Direct Hire & Professional Recruiting

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We deliver thoroughly vetted professionals who are aligned with your role, your team, and the way your business actually operates.

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Most recruiting processes are built to generate activity. Ours is built to produce a hire that holds.


Boutique Recruiting provides direct hire and permanent placement services for companies that treat hiring as a business-critical function and understand that a poor placement in a key role carries costs well beyond the search fee. We work with organizations across

California and throughout the United States and Canada.
We do not rely on job boards or inbound applicants. We headhunt for every role at every professional level, which means proactively identifying and engaging candidates who are performing well in their current positions and not looking elsewhere. That’s a fundamentally different starting point than what most firms offer, and it produces a fundamentally different quality of candidate.

Clients We Serve

How Boutique Recruiting Finds Talent Others Can't

1

Discovery & Search Strategy

We take the time to understand your company, culture, leadership needs, and business objectives to build a customized executive search strategy.

2

Market Mapping & Headhunting

Our recruiters identify and engage top-performing executives, including passive candidates who aren’t actively searching but may be open to the right opportunity.

3

Candidate Evaluation & Presentation

We thoroughly assess leadership experience, accomplishments, technical expertise, and cultural fit before presenting a curated shortlist of qualified candidates.

4

Selection, Offer & Onboarding Support

From interview coordination and offer negotiations to onboarding guidance, we help ensure a smooth hiring process and successful executive placement.

Which Hiring Strategy Is Right for You?

Explore the key differences between retained executive search and contingent recruiting, including search methodology, candidate access, level of partnership, and hiring outcomes.

Retained Search

  • Exclusive executive search partnership
  • Priority status with dedicated recruiting resources
  • High-level, confidential, niche or specialized roles
  • Deeper market strategy and targeted outreach
  • Direct access to hard-to-reach talent
  • Retainer-based search structure
  • Guaranteed placement outcome

VS

Contingent Search

  • High-touch direct hire search
  • Thorough intake and personalized strategy
  • Professional, management and permanent placement roles
  • Proactive sourcing, screening and evaluation
  • No upfront fee
  • Payment due upon successful placement
  • 93% success rate and 90-day replacement guarantee
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