The six types of recruitment and HR firm, how each gets paid, the global networks you meet in every market, and how to choose, with an index of 20 country guides.
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Recruitment Agencies & HR Consultancies by Country
Recruitment, selection and placement firms, executive search and HR consultancies in 20 countries — who they are, what they do and how to choose and brief them.
- 21 guides
- Updated Nov 5, 2026
Latest in Recruitment Agencies & HR Consultancies by Country
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in Türkiye: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How Türkiye’s İŞKUR-licensed recruitment firms, search firms, staffing groups and HR consultancies work in 2026, with 16 firms and the questions to settle first.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in Poland: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How Poland’s registered employment agencies, IT recruiters, search firms and HR consultancies work in 2026, with 13 firms and the questions to settle first.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in France: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How France’s cabinets de recrutement, search firms, temp agencies and HR consultancies work in 2026, with 13 firms and the questions to settle first.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in South Africa: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How South Africa’s agency market works, from labour-broker rules under LRA s198A to fees and B-BBEE, plus 13 recruitment, search and HR consulting firms.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in Colombia: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How Colombia’s agency market works, from EST time limits and agency authorisation to headhunter fees, plus 14 recruitment, search and HR consulting firms.
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Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in Brazil: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How Brazil’s agency market works, from Lei 6.019 temps and terceirização to hunting fees, plus 14 recruitment, executive search and HR consulting firms.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in Australia: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How Australia’s recruitment market and state labour-hire licensing work, what agencies charge, and 15 recruitment, search and HR consulting firms.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in Japan: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How Japan’s licensed placement and dispatch markets work, what tenshoku agents and search firms charge, and 15 recruitment, search and HR consulting firms.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in Singapore: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How Singapore’s licensed recruitment market works, what agencies and search firms charge, and 15 recruitment, executive search and HR consulting firms to consider.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in the Philippines: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How the Philippine recruitment and HR-services market works, which DOLE or DMW licence applies, how fees are set, and 12 firms in Manila to consider.
Recruitment Agencies and HR Consultancies in India: Selection, Placement and HR Advisory Firms (2026)
How India’s staffing, placement, RPO and executive-search market works after the Labour Codes, how fees are set, and 15 firms to consider.