Lightwave Partners

Lightwave Partners, which also uses the name Lightwave Recruiting, is a small recruitment agency. It fills permanent, temporary and hybrid roles for employers and offers job seekers access to roles that are not widely advertised. It applies an executive search approach to jobs from entry level to C-suite.

Products and services

• Permanent placement: recruits staff for long-term roles.
• Temporary and hybrid placement: supplies people for shorter or mixed arrangements.
• Passive candidate search: approaches people who are not actively looking, including staff at competitors.
• Career coaching: rebuilds resumes, prepares candidates for interviews and helps with salary negotiation.

Clients

Clients range from emerging start-ups to established firms. Specialist areas include human resources and talent acquisition, and pharma, biotech and life sciences.

Key facts

• Track record: reports a 2:1 ratio of candidates submitted to interviews requested over more than five years
• Approach: relationship-based rather than transactional