NPAworldwide Adds 11 New Member Firms in the U.S.
April 7, 2020 – Member-owned recruitment network NPAworldwide has added 11 new member locations as it continues to expand its global roster. NPA now has 530 member offices across six continents.
Membership in the network allows independent recruiters to serve their clients and candidates by partnering with other member firms.
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“Congratulations to each of our new members,” said Dave Nerz, president of NPAworldwide. “By joining the network, these recruitment firms have the ability to increase their capacity for serving both clients and candidates. Membership in NPAworldwide allows independent recruitment agencies to boost revenue and grow their firms by partnering with other members on a split-fee basis.”
New Member Firms
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- Direct Hire Associates, located in Los Angeles, is a recruiting firm that has functional areas with extensive placement experience including: engineering, accounting/finance, marketing/sales, operations, HR/recruiting and IT management.
- Premier Employee Solutions, headquartered in Orem, UT, specializes in the areas of IT, finance, aerospace, telecommunication, engineering, administration, HR and other industries.
- L. Bailey Search Associates, based in San Francisco, focuses on sales, marketing, and engineering roles in the software, manufacturing, media and cannabis industries.
- North Fork Talent, headquartered in Snoqualmie, WA, specializes in director-level and above engineering, product, sales and marketing positions in the network, cloud infrastructure, security and advanced analytics / AI markets.
- Here’s Help Staffing & Recruiting, located in Middletown, NY, is focused on mid-management to executive-level positions in a wide variety of industries.
- Gradel Professional Search, of Dallas, TX, specializes in executive level roles in: aerospace and defense, automotive, engineering, operations, manufacturing and supply chain.
- BWC Executive Group, based in Olathe, KS, specializes in placing executives, procurement / purchasing, and engineering professionals in the light and heavy equipment manufacturing sectors.
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- Kaizen HR Solutions, headquartered in Chicago, has areas of focus including human resources, operations, finance, information technology, commercial (sales, marketing, R&D, tech services) and back-office roles.
- Catalyst Recruiting, based in Denver, is technically-oriented with placements in chemicals, minerals (usually not metal mining) and specialty metals manufacturing.
- Blue Staffing Group, a Dallas, TX firm, provides recruitment services in the area of office management and administrative professionals, human resources, finance and accounting, and information technology.
- ReqOverflow, located in Chicago, focuses on finding senior executives, technical and consulting services, finance and accounting, human resources, healthcare practitioners and support, and sales and business development services.
Recent Expansion
Recently, NPA added 10 member firms across a number of locations. They include: HitechPeople Inc. (San Francisco), Artemis Precision Search (Washington, D.C.), Vitasta Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (Thane, India), C-Elites (San Francisco), Clarian Consulting (Australia and New Zealand), Stratus Staffing (Newport Beach, CA), EM Management Consulting HR (EMEA), Achieve Group Australia (Townsville, Australia), Peak Search Partners (Sydney, Australia), Hire Resolve (Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, and Johannesburg, South Africa and Phoenix, AZ), Jackson ProSource (Horse Cave, KY) and dEEVOiR Consulting Services (Mumbai, India).
It also added 10 member firms in Asia-Pacific. These included Advance K.K., All Recruitment Australia, Whizdom Pty Ltd., the Lucas Group, Elitez, Red Rock, 2discover, Montare, Foundation Recruitment and Ed Turvil Consulting.
Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief; Dale M. Zupsansky, Managing Editor; and Stephen Sawicki, Managing Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
