Hobson Associates

Hobson Associates is an executive search firm that recruits senior professionals across the United States. Each recruiter concentrates on one industry niche, which the firm says keeps it informed about the markets it serves. It approaches candidates who are not actively job hunting.

What Hobson Associates offers

• Executive search: finding senior managers and specialists for client companies.
• Life sciences recruitment: professionals and doctors for drug discovery and development, contract research and manufacturing organisations, laboratories and emerging-product makers.
• Technology recruitment: staff for software and digital health companies.
• Sector coverage: insurance, manufacturing, renewable clean energy, and industrial and sustainability roles.

Who it works with

Clients range from fast-growing biopharmaceutical service providers to enterprise software companies expanding into the public sector. Its case studies describe filling a business development role in under three weeks.

Key facts

• Coverage: nationwide in the United States
• Specialisms: seven industry niches