, Zurich, Dubai, and Frankfurt, Nord Group combines global reach with deep local market insight. Its end to end approach spans assessment and planning, platform design across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, phased migration execution with rigorous testing, and operate and optimize services focused on monitoring, automation, and cost management. The firm delivers strategic advisory, systems integration, and workforce transformation, and provides expert resources to fill critical skill gaps and accelerate delivery. Nord Group emphasizes governance, identity and access management, encryption, and regulatory compliance to meet the demands of investment banking, retail banking, wealth management, and fintech clients. The company has delivered more than 150 projects that modernize infrastructure, enhance operational efficiency, and improve customer experiences while enabling sustainable growth. Through the acquisition of Claremont Consulting, Nord Group has strengthened its staff augmentation capabilities and broadened experience into retail, property technology, health technology, and enterprise sectors while maintaining a core focus on financial services technology. A strategic partnership with Frends expands integration services in the Middle East, aligning a proven European iPaaS with local delivery expertise. Nord Group is recognized for industry focus, technical excellence, and end to end delivery, bringing together strategy and practical implementation to help clients reimagine how they operate and realize tangible value from modern, secure, and data driven digital transformation.

Contract StaffingSOW/ProjectsTemporary StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementIT InfrastructureTelecommunicationsCloud Computing

HQSouthend-on-sea, United Kingdom

Fare Temps

Fare Temps is a Milwaukee- and Waukesha-based staffing agency specializing in fast, reliable workforce solutions for general labor and semi-skilled roles across food and beverage, warehouse and logistics, manufacturing and assembly, construction, and landscape employers throughout Milwaukee, Racine, and Waukesha counties. In business since 2015, the firm brings more than 60 years of combined recruiting experience to every engagement and is built around speed-to-hire, routinely moving from job order to placement in as little as 24 hours. Fare Temps has supported 61 companies and placed over 30,000 workers across 12 cities, supplying dependable talent such as assemblers, machine operators, forklift drivers, janitorial staff, warehouse associates, light industrial labor, semi-skilled trades, and administrative/office professionals. With two convenient offices, walk-ins are welcome and many candidates can apply today and start work the same or next day; the team provides guidance, basic training, and practical support to help workers ramp quickly and succeed on assignment. For employers, Fare Temps offers scalable programs that flex with seasonal peaks and sustained growth, including temporary and temp-to-hire solutions for industrial, logistics, and field operations, as well as direct-hire recruitment for critical, long-term needs. The company engages talent through an English and Spanish website, an employee portal, and active social channels to keep local pipelines responsive, while testimonials from clients and candidates alike underscore the team’s responsiveness, ability to deliver reliable crews on short notice, and commitment to fair treatment and opportunity. By combining deep local networks with disciplined sourcing, screening, and onboarding, Fare Temps helps manufacturers, distributors, and contractors keep production and projects on schedule, while providing job seekers a clear, dependable pathway back to work and toward long-term employment.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingPermanent RecruitmentAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTruckingWarehousingDistribution

HQMilwaukee, United States

Criterion Executive Search

Founded in 1981, Criterion Executive Search, Inc. is a Tampa, Florida–headquartered recruitment firm specializing in the national recruiting and placement of professionals across Insurance, Information Technology, Legal, Finance and Accounting, Healthcare, Transportation and Logistics, Construction, Engineering, and Consulting Management. The firm partners with employers and candidates to deliver targeted, high-quality hiring outcomes through executive search, permanent placement, and temporary staffing, supporting both executive and non-executive hiring needs. Dedicated industry-specific recruiters, averaging nearly 15 years of experience, lead each engagement, tailoring every search to the client’s requirements, culture, and goals while applying rigorous screening to ensure close alignment between capability and role. Criterion Executive Search serves organizations across the United States and extends its reach to South America and Europe, reflecting a proven ability to source specialized talent at scale. Its practice depth spans key disciplines: in Insurance, it places underwriters, commercial and personal lines managers, marketing and management talent, and employee benefits and workers’ compensation producers and specialists; in Information Technology, it delivers desktop support, software and hardware sales professionals, programmers, developers, system consultants and managers, project managers, and graphic designers; in Finance and Accounting, it supports roles ranging from accounts payable clerks and audit professionals to senior accountants and controllers; and in Construction and Engineering, it recruits construction project managers, field engineers, estimators, superintendents, civil engineers, and industrial engineers. Recognized for excellence, the firm has been honored by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as a Largest Permanent Employment Firm (May 2020) and has appeared among Gulf Coast Top 500 Businesses. Clients value its trusted-partnership approach, commitment to professionalism and results, and market coverage that blends national reach with deep sector expertise to reliably connect organizations with the talent that drives performance.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQTampa, United States

The Forum Group

The Forum Group is a veteran-owned professional staffing and consulting firm headquartered at 550 7th Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10018. Founded in 1974, the company has built a five-decade track record as a trusted partner to employers and candidates, combining retained executive search, contingency recruitment, and contract/temporary/per diem staffing with vendor management, payroll services, and corporate governance, financial reporting, and transaction services. With eight core divisions and over one hundred seasoned recruiters and research staff, Forum delivers deep functional expertise across Accounting & Finance (including taxation and audit), Compliance & Regulatory, Information Technology, Marketing & Creative, Human Resources, Healthcare, Administrative & Executive Support, and Legal Staffing, and also supports Investment Banking & Private Equity as well as Specialty Manufacturing & Supply Chain. Forum emphasizes rigorous identification, screening, and counseling of talent, leveraging an extensive database of pre-screened professionals and robust research capabilities to access passive candidates not available through traditional recruiting channels. The firm’s flexible delivery model spans retained search for leadership and niche roles, direct hire for permanent needs, and scalable contract, temporary, and per diem solutions to manage peaks in demand, project-based workloads, and leave coverage. Clients benefit from streamlined vendor oversight via its vendor management offerings and compliant workforce engagement through payrolling services, while candidates gain guidance and access to opportunities across multiple sectors and career levels. Supported by client and employee portals and recognized by the New York Staffing Association, The Forum Group serves organizations ranging from growth-stage companies to global enterprises, consistently aligning specialized talent with business-critical requirements while maintaining uncompromising ethical and service standards.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticals

HQNew York, United States

Harvey Hohauser & Associates

Harvey Hohauser & Associates is a Michigan-based, boutique retained executive recruiting firm with more than 35 years of experience placing strategically adaptive and culturally aligned leaders. From its Troy headquarters, the firm partners with privately held, family-owned, and middle-market companies as well as nonprofits and larger enterprises to deliver executive search grounded in rigorous assessment and culture-first selection. Its consultative approach spans discovery and organizational alignment, market research and targeted outreach, in-depth screening and competency-based interviews, and a comparative matrix that evaluates culture fit, leadership capacity, and technical skill. The team remains engaged from first client briefing through onboarding and beyond, offering culture-based integration and leadership adaptation support to help new executives accelerate impact and sustain performance. Recognized for relationship-driven service and selection excellence, Harvey Hohauser & Associates is trusted by organizations across manufacturing and industrial supply, healthcare providers, professional services, energy, insurance, consumer products, retail, and technology. Notable clients include automotive and industrial leaders, healthcare systems, law and accounting firms, consumer packaged goods brands, and nonprofits, reflecting the firm’s multi-specialty reach and Midwest roots. As members and supporters of professional bodies such as the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) and the Family Enterprise Advisor community (FEX), the firm adheres to high ethical standards and brings specialized insight to succession planning and leadership continuity in family enterprises. Candidates are engaged discreetly, with many opportunities not advertised publicly and managed through a proprietary database. Whether advising on a C-suite transformation, a key functional hire, or a succession-critical leadership transition, Harvey Hohauser & Associates combines disciplined search methodology with deep cultural due diligence to secure leaders who align with strategy, values, and long-term enterprise value.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseProject ManagementHospital & Health Care (Nursing)Physicians

HQTroy, United States

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