Executive Search (informally headhunting) is used to recruit senior individuals to client organisations.
Search consultancies are often entrenched in particular market sectors and have very strong networks in a particular space. This network is utilised along with other methodologies and techniques to find the best people in the market place for a particular role. Normally the individuals are not actively looking to leave their current organisation and are successful and happy where they are. It is the job of the search consultant to approach these individuals with a view to taking them out of their current company and placing them in another, often a competitor.
Search is expensive but effective and is often used to find senior individuals with specialist skill sets in tight market sectors.
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Executive Search :: Recruitment and Staffing

Associates - Executive search for nonprofit organizations nationwide.
Associates - London based group providing executive searches for non-profit organizations.
Meta Description: [ A specialist practice dedicated to recruiting directors (chief executives and second tier) for large and small non-profit organisations. ]
Associates - Executive search firm for the nonprofit sector provides information regarding their current positions, clients and candidates.
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Berger - A generalist executive search firm based in Pasadena, California, with a specialty practice serving the not-for-profit sector.
Johnson: Executive Search for Higher Education - Nationwide executive search and consulting firm focused exclusively on recruiting senior leadership for institutions of higher education.
Meta Description: [ The Spelman & Johnson Group is a nationwide executive search and consulting firm focused exclusively on recruiting senior leadership for institutions of higher education. ]
Association Works - Consultants to Nonprofits - Dallas-based consulting firm that provides executive search services to the nonprofit sector.
Meta Description: [ Association Works is dedicated to providing superior, customized services that increase our clients' capacity to accomplish their missions. ]
Bryant Group - Provides executive search services for philanthropic institutions.
Meta Description: [ BRYANT GROUP is dedicated to serving the needs of philanthropic institutions in their search for extraordinary development and advancement executives by providing the highest quality recruiting services in the most effective, cost-efficient manner possible. ]
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Capability Company - Executive search firm offers information regarding its services, current positions, and clients.
Carney Sandoe and Associates - Recruits teachers and administrators for placement in private, independent schools. Online applications and job postings.
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Charity Action Recruitment - Cost effective staffing solutions for the not-for-profit sector in the UK.
Charity and Fundraising Appointments - Executive and fundraising appointments for the UK nonprofit sector. Includes advice on working for charities and governance issues.
Meta Description: [ Leading senior recruitment consultancy for charities and not for profit organisations. ]
DeepSweep - An executive search service linking stealth job hunters to non-profits worldwide.
Meta Description: [ Nonprofit job board serving not-for-profit job seekers who work for museums, theaters, arts and cultural institutions, environmental, advocacy, human rights, child welfare, medical research, religious agencies, educational establishments, foundations. DeepSweep has non-profit employment listings ... ]
DRG - National executive search firm specializing in the nonprofit sector.
Meta Description: [ DRG is a national executive search firm specializing in the nonprofit sector. Since 1987, DRG has recruited CEOs and other senior executives for advocacy organizations, national health agencies, universities and human service agencies. ]
Egmont Associates - Features information about their services in the non-profit sector and provides a list of their clients.
ExecSearches - Provides a range of search firm services to nonprofits for all their recruiting and executive search needs, including interviewing, reference checking, position description/profile writing and Internet recruiting.
Meta Description: [ Executive jobs and senior management jobs in non profit, fundraising, communications, public relations, non-profit, healthcare, higher education and other socially conscious and charitable organizations. ]
Execucare - London, England-based search and selection firm - recruits in the arts, charity, education and health sectors, specialising in fundraising, marketing, public affairs and senior management appointments.
Explore Company - International retained executive search and management consulting firm specializing in recruitment for and philanthropic organizations.
Meta Description: [ Explore Company is an international retained executive search and management consulting firm specializing in recruitment for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. ]
Ford Webb Associates - A national executive search and management consulting firm focusing on recruiting executives through a strategic search process in the not-for-profit, public, and corporate sectors for 20 years.
Howe-Lewis International - A specialty executive search firm dedicated to the healthcare, not-for-profit, and education communities.
Meta Description: [ Howe-Lewis International is a New York City-based specialty executive search firm dedicated to the healthcare, not-for-profit, and education communities. ]
Isaacson, Miller - Retained executive search firm that has served the not-for-profit community since 1983.
Leodas Solymar - Retained executive search firm features current positions and links to past and recent placements.
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Lois L. Lindauer Searches - An executive search firm devoted exclusively to the placement of Development professionals in educational, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations in New England.
Maly and Company - Provides executive search services for philanthropy.
Management Consultants for the Arts - Serving cultural organizations with executive search, planning, and other consulting services.
Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group - Dedicated to building the capacity of nonprofit organizations, associations, institutions of higher education, the public sector and the professionals who make them run smoothly.
OSA Partners - Supports clients on a national basis across the private, public and non-profit sectors. Practice specialities in diversity, development and general management. Offices in Boston, Dallas and Denver.
Meta Description: [ OSA Partners Inc. is now Optimum Search Associates - Specialist in Executive Search &Organizational Development. OSA Can quickly identify potential candidates, at the mid to senior levels across a various industries. As well, our OD consulting capabilities offer improvements to protect your Hum... ]
Partners In Philanthropy - Fund raising consulting firm that also offers a range of executive search services for nonprofit clients seeking fund raising professionals and chief executives.
Professionals for NonProfits - Full-service staffing company that addresses the needs of nonprofit organizations. Based in New York City, places permanent, temporary and consulting staff.
Rewarding Results Group - Provides CEO resources for nonprofit organizations.
Robert Sellery Associates, Ltd. - A medium-sized retainer executive search firm for not-for-profit organizations.
Meta Description: [ Robert Sellery Associates, Ltd., is a medium-sized retainer executive search firm, with a strong practice finding senior people for not-for-profit organizations. ]
RPA Inc. - Executive recruitment and fund raising consulting for higher education, health and human services.
Russell Reynolds Associates - Not-for-Profit Practice - International corporate executive search firm with a specialty practice that conducts CEO-level searches in the not-for-profit sector.
Meta Description: [ Russell Reynolds Associates' reputation for market expertise is recognized in all major industries for executive level roles such as Chairmen, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer and Directors ]
Shirley Associates - Los Angeles based executive search firm that serves commercial and nonprofit enterprises in the United States and Europe.
Slesinger Management Services - Executive search, staffing and organizational development services for national nonprofits.
Sockwell/Transearch - Executive search for not-for-profits and government agencies.
The Boulware Group - A retained executive search firm that works with clients from the private, public and nonprofit sectors.
Meta Description: [ Executive Search Group ]
The Himmelfarb Group - Retained search consultants to the not-for-profit and philanthropic communities, based in Oak Park, Illinois.
The Phillips Oppenheim Group - Retainer-based executive search firm serving the not-for-profit community since 1991.
Veritas Information Services - Executive search research consulting for Non Profit Organizations.
Witt/Kieffer Executive Search Firm - Offers nonprofit/education executive search services.
Zimmerman-Lehman - Executive and board recruitment for non-profits
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