National Search Firms

12M Recruiting
Extraordinary leaders are hard to come by. 12M Recruiting can help you find them, hire them, and keep them. Our unparalleled commitment to diversity, intentionality, and longevity has helped mission-aligned institutions successfully recruit for directors and senior leaders under the most challenging of situations.

ATOMS Placement Services
ATOMS Placement Services is a boutique recruitment firm specializing in the placement of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) educators and administrators in independent, private, and charter K-12 schools throughout the United States.

Big Back Pack
We provide senior leadership search through a proactive, non-traditional approach. We help your organization hire key people in critical areas.

CalWest Educator Placement
We lead teacher, administrator, and head-of-school searches across the western United States. Through a combination of dedicated search consultants and highly trained search staff, we recruit culturally competent and highly-accomplished educators and school leaders from a wide range of professional backgrounds.

Carney, Sandoe & Associates
Since our inception in 1977, we have worked successfully with over 1,800 independent, private, boarding, and charter schools in 48 states and 32 countries to provide exceptional faculty recruitment, head of school search, and strategic consulting services.

CarterBaldwin
CarterBaldwin serves colleges, universities and K-12 schools in the identification of effective and often transformational educational leadership.  Our firm has an established education executive search practice placing presidents, provosts, heads of school and other leaders who make valuable contributions to the success of the nation’s most valued premier institutions.

Educational Directions
We believe Head of School searches can be transformational moments for independent schools. EduDx partners with schools to thoroughly understand the school’s strategic priorities to deliver exceptional results with Head of School and senior administrative searches.

Education Group
The Education Group is a collective of former education leaders with a uniquely flexible, customized, and hands-on approach that tailors our services to the needs of the school, valuing its rich history, traditions, and mission.

NEMNET Diversity Recruiting
Nemnet, a national Diversity Recruitment & Consulting Firm, is committed to assisting schools and organizations in the recruitment and retention of diverse teachers, administrators and coaches.

Next Ed
Our goal is to help Christian schools flourish in their own unique way (and do all we can to make that happen).

RG175
We create partnerships with schools to identify, foster and support exceptional leaders that will enable those schools and their students to thrive.

Selected
Selected is a career support and hiring platform that connects PK-12 schools and candidates based on matching criteria. Mission-driven, Selected aims to alleviate the national teacher shortage by improving schools’ access to qualified, diverse, and relevant teachers — and helping educators find schools where they feel valued and heard.

Southern Teachers
Our mission is to help our member schools offer their students the best possible education and experience by providing search and consulting services delivered with skill, care, and integrity.

Spelman Johnson
Spelman Johnson is an education, advocacy association, and social impact executive search firm that works closely with clients to identify and attract a diverse pool of qualified candidates.

Storbeck Search
Storbeck Search excels in identifying new leadership for colleges, universities, independent schools, and educated-related nonprofit organizations.

Strategenius
Strategenius is the premier search firm for schools seeking excellence in candidates for teaching and leadership positions. We partner with schools committed to equity, connect them to our diverse network, and match them with exceptional talent. Strategenius is one of the only BIPOC-owned search firms dedicated to serving independent schools.

The Finney Search Group
The Finney Search Group is a boutique private school placement and search firm serving independent schools around the country. We find and place transformative leaders by searching for positions ranging from Heads of School to a wide range of leadership, faculty and staff positions. One of our specialties is in the area of athletics, where we offer unique expertise in searching for, and placing outstanding teacher-coaches, athletic directors, and other related positions.

Vanderbloemen
An incomplete team disrupts your mission. That’s why we provide resources and consulting for executive search, hiring, compensation, succession, and culture. Whether you are a church, school, nonprofit, or values-based business, we have the tools you need to build your best team.