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/

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

News Briefings

Evolving Life Sciences/Healthcare Sector Busier Than Ever for Recruiters

Search consultants continue to say that there is an unprecedented opportunity for visionary healthcare/life sciences leaders to redefine the future of the industry. A shifting economic climate and the rapid pace of innovation have fueled many changes in the healthcare industry through acquisitions, divestitures, and new company formations. The pandemic accelerated the adoption of technologies

Kaye/Bassman Expands Search Staff

Plano, TX-based executive search firm Kaye/Bassman International has expanded with the addition of Michael Pietrack as a managing director within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology recruiting practice. He will lead the expansion of Kaye/Bassman’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology search practices. “Michael is not only one of the most prolific search professionals in the history of our industry

Starfish Partners Acquires INNOVA People

Starfish Partners, an investment and ownership platform for niched professional and mid-to-upper management search specialists, has acquired INNOVA People, a Bend, OR-based firm that works across North America recruiting talent in the healthcare and technology industries. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Joel is one of those rare combinations of superior capabilities and

Starfish Partners Acquires Global People and NinjaJobs

Starfish Partners, an investment and ownership platform for niched professional and mid-to-upper management search specialists, has acquired Global People and NinjaJobs. Financial terms for both deals were not disclosed. Current Starfish Partners organizations include search firms Kaye/Bassman International Corp. (KBIC), Direct Recruiters Inc. (DRI), Integrity Search, Full Spectrum Search Group, Raymond Search Group, the Sanford Rose Associates

Press Releases

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

Ashley Richards, Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Featured in Dallas Business Journal

Plano, TX | 3/31/2023 The two biggest bottlenecks in the general construction industry are talent shortages and supply chain issues. “Every one of our clients is still hiring,” says Ashley Richards, Managing Partner at Kaye/Bassman International, whose firms placed 132 professionals in the construction market in 2022, despite all signs of a slowdown. Read more: https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2023/03/24/meloni-raney-texo-talent-supply-chain.html

Chris Melillo, Kaye/Bassman Managing Partner, Featured in Rigzone

Plano, TX | 1/26/2023 Over the next 12 months, the oil and gas industry will thrive. When asked what recruitment trends he expected to see in the oil and gas market this year, Christopher Melillo, the founder and managing partner of Kaye/Bassman’s Energy Practice, told Rigzone, “for U.S. domestic onshore, the majority of roles that are focused in

Dr. Owen Carryl, Kaye/Bassman’s Head of Food Industry, Featured in Adventures in IFT Sci Dish Podcast

Plano, TX | 06/01/2022 Are you looking to start a career in the food space? Join Bruce Perkin, Armetha Pihlstrom (Senior Director of U.S. and Canada Foodservice Sales at Future Farms) and Dr. Owen Carryl (Executive Recruiter/Head of the Food Industry Practice at Kaye/Bassman International) as they discuss tips and tricks on how to nurture your career! Learn