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Executive Search + Placement: Talent to Move Your Business Forward

Organizational success starts with hiring the right people—and keeping them. Whether you’re building a leadership team, expanding departments, or responding to sudden staffing needs, Smith + Howard’s executive search and recruiting services—powered by Fahrenheit Advisors and S+H Search—deliver the people who will move your business forward and align with your culture.

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Our Solutions

From experienced executive leadership to accomplished mid-level managers and specialized technical experts, our teams have sourced and hired talent across industries and business functions. We deliver high-impact professionals who drive results and integrate seamlessly into your organization.

The right solutions for your people needs

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  • fractional-icon Fractional + Interim Leadership
  • direct hire recruiting Direct Hire Recruiting
  • contract-icon Contract Staffing
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Executive Search + Placement

Our proven recruiting process helps us find and hire top performers – faster. We combine deep market intelligence, broad networks, and smart tools to connect you with high-caliber executive leadership, accomplished mid-level managers or leaders with specialized technical skills.

  • Define the Need: We collaborate with you to thoroughly understand your needs, develop the ideal candidate profile and formulate a robust sourcing strategy.
  • Talent Market Intelligence: Make informed hiring decisions with access to salary benchmarks, compensation studies, workforce trends, and labor market data.
  • Recruiting Process Management: We manage the full recruitment lifecycle—from role definition to onboarding—so you can stay focused on your business.

 

Fractional + Interim Leadership

When urgent needs arise, our experienced network of interim and fractional executives step in to steady the ship, lead transformation, or provide specialized expertise.

  • Business Advisory: Interim CEOs, COOs, Chief Turnaround Officers
  • Finance + Accounting: Interim CFOs, Controllers, Accountants
  • Human Capital: Fractional CHROs, HR Directors, Managers, Specialists
  • Sales Leadership: Interim CROs, VPs of Sales and Business Development

Direct Hire Recruiting

Our direct hire team specializes in placing professionals in permanent roles—quickly and with precision. With backgrounds in public and private industry, we understand your needs and the caliber of talent required to make an immediate impact.

  • Staff for the Office of the CEO, CFO and CHRO
  • Full-time accounting + finance professionals
  • Support for high-growth or transition phases
  • Well-vetted candidates to reduce ramp time and turnover
  • Improved cultural fit and long-term retention

Contract Staffing

Our contract staffing team maintains a ready bench of experienced professionals—available to support your team during surges, special projects, or staff absences.

  • Skilled professionals for finance, accounting and HR roles
  • Coverage for parental leave, sick leave, and other absences
  • Supplemental resources to increase team capacity
  • Special project staffing
  • Industry- and system-specific expertise
  • Rapid deployment of pre-vetted candidates

Contract-to-Hire

Need to evaluate a candidate before committing? Our contract-to-hire solutions give you the flexibility to do just that—ensuring skills, fit, and long-term alignment before extending a full-time offer.

  • Temporary-to-permanent hiring pathway
  • Evaluate performance and culture fit on the job
  • Lower risk, higher retention
  • Skilled professionals ready to contribute immediately
  • Streamlined transition from contract to permanent hire