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Pierre D'Amours
VP Sales
I had a great experience working with Irving Knight, and especially with Lily Newton. From start to finish, Lily was ...
Valeria Pozzi
Procurement Category Manager, Italy
Working with Oliver has been a real pleasure!His highly professionalism and transparency made me comfortable to consi...
Tim Mitchell
Division Plant Manager
Stewart did an amazing job representing me for a new opportunity
Georg Springl
Head TrenoLux - Austria
We had a great experience working with Grace Smith to recruit a Sales Account Manager for the French market. The enti...
Carlos Chavez
Director - USA
Truly enjoyed working with Christopher Clay with Irving Knight Group. He made the process enjoyable and more than any...
Daniel Gustafsson
Sales Enginerr - Sweden
Grace has been an exceptional professional throughout the entire recruitment process, from our very first conversatio...
Kyle Corrigan
Technical Account Manager
It was a pleasure working with Joseph when searching for the next chapter in my career. Proactive, energetic and prof...
Sandeep Kulshrestha
Formulation Director, US
Oliver is very good in matching skills of the candidates with the company’s requirements. I personally got benefits o...
Mike S
Director - USA
Sam Frisby did an excellent job connecting me with job opportunities and providing support throughout the interview p...
Moacyr Pedro
Senior Manager - Brazil
First contact I received from Henry Sears was 6 month ago and since the very beginning he seems to be a very trustful...
Jeff Borchardt
Director of Planning, US
Mr. Clay was a wonderful recruiter. He was communicative and helped keep me informed through the process. He also fou...
Michel Cas
Sales Manager, France
Incredibly human oriented executive search, candidates handled with great care and respect, precise and concise infor...
Peter Veal
Commercial Lead - UK
I dealt with Sebastian Nilsson at Irving Knight over an 8 month period. He was communicative, pragmatic and polite. F...
Brian Carpenter
VP Continous Improvement, US
Stewart was instrumental in helping me through this process and alleviating my concerns as I’ve been out of the workf...
Tim Mitchell
Plant Manager, US
Stewart did an amazing job representing me for a new opportunity.
Veronica Hagborg
Senior Director Global HR, Sweden
I have had the opportunity to co-operate with Joseph in a process and I found him very proactive in keeping me inform...
Kerry Maye
Regional Sales Manager
Working with Joseph was a wonderfully positive experience from our first contact, through acceptance of my job offer....
Matt Engelbrecht
VP Industrial Ops, US
Working with Lily was a phenomenal experience. She was fully transparent, professional, and provided timely communica...
Jon Steele
CFO, US
Grace taught an old dog some new tricks! I had been in my previous position for 30 years. I loved my job for most of...
Kay Witte
Global Director Performance Excellence
Joseph was instrumental in making my last professional opportunity happen. He was easy to work with, responsive, and ...
Pierre D'Amours
VP Sales
I had a great experience working with Irving Knight, and especially with Lily Newton. From start to finish, Lily was ...
Valeria Pozzi
Procurement Category Manager, Italy
Working with Oliver has been a real pleasure!His highly professionalism and transparency made me comfortable to consi...
Tim Mitchell
Division Plant Manager
Stewart did an amazing job representing me for a new opportunity
Georg Springl
Head TrenoLux - Austria
We had a great experience working with Grace Smith to recruit a Sales Account Manager for the French market. The enti...
Carlos Chavez
Director - USA
Truly enjoyed working with Christopher Clay with Irving Knight Group. He made the process enjoyable and more than any...
Daniel Gustafsson
Sales Enginerr - Sweden
Grace has been an exceptional professional throughout the entire recruitment process, from our very first conversatio...
Kyle Corrigan
Technical Account Manager
It was a pleasure working with Joseph when searching for the next chapter in my career. Proactive, energetic and prof...
Sandeep Kulshrestha
Formulation Director, US
Oliver is very good in matching skills of the candidates with the company’s requirements. I personally got benefits o...
Mike S
Director - USA
Sam Frisby did an excellent job connecting me with job opportunities and providing support throughout the interview p...
Moacyr Pedro
Senior Manager - Brazil
First contact I received from Henry Sears was 6 month ago and since the very beginning he seems to be a very trustful...
Jeff Borchardt
Director of Planning, US
Mr. Clay was a wonderful recruiter. He was communicative and helped keep me informed through the process. He also fou...
Michel Cas
Sales Manager, France
Incredibly human oriented executive search, candidates handled with great care and respect, precise and concise infor...
Peter Veal
Commercial Lead - UK
I dealt with Sebastian Nilsson at Irving Knight over an 8 month period. He was communicative, pragmatic and polite. F...
Brian Carpenter
VP Continous Improvement, US
Stewart was instrumental in helping me through this process and alleviating my concerns as I’ve been out of the workf...
Tim Mitchell
Plant Manager, US
Stewart did an amazing job representing me for a new opportunity.
Veronica Hagborg
Senior Director Global HR, Sweden
I have had the opportunity to co-operate with Joseph in a process and I found him very proactive in keeping me inform...
Kerry Maye
Regional Sales Manager
Working with Joseph was a wonderfully positive experience from our first contact, through acceptance of my job offer....
Matt Engelbrecht
VP Industrial Ops, US
Working with Lily was a phenomenal experience. She was fully transparent, professional, and provided timely communica...
Jon Steele
CFO, US
Grace taught an old dog some new tricks! I had been in my previous position for 30 years. I loved my job for most of...
Kay Witte
Global Director Performance Excellence
Joseph was instrumental in making my last professional opportunity happen. He was easy to work with, responsive, and ...
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1. Based on all roles engaged on by a client on an exclusive basis from Jan 4 2025 - Dec 31 2025.
2. All CVs Sent from Jan 4 2025 - Dec 31 2025.
3. From Jan 4 2025 - Dec 31 2025.
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Personal Brand
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Challenging Location
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Trends & Benchmarking
Are you up to date with market trends and salary benchmarking? Is something missing?
Progression
Are you offering the right progression opportunties? Is the candidate able to progress and develop?
Time Constraints
Do you have time constraints on making a placement? Did you need the candidate yesterday?
Job Criteria
Is the job criteria unrealistic? Is the person you're looking to hire simply non-existent?
