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Top Executive Search Recruiters and Headhunters

Conducting confidential retained searches for presidents, GMs, and functional heads across industries.

188 executive search recruiting agencies and headhunters ranked by performance and reviews

Top 3 Executive Search Agencies

1
Green Lion Search Group
4.5(2 reviews)

Green Lion Search Group is a boutique professional staffing agency providing recruitment and headhunting services throughout the State of Texas, with a specific focus on the Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio markets, as well as select nationwide searches. The firm specializes in placing professionals across four core practice areas: accounting and finance, executive search, investments and strategy, and administration and operations. From staff accountants and financial analysts to C-suite leaders including CFOs, COOs, and VPs of finance, Green Lion recruits across all levels of an organization. Their investment and strategy practice covers private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate development, and M&A. Green Lion's streamlined process — from intake call through search, evaluation, interviews, and successful placement — ensures a thorough, efficient hiring experience. With deep knowledge of the Texas market and a hands-on approach to facilitating each search, Green Lion delivers qualified, high-caliber talent to growing companies.

2
Lock Search Group
4.8(315 reviews)

Lock Search Group is your trusted partner in recruiting, headhunting, and executive search. We specialize in connecting top-tier talent with leading companies across industries, including healthcare, life sciences, sales, marketing, legal, and finance. Our experienced recruitment team delivers customized talent acquisition strategies to meet the unique hiring needs of businesses in Canada and beyond. Whether you're seeking to fill leadership roles or niche positions, we leverage our extensive network and headhunting expertise to identify and secure the ideal candidates. At Lock Search Group, we're committed to driving success through strategic talent solutions and unparalleled executive search services.

3
Mangrum Career Solutions

Mangrum Solutions is a manufacturing-focused executive search firm that has been matching top-tier talent with prime opportunities since 2009. Founded by CEO Anjela Mangrum, the firm specializes in recruiting transformative operations, finance, and supply chain executives for small to mid-sized industrial manufacturing and high-technology organizations nationwide. Their industry expertise spans industrial manufacturing, heavy equipment and machinery, automation equipment and robotics, material handling systems, and renewable energy, with tailored services extending to private equity and investment firms seeking high-impact leaders for manufacturing portfolio companies. Mangrum Solutions blends proven headhunting methods with AI-driven technology and a proprietary GEAR Assessment Process to deliver smarter, faster results. The firm stands behind its placements with an unprecedented 5-Year Replacement Program, along with cultural fit assessments, in-depth candidate evaluations, and video interviewing solutions. Known for creativity, commitment, and exceptional client service, Mangrum Solutions helps manufacturers build unstoppable leadership teams.

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4
Perpetual Talent Solutions
4.5(15 reviews)

Perpetual Talent Solutions is an executive recruiting and advisory firm that has been connecting great companies with great leadership talent since 1994. Headquartered in League City, Texas, the firm serves organizations nationwide across major markets with a consultative, high-touch approach to executive hiring. Their services include retained search for C-suite and senior executive roles, engaged search for director and senior leadership positions, annual service plans for ongoing hiring partnerships, and executive advisory for organizations navigating complex talent and leadership challenges. With an impressive track record — including a 95% fill rate, an average 34-day time to fill, and 98% client and candidate satisfaction — Perpetual Talent Solutions combines deep market intelligence, talent mapping, and rigorous sourcing to consistently deliver top-tier candidates. The firm is committed to diversity and inclusion, ensuring a robust and representative candidate pool for every search engagement they undertake.

5
Carex Consulting Group
4.9(106 reviews)

As career matchmakers headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, we connect employers with exceptional talent across the country through contract, permanent, and executive search placements. We specialize in healthtech, information technology, scientific and engineering, human resources, insurance, and startup and biotech sectors. As a WBENC-certified women-owned business, we prioritize understanding each client's unique culture before introducing candidates, ensuring the right fit every time. Our philosophy of transparency and honest pricing has earned us recognition on the Inc. 5000 Midwest list and as a Madison Best Places to Work. We believe great recruiting starts with genuine relationships built on care and authenticity.

6
TalentSpark
4.9(80 reviews)

With decades of recruiting experience and thousands of professional, technical and executive searches under our belt, TalentSpark has the knowledge and expertise to find top talent for all your critical hiring needs. People are not just a resume and your vacancy is not just a job. We have a passion for the human aspects of recruiting. We love to uncover what drives, motivates and inspires people and help match great humans with great opportunities. We approach our work with heart, humility, and humor.

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Boutique Recruiting
4.9(1,205 reviews)

We are a full-service national staffing firm with a database of verified candidates ready and available to work on-site or remote/hybrid. Permanent Direct Hire Temporary Assignments Long-Term Projects Consulting Temp-to-Hire We place candidates in the following functional areas: Accounting Administrative Executive Finance Human Resources Legal Marketing Operations Sales Technical We LISTEN to our clients and DELIVER the exact cultural technical fit. We produce TOP candidates FAST. We stand behind our work and go ABOVE AND BEYOND.

8
Expert Staffing West
4.9(620 reviews)

Most staffing agencies count money. Expert Staffing West counts how many great people we get to help. The money comes if you love what you do. For over 20 years we have been working in recruiting and staffing. We have worked to develop and provide cutting edge solutions to finding top talent that is 'in' the market as opposed to 'on' the market while still making it affordable. Our clients trust us because we make sure we understand their needs and their industry. Today you must think out of the box to get the talent you need. Expert Staffing West is the resource you need to make it happen.

9
Insight Recruitment
4.9(63 reviews)

Since 1998, Insight Recruitment has been connecting exceptional talent with leading organizations across the United States and Canada. As a premier executive search and employment agency, they specialize in identifying and placing top-tier professionals in Information Technology, ERP, Sales and Marketing, Leadership, and other critical roles. Insight Recruitment helps businesses thrive by providing the right people, with the right skills, at the right time. Discover the Insight Recruitment advantage and unlock your company's full potential.

10
ARC Group
4.9(188 reviews)

Are you having trouble finding and attracting the right talent? At ARC, we can help you identify the 85% of potential candidates that aren't currently looking for a job. This puts you in touch with the most successful and experienced professionals, right from the start. ARC has been named by Forbes as one of America's best professional recruiting firms. We help businesses of all sizes find the talent they need -- whether you're looking for permanent, contract, or executive job candidates. We also source highly-qualified consultants and IT professionals to assist you during particularly challenging times and help you reach those business milestones. Give us a call today to learn why ARC is so much more than just another recruiting agency.

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Michael Page
4.8(2,519 reviews)

With five decades of expertise in professional services recruitment , we deliver exceptional talent to organizations across 14 industries, including Construction, Accounting and Finance, Engineering and Manufacturing, and Technology . Established in London in 1976 , we have grown organically into a global FTSE 250 company with over 7,500 employees worldwide , operating through over 150 offices in 37 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific . Our teams are broken down to focus on industry, assignment type, salary level and location, so your hiring requirements or job search will all be handled by a specialist who knows your sector inside-out . We combine the deep local market knowledge of specialized consultants with the resources and reach of a global network, ensuring that every placement reflects both technical expertise and cultural fit.

12
Beale Personnel
4.8(40 reviews)

Founded in 1989 and under the same management ever since, we are a recruiting, staffing, and executive search firm with offices in Bethesda, Maryland, and South Florida. We specialize in placing top-tier professionals in administrative, healthcare, accounting, and finance roles, from C-suite executives and practice administrators to certified coders and billing specialists. Our deep expertise in private medical practice staffing has made us a trusted partner throughout the Washington, D.C. area. We focus on candidates in the top 20 percent of their peer group, ensuring our clients receive only the most qualified and capable professionals.

13
Key Resource Group
4.8(40 reviews)

Solving business challenges by connecting organizations with top-tier talent, we are an independent recruiting firm based in the greater Destin, Florida area and a proud member of the elite Top Echelon network of independent staffing professionals. We provide both direct hire and contract placement services with a strong emphasis on technical disciplines, helping our clients hire the skilled professionals who drive their businesses forward. Our services include staff augmentation, contract-to-hire, and direct placement recruiting, along with shortlist and flat fee options designed to make filling key roles more accessible and affordable. We are committed to operating at the highest ethical standards while delivering candidates who fit not just the skills requirements but also each organization's unique culture.

14
iWorld Professionals
4.8(61 reviews)

As a woman-owned global staffing firm based in Rochester, New York, we have been delivering exceptional recruiting and placement services since 1996. Starting with IT and engineering placements, we expanded into a full-service firm covering manufacturing, operations, finance, accounting, HR, sales, marketing, and construction. Our customized approach integrates each client's goals and working style, ensuring a personalized experience from initial engagement through successful placement. Whether your needs call for short-term assignments, contract-to-hire, or direct hire positions, our experienced team of recruiters leverages deep industry connections and specialized expertise to match the right talent with the right opportunity.

15
AUX Partners
4.8(30 reviews)

AUX is a Full-Scale Recruitment Firm specializing in Consultant Engagements, Staff Augmentation, Contract-to-Hire, and Direct Placements. We don't aim to be the biggest recruitment consultancy but we do aim to be the best. We help businesses build powerful teams that deliver against exceptionally high standards by holding ourselves up to those same values. Quality and integrity are our values we believe make us different. Our team is broken down to focus on industry, assignment type, salary level and location, so your hiring requirements or job search will all be handled by a specialist who knows your sector inside-out. We are confident that our expertise can add value to your recruitment or job search process.

16
Peak Performers
4.8(231 reviews)

Since 1994, we have been on a nationwide mission to set a higher standard of employment for professionals with disabilities. As a nonprofit staffing agency headquartered in Austin, Texas, we have created over 32,000 jobs and paid more than 250 million dollars in wages and benefits. Over 75 percent of our workforce has a disability or chronic medical condition, and we specialize in placing talent across administrative, finance and accounting, information technology, human resources, legal, and executive roles. Through our temporary, direct hire, and entry-level staffing programs, we deliver skilled candidates to public and private sector employers while championing inclusive, skills-based hiring.

17
Palmer Staffing Services
4.8(142 reviews)

Palmer Staffing Services is a full service award-winning staffing agency offering temp, temp-to-hire and direct hire placements for clerical, administrative, records, accounting, HR, management, executive and legal positions. We represent interesting associations, worthy non-profits, exciting corporations and for-profit companies, prestigious law firms and the DC and federal government. Our mission is to provide professional recruiting services to the business community, focusing on the integrity, ethics, and diligence of both our own business practices and those of our candidates. We welcome the opportunity to serve you.

18
The Larko Group
4.8(141 reviews)

Founded in 1993 as a women-owned staffing and recruitment firm, we specialize in placing exceptional talent in executive support, human resources, customer service, project management, marketing, and office management roles. Based in Chicago with nationwide reach, we offer direct hire, temporary-to-hire, and project-based staffing solutions tailored to each organization. Our approach goes beyond filling positions—we consult closely with hiring managers to understand company culture, team dynamics, and long-term goals, ensuring every placement is a strong mutual fit. For job seekers, we provide personalized guidance throughout the interview process and connect candidates with opportunities that align with their career aspirations.

19
PrideStaff
4.7(760 reviews)

PrideStaff is the leading staffing firm in North Dallas, TX. We help businesses throughout the DFW metroplex find top talent for professional, administrative, and financial roles. For job seekers, we offer access to rewarding career opportunities with leading local companies. Our personalized approach ensures the right match, whether you're a business looking to hire or a professional ready for your next career move.

20
J Morrissey & Co Inc
4.7(93 reviews)

Founded in 1986, we have grown from a small accounting and finance recruiting firm into a full-service staffing and recruiting company serving Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida. With offices in Windsor and Fairfield, our team matches talented professionals to exceptional opportunities across accounting and finance, executive leadership, healthcare, professional services, information technology, and manufacturing and engineering. We offer direct hire, temporary staffing, and retained search solutions tailored to each client's unique needs. Guided by our Triple Win philosophy, we are committed to delivering outstanding results for our clients, candidates, and employees through integrity, innovation, and an unwavering dedication to service excellence.

21
GavinHeath, LLC
4.7(19 reviews)

As a woman-owned small business, GavinHeath has a strong diversity strategy and we enjoy partnering with organizations who emphasize diversity, inclusion, tolerance and equality in their hiring, their business practices and their work in the community. GavinHeath is committed to evolving the workplace, through avenues like multi-cultural, multi-skilled and multi-generational hiring, proactively sourcing a gender diverse pipeline, optimizing workplace culture and implementing fair compensation practices. GavinHeath operates an expansive client portfolio base and has a successful track record of filling a wide range of positions across an assortment of industries.

22
Anderson|Biro Staffing
4.7(73 reviews)

Anderson|Biro Staffing is a full-service staffing firm focused on the office professional and light industrial space. We align professionals with each client's individual needs offering quality staffing solutions for temporary, temp-to-hire, direct-hire, onsite partnerships and payrolling services. Our candidates are screened for specific industry experience, outstanding track records, and values that complement your mission and culture.

23
Chesapeake Search Partners
4.7(17 reviews)

Chesapeake Search Partners helps you navigate hiring and career decisions with clarity and confidence. Whether you're filling roles from mid-level to executive or exploring your next opportunity, you'll work with a team that takes the time to understand your needs, goals, and culture. Based in the Baltimore-Washington, DC region and serving clients nationwide, we also offer HR consulting, fractional support, and outplacement through Chesapeake HR Solutions--giving you access to thoughtful, long-term workforce strategies.

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Riveter Consulting Group
4.7(17 reviews)

At Riveter Consulting Group Los Angeles, CA we carefully select the most knowledgeable and professional candidates to provide excellent domestic staffing, Home & Estate Staffing, and organization services. Riveter Consulting Group's clear purpose is to fulfill all your domestic staffing, Real Estate Management, and Sales and lifestyle needs, including some you may not realize you have until we work together. Our active participation in the Los Angeles area's domestic staffing industry leads us to notice the need for an upscale, personalized, and highly professional Lifestyle Management company.

25
Scion Staffing
4.7(51 reviews)

Scion Staffing's Portland, Oregon branch is a leading Portland temporary staffing agency and executive recruiting firm working on behalf of expanding corporations, technology companies, brands, and nonprofit organizations. We place exceptional candidates in the greater Portland, Oregon Metro region as well as across the US. Our proven and established approach to modern recruitment empowers us to be your best source for hiring dependable interim & temporary employees, direct-hire staffing, and identifying phenomenal executive leadership. As an award-winning national recruiting firm Scion has been recognized by the Business Times for the past 19 years running as a leader in our industry. From CEO to support we are local recruiting experts.

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