Are there still headhunters in the business world(was there ever such a thing)? Or someone to pay for help finding a job? Thanks

I am in accounting in DFW and head hunters are very prevelant. Most medium to small companies don't have talent acquisition departments and rely on head hunter/recruiting agencies.

Yes they exist. I get monthly emails (at least) from head hunters.

Some are informing me of candidates I could hire. Some are trying to entice me with placements for myself.

Not gonna lie, occasionally the openings are attractive. Especially some of the WFH deals from large metro areas that are out of state.

I work for a Fortune 50 and for my function (accounting/finance), we use them regularly. Our internal HR talent acquisition team is tits-on-a-boar-hog useless. Everyone we hire comes from either the network of people on our team (ie we know them or someone we trust does) or recruiters. 95% of our targets are Big 4 with 2-5 years of experience, and when they are ready to start thinking about leaving public, almost all of them seem to work with recruiters. So we've got a few recruiters that know what we are looking for and are good at feeding us quality options. We pay but it saves a lot of time and we have a good hit rate on them being good hires.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a coupe good ones? My Wife is looking to move from education to the corporate world.

She has experience in project management, hiring/training/managing/and mentoring 60 professionals. Professional writing and speaking experience.

Masters from A&M in 03 in organizational communication with an emphasis on organizational culture, internal communication practices and conflict.

Where are y'all located?

Austin

Austin

I'm in similar boat...Houston if anyone has a referral
Bachelor from the promised land
Mba from that school out west
Started career in sales then sales mgmt then finance and last 17 years in M&A

I am not plugged into the Austin or Houston markets, but Unity Search is based in Dallas with presence in both cities. They are more focused on Accounting/finance/tech, but they might still be worth a conversation and if anything might be able to provide feedback.

I have had better interactions with Unity than with other agencies. Danny, I am curious if you have had similar interactions with Unity.