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Recruitment Services

Specialist search and selection for permanent hires, from analyst through to senior management.

Service overview

Most hiring does not need a retained search, but it does need someone who understands the market. We run contingent and engaged searches across all eight practices with the same screening discipline either way.

We also handle volume and project recruitment, time-bound hiring drives and bulk hiring where a team needs building at pace.

What we hire

Roles we fill

What Is Included

  • Detailed role briefing
  • Targeted search and specialist database
  • Referral and global partner network
  • Competency-based screening
  • Written candidate reports
  • Offer management and negotiation
  • After-placement follow-up
  • Market and compensation feedback

Levels We Cover

  • Analyst and associate
  • Manager and assistant vice president
  • Vice president and director
  • Senior specialist
  • Head of function
  • Regional leadership
  • Newly created and first-in-market roles
  • Confidential replacements

Ways to Engage

  • Contingent, paid on placement
  • Engaged, part fee up front
  • Exclusive for a defined period
  • Volume and project recruitment
  • Time-bound hiring drives
  • Market mapping only
  • Multiple-hire and team build projects
  • Retained for hard-to-fill roles
Where we hire

Sectors we cover

Financial ServicesTechnology & DataSales, Marketing & DigitalHuman ResourcesLegal, Risk & ComplianceFinance & AccountingOperations & Supply ChainGeneral Management
What clients say
“Most agencies send volume. The Aster team sent three names and we hired one of them.”
Head of Human ResourcesCorporate Bank
How we work

A partner, not a vendor

Step IBrief and map

We take the time to understand the skills, the team and the working style, then map the market properly.

Step IISearch and screen

Database, direct search, referrals and international partners, followed by competency-based interviews.

Step IIIShortlist and support

A short, considered list with candidate reports, referencing, and follow-up at one and three months.

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