Additional Information
R	Retained Search Only
C	Contingency Only
R,C	Retainer, Some Contingency
C,R	Contingency, Some Retainer
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Specialty Firms
These firms, commonly referred to as "specialty" or "boutique" firms, have particular industry or discipline specialties. Because they are focused in "niches" and their expertise is narrowly defined they can be more open to unsolicited introductions.

Advertising / Marketing / Public Relations
Banking / Finance / Financial Services
Consumer Products / Retail
Entertainment / Media / Communications
Executive, "C" Level Search
Healthcare / BioTechnology / Pharma
Information Technology
International
Minority / Diversity
Nonprofit

Advertising / Marketing / Public Relations  

Aquent Marketing Staffing (C, R) *
Aquent is a global firm providing highly accomplished marketers for marketing engagements and specialized outsourcing in brand marketing, research, and analytics. Working with Fortune 500 CPG companies, they offer opportunities for marketers to apply their expertise on meaningful career-building and highly visible projects.

Solution Marketing (R) *
Solution Marketing offers employment opportunities in the Southern California area. They match candidates in the areas of marketing, advertising, public relations, new product development, brand management, sales, and packaging across a number of industries from cosmetics to consumer packaged goods, from food and beverage to direct marketing.

Strategic Recruiting Inc. (SRI) *
Specializes in marketing/PR, financial services, HR, and apparel/textiles.

Banking / Finance / Financial Services  

Austin McGregor (R)
Established in 1987, Austin McGregor is a retained executive search firm in the technology sector. Focused on venture capital and private equity, they have completed many executive searches for emerging companies.

Banker’s Register (Solomon Page) (C)
Specializing in banking, The Banker’s Register recruits and places commercial lenders, credit analysts, accountants/controllers, auditors, traders, risk managers, loan administrators, branch managers/assistants, private bankers, financial analysts, credit and collection specialists, business/systems analysts, human resource administrators, and cash management specialists.

Bialecki (R, C)
Recruits and places senior level investment banking talent for global investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms.

Brokerage Consultants, Inc. *
Headquartered in Chicago, Brokerage Consultants Inc. is a search firm dedicated solely to the recruitment of financial professionals. The firm specializes in alternative investment, brokerage, asset management, investment advisory consulting, real estate, futures, banking, and insurance.

Choi & Burns (P, C)
Recruits and places in chemicals, consumer, debt, capital markets, energy & power, equity capital markets, financial Institutions financial buyers, healthcare, industrials, leveraged finance, M&A, media, retail, technology, and telecom.

Cromwell Partners (R, C)
Recruits and places in capital markets, banking, finance, financial management, information technology, investment management, investment banking, operations, private equity and alternative assets, sales, and marketing.

CW Partners (C, R)
CW Partners specializes in recruiting financial executives on contingency based and retainer based searches. They recruit for corporate banking, investment banking and private equity firms worldwide and in all of the major financial marketplaces nationally including New York, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Deerfield Associates (R, C) *
Executive search firm located in Wellesley, MA, working primarily on retainer. Firm specializes in the following industries: banking, financial services, investment banks, venture capital, education, and nonprofits, recruiting for the following professions: board of directors, development/fund, financial, sales, and senior management. Deerfield Associates has conducted search assignments for Yale SOM.

DNL Global, Inc. (R) *
DNL Global, Inc. is a global capital consulting firm providing services on a consultative basis, rather than contingency.

Dowd Associates (R) *
Dowd Associates, a retained search practice based in White Plains, NY, specializes in the recruitment of senior level financial professionals. Dowd Associates focuses on finance, accounting, business development, mergers & acquisitions, and treasury oriented positions in a vast range of industries nationwide.

GWR Search Group (R) *
GWR Search Group works with both domestic and international clients, from bulge bracket to boutique firms. They specialize in the Middle Market sector.

Hadley Lockwood (R, C)
Recruits and places in the areas of alternative investments including: risk & convertible, arbitrage and distressed securities, private banking, board of directors, investment banking, senior executive management, institutional sales & trading, capital markets & syndicate structured financial products, equity & fixed income research, retail, branch, division & regional management.

Martha Sloane Consultants, Ltd. (C, R) *
Martha Sloane has been an executive recruiter for more than 15 years, placing middle and senior level financial and business professionals. The firm, located in New York City has served investment banks, business publications, asset-management firms, brokerage firms, and consulting firms that specialize in finance and technology. They offer their services on a contingency or a retainer fee basis.

McIntyre Group (C, R) *
Since 1986, The McIntyre Group has provided temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire staffing solutions to the Fairfield County marketplace in accounting, finance, and financial services.

Options Group (C, R)
Recruits and places in asset management, insurance, investment banking, capital markets, technology, and private equity/venture capital.

Picard International (R, C)
Recruits and places in asset management, investment, commercial and consumer banking and insurance; the internet, e-commerce, e-business, and new media in the multimedia, publishing, communications, and entertainment industries.

Pinnacle Group (C, R)
The Pinnacle Group recruits CEOs for CEO jobs with private equity groups that have executive sponsorship programs, in which private equity groups partner with a CEO first, and then work with a CEO to acquire a company, with the CEO assuming the CEO job of the acquired company.

Prince Goldsmith (R, C)
Executive search firm working primarily on retainer specializing in the financial services industry with the following professions: financial, human resources, lawyers/paralegals, marketing, risk management, sales, and senior management.

Rhodes Associates (R, C)
Recruits in banking and finance, investment management, owners and developers (public and private), insurance, service companies and corporate real estate, global finance, including debt and equity capital markets, emerging markets, and high yield and leveraged finance, equities and fixed Income, money management, wealth management and private banking, hedge funds, and venture capital and private equity, global health industry, primarily pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices companies.

Wall Street Services
Help clients recruit professionals in investment research and portfolio management, risk management, trading, marketing, client service, and sales. They have completed assignments in all of the major asset classes including: equities (small, mid, and large cap), style (growth, core, and value oriented funds), fixed income (high grade, high yield, and mortgage specialists), convertibles, emerging markets as well as a variety of alternative strategies.

Westwood Partners *
Their partners have conducted numerous searches for clients ranging from large globally integrated asset management companies to small specialist investment boutiques and hedge funds working across the full spectrum of client company functions.

Consumer Products / Retail  

Herbert Mines (R, C)
HMA has specialized expertise in business sectors including: retail, fashion, apparel, textiles, beauty, consumer products, and e-commerce.

Lack & Daily (R, C)
Founded in 1984, Lack & Daily is a highly specialized recruiting firm concentrating their search efforts exclusively within the marketing discipline in a variety of different consumer goods and services companies. They identify the best "brand builders" for their clients. Lack & Daily handles searches at all levels from recent entry level marketers to Marketing Vice Presidents.

Polly Brown Associates (R, C)
Polly Brown Associates offers service to the luxury and packaged goods industries and specializes in executive recruitment in the fields of cosmetics and fine fragrances, jewelry, accessories, tabletop, and consumer goods. The firm has recruited and placed executives in the marketing, sales, human resources, public relations, product development, creative services, operations, finance, and e-business disciplines.

Entertainment / Media / Communications  

Bert Davis Executive Search (R, C)
For nearly 30 years, clients and candidates have been served in all areas of traditional publishing, including books, magazines, journals, and newsletters. Clients publish and market information targeted to professional, educational, and consumer markets. They range from the world's largest multinational companies to newly established start-ups.

Bishop Partners (R, C)
Since 1988, Bishop Partners has been providing executive search consulting to the information, communications, and entertainment industries, including both product and service companies in cable, broadcasting, publishing, entertainment, interactive media, and related converging technology.

Cheyenne Group (R, C)
The New York City-based Cheyenne Group places in the media, entertainment, publishing, and communications sectors.

Howard-Sloan-Koller Group (R)
The Howard-Sloan-Koller Group specializes in media, advertising, and entertainment, recruiting in the functions found in print publishing, digital media, advertising, public relations, direct marketing, sales promotion, broadcast and cable, and related fields.

Sunny Bates (R, C)
Specializes in travel, commerce, retail, fashion & beauty, not-for-profit, media & entertainment publishing, consulting & professional services, education, financial services, and telecommunications.

Executive, "C" Level Search  

Boardroom Consultants (R)
Boardroom Consultants identifies and recruits CEOs, COOs, and other senior executives. In addition to recruiting CEOs and COOs, the firm's expertise includes finance, marketing, operations, strategic planning, and human resources. Their industry specialties include telecommunications, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, media and entertainment, e-commerce, industrial/manufacturing, and energy/utility.

Boyden (R)
Recruits and places in financial services, global technology, life sciences and healthcare, and consumer products. Their industry specialty is board search management and assessment.

Hunt Howe Partners (R)
Hunt Howe works at the most senior levels to find CEOs, COOs, board members, division heads, and functional leaders. Clients range from the largest multinational corporations to innovative start-ups and venture companies.

Healthcare / BioTechnology / Pharma  

Bench International (R)
Bench International is a retained executive search and consulting firm serving the healthcare industries. Bench is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has offices in New York and the United Kingdom. Since 1974, Bench International has developed partnerships with a broad range of major pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other firms seeking healthcare-related, executive staffing.

BioQuest (R, C)
A retained executive search firm serving the healthcare/life sciences industry, BioQuest specializes in consulting with venture-backed, small and mid-size companies on executive-level positions.

Critical Path, Inc. (R) *
Highly specialized search firm providing recruitment services to customers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries.

Hersher (R, C)
Since 1980, Hersher Associates, Ltd. has filled senior level positions in healthcare including: chief Information officers, information systems executives & managers, physicians in information systems, clinical system redesign, departmental managers, finance, e-health outsourcing, information systems, leadership, managed care physician practice management, health information management, patient care services, marketing, association leadership, and human resources.

Tyler & Company (R, C)
Tyler & Company has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare executive search.

Information Technology  

Brandywine Technology Partners (C, R) *
Brandywine Technology Partners is an information technology staffing firm based out of Wilmington, DE. They focus on placing candidates on both a contract and permanent basis.

Global Management Resources (R)
Global Management Resources Corp is a management and technology consulting firm. Their primary focus is providing expert-level consulting and fulltime personnel. GMR provides strategy, application, enterprise (ERP), and network and infrastructure solutions to its clients across various industries.

Search America (R, C) *
Recruiting experienced, client-facing professionals for consulting and software companies. Positions range from early-career consultant positions to partner/executive level leadership positions.

Q-Lytics Consulting, Inc. (R) *
Q-Lytics Consulting focuses on providing quantitative/qualitative and IT personnel to national and international Fortune 1000 companies.

International  

Alexander Hughes Selection Ltd. *
Alexander Hughes Selection is the advertised recruitment and selection arm of Alexander Hughes International, the long-established executive search firm. The company is based at UK headquarters in London from which it conducts assignments throughout the UK and Continental Europe. The firm specializes in short-term senior management assignments. Their European headquarters are in Paris.

ASIA Partnership *
The ASIA Partnership is a specialist cross-border executive search firm, established in 1991. 100% of the work they do is for senior appointments in the Asia region. The ASIA Partnership specializes in automotive, biotech, energy, financial services, ICT/media, industrial/consumer, and pharma/healthcare professional services.

Atkinson Lambert *
Specializes in recruiting professionals in management, sales, operational, and strategic roles for multinational organizations in different industries within the Asia Pacific region.

Career Opportunities International *
Career Opportunities International (COI) LLC is an international executive search firm. COI provides access to job opportunities primarily in Europe and elsewhere in the world. COI specializes in middle and upper level positions in consulting and management in IT, engineering, e-commerce, telecommunications, and other industries.

Global Associates Holdings Ltd. *
Their main office is situated in Jardine House, Central, the heart of the financial and banking District and a prime area of Hong Kong. This office focuses on the banking & finance sectors.

Grace & Company *
Grace & Company, located in Brazil, recruits financial professionals for placement in South America.

Huxley Group (Based in London, England)
The Huxley Group specializes in risk management, portfolio analysis, and fund management personnel.

Terra Connecta *
Based in Paris, they work with corporations across all sectors in Europe, Asia, Africa, U.S., and Latin America.

Minority / Diversity  

Medley Newman Tucker Group (R, C)
The Medley Newman Tucker Group is a West Coast-based executive search firm. The MNT Group is sensitive to issues of cultural diversity and maintains relationships with numerous professional organizations and associations. They work with Fortune 500 and emerging growth companies as well as public agencies and nonprofit organizations, providing a culturally diverse candidate pool.

Wakefield Talabisco (R, C)
Recruits and places in consumer products, direct selling and marketing, packaged goods, nonprofit, human service organizations, foundations, education/research, financial services, industrial products for general management, marketing, sales, human resources, manufacturing, distribution, and finance positions with a specialty in minorities and women.

Nonprofit  

Commongood Careers
Commongood Careers is an innovative search firm that works with social entrepreneurs to streamline the hiring process and secure talent at every level, from support staff through senior managers, and in every functional area (e.g. development, finance, management).

Isaacson Miller (R, C)
Isaacson Miller was founded in 1982, at a time when nonprofit organizations and public agencies rarely used executive search firms. They undertake nationwide searches for a wide variety of organizations, including leading universities, research institutes, academic medical centers, foundations, cultural institutions, economic development organizations, human service agencies, and national advocacy groups. While most of their clients are nonprofit groups, they also work with select for-profit corporations, particularly those with ties to education and science, as well as with socially responsible companies.

MBA-Nonprofit Connection (C) *
The MBA-Nonprofit Connection (MNC) provides a variety of services that help to bring MBA skills and energy to the Nonprofit sector while bringing new job opportunities to the business school community.

The Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group
The Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group offers services for people nationwide who seek employment in the nonprofit sector. Their consultants have backgrounds in executive search, specifically for nonprofits, as well as in the creation and management of 501(c)(3)s across the range of the sector.

Phillips Oppenheim (R)
Founded in 1991 by Debra Oppenheim and Jane Phillips Donaldson to provide the highest level of executive search services to nonprofit organizations. Phillips Oppenheim sponsors roundtable discussions, participates in workshops and conferences, and acts as informal counsel to nonprofit organizations and their boards on a variety of issues.

Spelman & Johnson Group (R)
Spelman & Johnson Group serves institutions of higher education through executive search, consulting, and training. They provide skilled, current practitioners in higher education who are qualified to assess, evaluate, and recommend successful strategies for institutions in the consulting process and they offer training seminars and programs that focus on the personal and professional development of higher education professionals.