Tuesday Focus: Search Firms

Wednesday update: no new post today, but we have added several additional search firms we had missed onto this list.  See you Thursday.  

We return to Tuesday specialty programming by pulling together a list of search firms that have provided lots of opportunities here over the years.  We'll add some other firms we're aware of to the list later on, but these ones at start are the ones that have been particularly useful for public affairs/communications opportunities in our experience.

Ajilon – formerly TRAK Services; national firm

Beacon Hill Staffing – national firm; good selection of DC-area opportunities

BOSS Group – national firm; lots of opportunities in DC area

Brainstorm Creative Resources – focus on graphic design, web, copywriting & marketing roles

Bridgespan Group – nonprofit opportunities nationwide

Career in Nonprofits – their name says it all; national firm

Chaloner & Associates – specializing in communications, public relations & marketing recruitment

The Choice, Inc. – DC-area focus

CityStaff – DC-area focus

Commongood Careers – focus on mission-driven organizations 

Creative Circle – digital, creative, marketing & copywriting focus

Creative Group – creative & marketing recruiting segment of Robert Half Co. – see also admin roles

Democracy Partners – specializing in opportunities at progressive organizations

DRI Consulting – philanthropic & nonprofit executive search

Global Employment Solutions – national firm

Grossman-Heinz – communications & public affairs/lobbying focus

Hawthorne Lane – focus on admin/operations professionals

Isaacson, Miller – nonprofit & mission-driven organizations with an emphasis on academic institutions

Jones Networking – mainly DC area

Koya Leadership Partners – non-profit focus

Midtown Group – DC focusd

Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group – national firm

PNP Staffing Group – nonprofit focus

Paladin Staffing – national firm; digital, communications & marketing focus

Paradigm Staffing – national firm; PR & communications focus

Profiles – national firm w/ wide range of opportunities in DC area

Raffa – search is one of the many support services provided – DC-area/nonprofit focus

Ruthie Postow Staffing – scroll down to see “featured job” and types of admin, support & communications roles they fill on temp and full-time basis

Staffing Advisors – DC-area focus

Talent Market – recruiting services for conservative and libertarian think tanks & nonprofits

Torchlight Hire – DC area marketing & communications focus

Vetted Solutions – national firm; nonprofit focus

Witt Keiffer – national firm; focus on senior-level education & healthcare recruiting.

and also: PoliTemps hastemp, admin and other opportunities for the politically-oriented and -ambitious, but they do not show individual listings.