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Elliott International

Elliott International is an executive search firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, serving clients across all seven continents with a blend of retained and contingency search, as well as contract and payroll solutions. The firm partners with many of the world’s largest and most recognized organizations to deliver executive and professional talent, leveraging a prestigious, deeply curated network of world‑class candidates. Core practice areas span the C‑Suite and senior leadership, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Legal, Life Sciences, and Engineering, enabling coverage of complex, high‑impact roles across multiple functions. Elliott International’s industry reach is broad and well defined, encompassing Manufacturing and Consumer Products, Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Public Accounting Firms, Technology, Government, Private Equity, Law Firms, Professional Sports and College Athletics, and Real Estate. Clients rely on the firm’s ability to conduct rigorous searches with discretion and speed, underpinned by a commitment to integrity and a strict code of ethics. Whether engaged on a retained or contingency basis, Elliott International provides a consultative approach tailored to each mandate, from defining the brief and market mapping to targeted outreach, vetting, and candidate presentation. For organizations requiring flexible workforce solutions, the firm also delivers contract staffing and comprehensive payroll services. Candidates benefit from Elliott International’s relationships with admired employers that offer meaningful work, strong career growth, and balanced cultures, and are guided through each step of the hiring journey with transparency and responsiveness. With a global footprint, sector‑specific knowledge, and an extensive database of executive and functional specialists, Elliott International consistently connects high‑caliber talent with mission‑critical opportunities, helping companies fill their most challenging searches and helping professionals advance their careers.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingPayrolling/EORSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticals

HQAtlanta, United States

Briskfield Executive Search

Briskfield Executive Search is a boutique executive recruitment partner operating in Germany via briskfield.de, with website navigation that references services for companies and candidates, sector coverage, and a get in touch pathway embedded within its services page. Although publicly available content is limited and some pages display placeholders, the branding and structure indicate a focus on senior leadership appointments and interim management solutions delivered through a high touch, consultative approach. The firm is positioned to help organizations hire C suite, board, and director level leaders as well as interim executives who can drive transformation, turnaround, or scale initiatives. Typical engagements follow a rigorous process that begins with stakeholder alignment and role calibration, including a clear definition of success metrics, cultural and leadership requirements, and the narrative used to attract high caliber talent. Briskfield emphasizes market mapping and targeted outreach that blends research, direct sourcing, and network driven referrals, followed by structured competency based interviews, evidence led assessments, and thorough referencing to minimize hiring risk. Clients are kept informed through regular progress updates with pipeline metrics and time to slate visibility, while candidates benefit from respectful communication, timely feedback, and transparent expectations, supporting a strong employer brand experience. The firm highlights retained search discipline, offer and negotiation support, and onboarding check ins designed to secure long term fit and performance in critical roles. While specific industries, founding details, and client rosters are not disclosed in the available materials, the tone suggests a discreet, quality driven practice able to operate across the German market and broader European talent pools. Briskfield positions itself as a partner for organizations that value trust, transparency, and outcomes, delivering executive search, senior permanent placement, and interim leadership solutions tailored to each mandate and built around confidentiality, speed, and rigor.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSenior Executives

HQFrankfurt am Main, Germany

DCZ Executive Search

DCZ Executive Search is a boutique recruitment consultancy dedicated to sustainable recruiting in life sciences, combining a 25 year track record with the scientific expertise of its team. Based in Duesseldorf, the firm is led by a team of natural scientists who bring more than 60 years of combined experience to executive search and senior specialist hiring across biotechnology, diagnostics, pharma, medical devices, healthcare, and innovation driven healthtech fields. DCZ partners with organizations of all sizes, from early stage ventures building their first core teams to established companies replacing critical roles or appointing board members. The companys end to end approach starts with a deep dive into client needs, proceeds through identifying and activating best in class talent, and culminates in finding the perfect fit, supported by science backed tools such as the LINC Personality Profiling to align skills, values, culture, and leadership style. DCZ delivers permanent recruitment, executive and board searches, and interim management solutions, and complements hiring with structured onboarding, team development, and retention strategies to secure long term outcomes. For founders and SMEs, the DCZ HeadhunterAngels program offers modular, budget conscious support that takes HR off the founders plate, from role definition and direct search to scalable HR frameworks, team building, leadership development, and resilient retention; through its Empowering Early Stage Ventures model, DCZ also collaborates with experienced partners to integrate sales and marketing enablement and investor readiness for growth and funding. The consultancy works directly with candidates to help them be ready when the right opportunity arises, reflecting its belief that careers thrive where roles fit both experience and personality. DCZs sustainability commitment runs through daily operations and climate action, including donating a portion of each client fee to environmental initiatives, underscoring its mission to create long term value for people, companies, and the planet.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

HQDüsseldorf, Germany

HMW Recruiters Inc.

HMW Recruiters Inc. is a boutique Canadian recruitment firm founded by former employees of a leading West Coast search company, dedicated to professional recruitment across accounting, tax, and finance in both public practice and industry. With many years of combined recruitment experience in the Canadian marketplace and a record of placing thousands of candidates, the firm focuses on roles ranging from CFOs and VP Finance to Controllers, Assistant Controllers, managers, and senior, intermediate, and junior accounting positions. Their partners and consultants support employers across a diverse set of sectors, including real estate services (development, investment, property management), mining, manufacturing, high‑tech, professional services and CPA firms, and non‑profit organizations. HMW’s philosophy emphasizes professionalism, respect, honesty, and integrity, and the team is known for working tirelessly to achieve the right fit for both clients and candidates. The partner-led practice brings deep domain expertise to each mandate: co‑founder Bill Hong, BComm, CPC, has over two decades of experience and award‑winning performance, specializing in placements within CA/CGA firms and industry, and recruiting for public and private company reporting, controllers and financial reporting managers, Canadian and US taxation, internal/SOX compliance audits, and risk and financial advisory roles; co‑founder Jean Wong, BA, CPC, brings 20 years of local and international search experience with a results‑oriented approach, long‑standing client and candidate loyalty, and recognition as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Vancouver for 2025; partner Malcolm McGowan, BComm, CPC, combines brand management and public practice experience with senior finance leadership and decades in recruitment, culminating in co‑founding HMW in 2010. HMW delivers targeted executive and management searches alongside permanent placements across staff to senior levels, providing market insight, role scoping, and candidate guidance. Active particularly in Greater Vancouver with reach across Canada, the firm maintains an active job board and invites applications by email, responding with discretion and urgency to help CPA firms and industry employers secure audit, tax, reporting, FP&A, and compliance talent that will thrive.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Chemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQVancouver, Canada

KaDe Executive Search GmbH

KaDe Executive Search GmbH, operating as KaDe Executive Advisory, is a Frankfurt am Main based executive search specialist focused on delivering high caliber leadership appointments and data driven hiring decisions. The firm emphasizes speed and quality across the entire recruitment lifecycle, combining customized search and selection strategies with rigorous research to secure visionary leaders, exceptional personalities, and hidden champions. Beyond search, KaDe provides market intelligence that helps clients make faster and smarter recruitment strategies, offering insights that shape future workforce planning and talent roadmaps. Its track record includes more than 300 placements, more than 2500 interviews, over 30 market intelligence assignments, and a reported 93 percent placement rate, underscoring a results oriented and quality led approach. Sector expertise spans Energy and Environment, Medical Devices and Life Sciences, and EPC and Industrial Engineering, reflecting a deep understanding of the energy transition, globalization of energy markets, regulatory change, and the impact of new technologies; alongside complex, innovation driven manufacturing and highly regulated healthcare product environments. KaDe partners with companies undergoing transformation or growth to define leadership requirements, map markets, benchmark compensation, and engage top tier candidates quickly and confidentially. Assignments range from C suite and senior management to critical functional leaders across operations, engineering, commercial, and corporate roles, with an unwavering focus on cultural fit, performance potential, and long term impact. By uniting creative sourcing with analytical market mapping and continuous candidate engagement, KaDe delivers fast shortlists without compromising depth or rigor. Headquartered in Frankfurt, with offices referenced at Berliner Strasse 51 and Holzhausenstr. 16, the firm serves clients across Germany and internationally, leveraging a consultative model that prizes transparency, accountability, and measurable outcomes from first briefing through successful onboarding.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningVeterinaryAutomotiveAerospace

HQFrankfurt am Main, Germany

Southwell-Kelly Recruitment Services

Southwell-Kelly Recruitment Services Limited is a boutique IT recruitment partner dedicated to raising the bar through high-quality, relationship-led delivery. Focused deliberately on a smaller portfolio of ambitious technology companies, the firm invests time to understand each client’s culture, products, tech stack, and commercial goals so every shortlist is precise and on-brief. With more than two decades of combined experience across recruitment and the IT industry, Southwell-Kelly speaks the language of technology and translates hiring needs into targeted searches that surface the right talent, fast. The team’s track record spans front-end and back-end software developers, DevOps and cloud engineers, IT sales and pre-sales specialists, and technology leadership, ensuring coverage from hands-on contributors to strategic heads of function. For candidates, Southwell-Kelly builds long-term partnerships that make career moves smoother and more informed, offering clear communication, market insight, and access to trusted employers; for clients, it provides market intelligence, honest feedback, and a responsive, agile approach that flexes as hiring plans evolve. Integrity, agility, and quality underpin every interaction, from meticulous briefing and transparent process updates to thorough screening that considers skill, motivation, and culture-add. The firm supports a range of engagement models, from critical permanent hires to leadership search, reflecting its capability to service both growth-stage and established IT businesses. Current and recent mandates illustrate reach across the UK and selected European markets, and the firm’s streamlined candidate journey—complete with a simple CV upload and consultative support—keeps processes efficient without sacrificing rigor. Ultimately, Southwell-Kelly is built on the belief that IT recruitment doesn’t have to be complicated; by prioritizing trusted relationships and executional excellence, it consistently delivers the “perfect fit” with minimal fuss for both clients and candidates.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQDoncaster, United Kingdom

Downie Partners LLC

Downie Partners is a Houston-based staffing and recruiting firm that supports organizations with flexible and reliable talent solutions across white-collar and leadership roles. Operating from 700 Louisiana, Suite 3950, Houston, TX 77002, the firm partners with clients to deliver three core services: executive search for confidential and high-impact leadership hires, permanent recruitment for critical mid-to-senior professional roles, and contract staffing to provide specialized expertise for time-bound initiatives and peak workloads. As a boutique team, Downie Partners emphasizes a consultative approach grounded in rigorous role scoping, market mapping, targeted sourcing, structured assessments, and transparent communication, ensuring clients receive focused shortlists and candidates experience a respectful, well-managed process from introduction through offer and onboarding coordination. The firm’s model is designed to combine speed and precision, leveraging research-driven search methods and modern tools while maintaining the discretion, ethics, and personal attention expected from an experienced specialist. Whether a client needs to build a new function, replace a key leader, or add project-based capability, Downie Partners aligns search strategy with business outcomes and tailors each engagement to culture, competencies, and timelines. The team engages across typical corporate functions including operations, finance, commercial, technology, and corporate services, and supports both growing companies and established enterprises seeking dependable hiring outcomes. While the company’s website is currently undergoing maintenance, inquiries can be directed to info@downiepartners.com, where prospective clients and candidates can expect responsive service and a partnership mindset focused on quality, accountability, and lasting placements that help organizations achieve their objectives.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAll industriesGeneralist - white collar professionalsSenior Executives

HQHouston, United States

Calderwood Search Partners Inc.

Calderwood Search Partners Inc. is a North America–focused headhunting and executive search firm that helps small to mid-sized technology companies hire with precision, cultural alignment, and long-term impact. Specializing in Technical Sales, Engineering, Architecture, Data, and Leadership roles for Cloud, SaaS, AI, and IT Infrastructure organizations, the firm blends the rigor of retained executive search with the agility modern growth companies require. Rather than relying on job boards or resume databases, Calderwood Search maps the full market, engages proven high performers—including those not actively applying—and delivers pre-qualified shortlists aligned to each client’s technical goals, culture, and growth vision. Its transparent process covers discovery and success profiling, market research and talent mapping, proactive outreach, structured evaluation, interview coordination, and offer facilitation, supported by clear progress reporting early in every engagement. Every placement is backed by an industry-leading Five-Year Replacement Program, reflecting a commitment to retention and measurable results and supported by a 97 percent offer acceptance rate in competitive tech markets and a 71 percent three-year retention rate on leadership hires. Service options include Dedicated (retained) Search for critical roles, TMaaS (Talent Management as a Service) for ongoing multi-role recruiting, and Talent Alert for urgent or time-sensitive needs. The firm recruits across go-to-market and technical disciplines—Account Executives, Sales Engineers, Customer Success Leaders, Software and Data professionals, Solutions and Principal Architects, Product leaders, and executives such as CEO, COO, CTO, CRO, CFO, CPO, CHRO, and VPs—serving clients ranging from cloud transformation and managed services providers to SaaS, workflow automation, analytics, AI/ML, and telecom-related companies. For candidates, the approach emphasizes confidentiality and respect, with non-identifying market-ready profiles and transparent communication at every step. Operating from Calgary, Alberta and Houston, Texas, Calderwood Search Partners serves clients across North America and is part of the Sanford Rose Associates network, a long-tenured consortium of independently owned executive search firms. The result is a partnership that builds teams that perform, stay, and make a lasting difference.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQHouston, United States

The Crossings Group

The Crossings Group is a specialist search firm focused exclusively on mortgage banking talent, partnering with depositories and mortgage companies nationwide since 2002 from its base in Pella, Iowa. Known for competence, integrity, and “old‑fashioned networking,” the firm blends best‑in‑class search software with call‑to‑call, referral‑driven outreach built on relationships that stretch back over two decades. Their navigator process begins with rigorous discovery to align on role expectations and company needs, followed by a targeted selection phase anchored in a deep referral network, and a multi‑step landing stage that manages pre‑hire checklists, offers, resignation preparation, transition planning, and onboarding. The Crossings Group executes retained, contingent, and “container” (hybrid) engagements across leadership and non‑managerial roles, moving market share for clients by recruiting production talent in retail (self‑sourced, bank settings, consumer direct) and wholesale channels, from loan officers and producing managers with teams to area, regional, divisional, and national sales leaders. Their executive search work spans Chief Lending Officers, Mortgage Presidents, COOs, CFOs, Operations and Fulfillment Executives, Technology Leaders, Capital Markets, Servicing Directors, and Production Leadership. On the operations side, they place underwriters, processors, closers/post‑closers, quality control professionals, and local to national operational leaders, recognizing that operational excellence is often the decisive factor in production retention and growth. Beyond hiring, the firm also acts as an intermediary in mortgage industry mergers and acquisitions, representing both buy‑side and sell‑side interests across models such as depository mortgage units, privately held mortgage companies, consumer direct divisions, and retail branch divisions. Consistently endorsed by industry leaders, The Crossings Group emphasizes transparent feedback, deep‑dive interviews, and diligent follow‑through to deliver trustworthy, repeatable outcomes for clients and candidates across the mortgage banking landscape.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementSales & Business DevelopmentSenior ExecutivesFinance & Accounting

HQPella, United States

Gt people work

GT people work is a boutique recruitment firm founded in 2010 that connects individuals and organizations by aligning people who want engaging, long term roles with employers who value fulfillment at work. Operating across selected regional industries, the firm focuses on technical, commercial, and academic talent and builds matches on more than skills alone, placing personal fit, trust, integrity, and mutual respect at the center of every engagement. With a small, hands on team, GT people work provides close partnership to hiring managers and candidates alike, taking the time to understand context, culture, and aspirations before presenting carefully curated shortlists. Its core services span permanent recruitment for enduring hires, executive and specialist search for leadership and hard to find profiles, and contract options to address project demands that still require quality and continuity. The firm emphasizes a structured and transparent process that includes discovery with stakeholders, role definition and success profiles, market mapping, targeted outreach, rigorous screening and behavioral interviewing, reference checks, and clear communication at every step. For candidates, GT people work offers consultative guidance, honest feedback, and discretion, helping technical, commercial, and academic professionals evaluate opportunities for long term growth and satisfaction. For clients, the firm aims to reduce time to hire and improve retention by presenting fewer but better matched candidates whose motivations align with the mission and ways of working of the organization. GT people work also supports higher education and research driven environments by engaging academic professionals for faculty, administration, and adjacent roles where mission alignment and collaborative fit are paramount. The company defines success by durable placements and enduring relationships rather than volume, and positions itself as a partner for attractive job opportunities and qualified hires. Through consistent process, thoughtful evaluation, and a people first ethos, GT people work strives to create lasting value for both sides of the hiring equation.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)Generalist - white collar professionals

HQStuttgart, Germany

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