Kaye/Bassman

About Us

Kaye/Bassman was founded in 1981 with a mission to positively impact companies and enhance careers by providing the best in professional, executive, technical and scientific search. We’re a Dallas recruiting and search firm providing global recruiting solutions with full range of permanent placement options ranging from retained and/or contingency search. Our recruitment practice areas include healthcare, construction, insurance, pharmaceutical, biotech, banking and over 15 other niche recruiting specialty practice areas.

Kaye/Bassman is recognized as a Top 10 Executive Search Firm by Hunt Scanlon, plus ranked among America’s 5,000 Fastest Growing Private Companies by Inc. Magazine, as well as an industry thought leadership media expert by The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, Business Week, USA Today, Fox News, Dallas Business Journal, Inc. Magazine, Bloomberg, CNN and many others.

DIFFERENT

We’re different from other executive recruiting firms in that we Specialize by functional area, industry sector, position and geographic location; are Flexible in customizing our process, relationship and terms around the unique needs and expectations of our clients; provide an Array of Services ensuring our ability to handle any staffing challenge; and have earned a Track Record of success that enables our clients to gain a competitive advantage and candidates to advance their careers.

Whether it is a single position or large-scale staffing initiative, our patented Client Focused Search™ and Market Mastery™ approaches enable us to identify, attract, evaluate and acquire the right candidates for our clients. These approaches ultimately allow our clients to gain a competitive advantage, our candidates to advance their careers, and us to become the largest single-site search and recruiting solutions firm in the country.

INSIGHT

With local knowledge and a global reach, we leverage our network of resources to provide search solutions to businesses who need to lead in their markets. Our clients benefit from an industry practice consultant as a single point of contact with access to our day-to-day market insight, providing the right candidates and ensuring the right fit.

CONNECT

Contact our office or our recruiting consultants discover how we can help your business reach the next level. Get started today – https://www.kbic.com/contact-us/

ACHIEVEMENTS

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We’re different from other executive recruiting firms in that we Specialize by functional area, industry sector, position and geographic location; are Flexible in customizing our process, relationship and terms around the unique needs and expectations of our clients; provide an Array of Services ensuring our ability to handle any staffing challenge; and have earned a Track Record of success that enables our clients to gain a competitive advantage and candidates to advance their careers.

Whether it is a single position or large-scale staffing initiative, our patented Client Focused Search™ and Market Mastery™ approaches enable us to identify, attract, evaluate and acquire the right candidates for our clients. These approaches ultimately allow our clients to gain a competitive advantage, our candidates to advance their careers, and us to become the largest single-site search and recruiting solutions firm in the country.

Contact our office or our recruiting consultants discover how we can help your business reach the next level. Get started today – https://www.kbic.com/contact-us/

Kaye/Bassman

Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • On-Demand Recruiting
Industries
Functions
  • Advertising
  • All Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Customer Service
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Government
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Invest. Mgmt./Banking
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Research & Develop.
  • Risk Management
  • Supply Chain

Kaye/Bassman

News Briefings

Starfish Partners Acquires Direct Recruiters Inc.

Acquisitions and consolidations continue to make news in the recruiting industry, with a number of notable purchases in recent months. Starfish Partners, an investment and ownership platform for niched professional and mid-to-upper management search specialists, has acquired Direct Recruiters Inc. (DRI). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Current Starfish Partners organizations include search firms

Starfish Partners Launches Investment Platform for Recruiting Firms

Starfish Partners has been launched as an ownership/investment platform for the executive search market. The platform, according to its founder, was formed to allow owners to scale and monetize their business value; it will also allow independent search firm owners to participate and share in the equity of an entire family of companies, not just

Crisis Management: CFOs Confront New Layers of Risk in Pandemic Era

Perhaps the most important lesson that business leaders have learned from the pandemic is the importance of continuity planning in the C-suite, and beyond. In the crosshairs: Chief financial officers who are suddenly dealing with a vast array of new challenges, from cash flow, declining revenues, and employee health, to advising the CEO and board

Kaye/Bassman Names Managing Partner

Recruiters in the search industry continue to climb the ladder within their respective firms. Just recently, Plano, TX-based executive search firm Kaye/Bassman International Corp. promoted Nasrin Akter to managing partner in its insurance and risk practice. The firm said she will be “leading the team with mentoring and developing the search consultants and project consultants under her.” Prior

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Press Releases

Jim Brennan Named New Managing Partner at Kaye/Bassman International

Plano, TX – February 19, 2024 – Kaye/Bassman International Corp., a leading executive search firm, is proud to announce the appointment of Jim Brennan as a Managing Partner within the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology recruiting practice. Jim brings over 20 years of experience in physician recruitment, with a proven track record of success in building and

Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Chris Melillo, Featured in Rigzone, What Themes Will Dominate Oil and Gas Recruitment in 2024?

As 2024 presses on, Rigzone asked several U.S. based oil and gas recruitment experts what themes will dominate oil and gas recruitment this year. Responding to the question, Christopher Melillo, the founder and managing partner of the Dallas, Texas, based Kaye/Bassman Energy Practice, told Rigzone that the majority of job opportunities in domestic oil and

Eric Dickerson, Kaye/Bassman Managing Director, Featured in HealthExecWire, New Approaches to Healthcare Workforce Recruitment and Retention

Healthcare is one of the few sectors of labor in the United States where the workforce is fairly assured of stable and steady employment. Everyone needs healthcare services at some point – particularly given the aging of the U.S. population. New developments in medical technology, drugs and treatments continue at a strong pace. The sector

Michael Pietrack Named New Managing Director at Kaye/Bassman International

Plano, TX – December 1, 2023, Kaye/Bassman International Corp., a leading executive search firm, is proud to announce the appointment of Michael Pietrack as a Managing Director within the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology recruiting practice. Michael has been recruiting in the Pharmaceutical Industry since 2007. He and his team have successfully placed more than 1,000 Pharmaceutical

Jana Attaway-Swenke, Kaye/Bassman Managing Director, Featured in BioSpace

Plano, TX | 8/18/2023 According to numbers released over the weekend, unemployment remains as low as it’s been in half a century, at 3.5%. For workers with at least a bachelor’s degree, the picture is even rosier, with a rate of just 2.0%. Jana Swenke, who leads pharmaceutical and biotechnology recruiting at Kaye/Bassman, was more blunt: “If you’re