The firm-level directory
Reverse recruiting agencies
Some searches are best served by a firm: a team of certified practitioners, researchers, and writers behind one engagement. These are the agencies of the profession — profiled by the association, held to its standards.
Why a firm
One engagement, a whole bench.
A solo practitioner brings one professional's attention; an agency brings a coordinated team — strategist, researcher, writer, and coach — plus the process maturity that comes from running many campaigns at once. Agencies profiled here commit their whole practice to the Code of Ethics and run engagements to the Standard Process.
Member firm
iCareerSolutions
One of the earliest dedicated reverse recruiting practices in North America. Founded and led by Arno Markus, iCareerSolutions represents senior professionals and executives into roles that are never publicly posted: mapped target companies, recruiter distribution, direct approaches to decision-makers, and negotiation support, run as a managed weekly-reported campaign.
At a glance
- Focus: executive & C-suite reverse recruiting
- Founder: Arno Markus, BA, MSc, CPRW
- Markets: United States & Canada
- NRRA standing: Member firm
- Method: the NRRA Standard Process, phases one through six
Member firms & practices
Agency profiles, publishing as firms join.
Firm membership opened with the founding class. Each joining agency receives a listing at admission and a full profile once its practitioners certify — profile depth reflects verification, not payment.
iCareer Strategies
Practice of iCareerSolutionsThe research and strategy practice of iCareerSolutions. Measures how visible an executive is to the recruiters who run searches at their level, maps the target market and the search firms that serve it, and writes the plan a reverse recruiting campaign then executes. Its complimentary Executive Visibility Assessment and its study, The State of Executive Job Search, are open to any senior professional.
Career Solutions Global
Practice of iCareerSolutionsThe cross-border practice of iCareerSolutions. Represents Director, VP and C-suite executives into roles in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe: mapping the search firms and hiring executives in the destination market, positioning the candidate in that market's conventions, and making the introductions directly. Runs to the Standard Process, phases one through six.
iCareer Consulting
Practice of iCareerSolutionsThe executive résumé, LinkedIn and positioning practice of iCareerSolutions, and the original award-winning writing service the firm was built on. Positions Director, VP and C-suite leaders for the specific roles they target, written from the recruiter's search backwards. Recognised with more than thirty industry awards, including the 2023 PARWCC Overall Executive Résumé Writer award. Standard Process, phase two.
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Firm membership — $795/yrFirm membership includes the directory listing, member pricing on certification for your whole team, Championship eligibility, and a full association profile once your practitioners certify.
How profiles work
Coverage is earned, and the ledger is public.
Every profile states the firm's membership class, its certified practitioners, and its standing in the registry. Profiles grow as firms certify staff and build verified track records. No profile, placement, or ranking is ever sold.
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