Best headhunters in NYC, by industry

If you want to get courted for a job, these are the headhunters to impress.

By Alessandra Foresto and Chris Schonberger Tue Mar 8 2011

Finance

Amity Search (212-682-8400, amitysearchpartners.com)
Specializes in private equity, hedge funds and asset-management firms.

Glocap (212-333-6400, glocap.com)
Popularly associated with finance, but works across a variety of industries and salary levels, including placement for administrative assistants.

Options Group (212-982-0900, optionsgroup.com)
Caters to finance professionals in industries including hedge funds, global markets, technology and investment banking.

SG Partners (212-922-9544, sgpartners.com)
Concentrates on hedge funds, investment banks and private equity.

Fashion/Retail

Luxe Avenue (212-997-0191, luxeavenue.com)
Oversees recruitment in lifestyle and luxury fields, including fashion, beauty, accessories, gastronomy, hospitality and retail.

Martens & Heads! (212-421-2094, maxinemartens.com)
Handles placement for all functions within retail, fashion, beauty and e-commerce.

Human Resources

Maximum Management (212-867-4646, maxmanhr.com)
Places human-resources professionals throughout the tristate area.

Public Relations

Heyman Associates (212-784-2717, heymanassociates.com)
Headhunts for mostly senior-level positions in PR and corporate communications, as well as media, branding, investor relations, internal communications and public-affairs positions.

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Advertising

Greenberg Kirshenbaum (212-463-0020, greenbergkirshenbaum.com)
Dedicated to placing creative talent in advertising, new media and design.

Sam & Lori (646-486-0303, samlori.com)
Recruits creative experts in the advertising industry in New York and nationwide.

Other

Datacom Technology Group (212-629-5720, dtg-usa.com)
Primarily concentrated on IT and financial services staffing, including placement of IT directors, software engineers, developers, analysts and traders.

Distinctive Personnel (212-683-3300, distinctivepersonnel.com)
Focuses on a wide range of fields, including information technology, accounting, finance, legal, engineering, office support, advertising, publishing and health care.

The Forum Group (212-687-4050, forumpersonnel.com)
Specialties include accounting, advertising, market research, marketing, human resources, information technology and health care.

Huxley Associates (212-707-8220, us.huxley.com)
Services the banking, engineering, IT and global-markets sectors.

Michael Page International (212-661-4800, michaelpage.com)
Areas of expertise include banking, accounting, human resources, sales, legal and engineering jobs.

On-Ramps (212-924-3434, on-ramps.com)
Handles permanent, mid-to-senior-level positions, mainly in program management, finance, human capital, development, marketing and communications.

Raines International (212-997-1100, rainesinternational.com)
Covers areas ranging from human resources to finance and sales.

Solomon Page Group (212-403-6100, solomonpage.com)
Ranked the second-largest executive-recruitment firm in New York by Crain's; has a large range of specialties, including accounting, fashion, human resources and publishing.

Stephen-Bradford Search (212-221-6333, stephenbradford.com)
Concentrates on recruitment of senior-level professionals for permanent positions in marketing, business development, sales and operations.

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Rated as: 3/5 (1 rating)

  • Sam and Lori was the worst recruiting agency I've ever worked with. The service they provide is truly incompetent and parasitic. They treat talented creatives with no respect (whose skills they live off of) and deliver unsatisfactory service to the agencies. Middlemen like these should be obsolete in our industry.

    Anonymous Tue Mar 13 2012
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  • find out more about fashion careers http://www.careersinfashion.net

    Anonymous Tue Feb 7 2012
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  • For Public Relations, Investor Relations and Business communication jobs, also check out www.charet.com

    Martino Perez Fri Jan 20 2012
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  • www.Emergingglobe.com Emerging market recruiters - best in the biz

    Anonymous Fri Jan 20 2012
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  • to anonymous who has been in the advertising industry for 8 years and never heard of Sam and Lori or GK...you are out of touch. I've heard of both and they are top notch recruitment offices.

    Anonymous Thu Jan 12 2012
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  • Huxley is one of the worst head-hunting agencies, it does have outreach still (though not very deep), but its workers are unethical... beware...

    Anonymous Mon Jan 2 2012
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  • Green Key Resources seem to have a lot of openings. They helped me to find an entry level HR job but I know that they do a lot of administrative and finance jobs too.

    Jessica Fri Dec 2 2011
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  • Huxley Associates is by far the best.... have had terrible expereinces with some of the others in finance.

    Anonymous Wed Nov 30 2011
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  • You research an opinion by checking what was stated in that opinion or in this case contact the clients and the company to get the gist of the company to see if its the best in their field.

    Stats Sun Nov 20 2011
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  • I work in the fashion industry, and have never heard of the search firms mentioned. However I would highly recommend The Melanie Andersen Agency, I have had great experiences with them each time I have worked with Melanie and her team, and they seem to work with all of the best fashion and beauty companies in the city.

    Anonymous Fri Nov 11 2011
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