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F&C Executive Search and Recruiting on the Forbes List Of America’s Best Recruiting Firms for the Fourth Year in a Row

Growing firm recognized with rankings of #33 for Best Professional Recruiting Firms and #45 for Best Executive Recruiting Firms.

AKRON, OH, May 5, 2023—F&C Executive Search and Recruiting has been recognized by Forbes for the fourth straight year as one of America’s Best Recruiting Firms in two categories: Professional Recruiting and Executive Recruiting.


Forbes once again partnered with market research company Statista to determine its annual rankings of the top 200 professional recruiting firms and 150 executive search firms in America, surveying more than 5,200 external recruiters, HR or hiring managers and job seekers with recent experience working with a recruiting firm. Known for its strategic counsel and effective placement of talent in both agency and corporate environments, F&C is energized by helping organizations raise their talent level.


“We continue to see strong demand for talent across all levels of the organizations we work with, and we have continued to grow based on that demand and our trusted partnerships” states Owner & President Jill Detwiler. “We are honored and humbled to be recognized among America’s best professional and executive recruiting firms for the fourth year in a row. It is a reminder that what we do and how we do it is working—by focusing on understanding the needs of the businesses we work with and matching talent to the company across all levels of the organization.”


Founded more than 30 years ago, F&C Executive Search and Recruiting continues to evolve alongside a rapidly changing marketplace while maintaining an unwavering commitment to clients and candidates.

Learn more about the firm's recruiting and search services, as well as its mission and history.


F&C Executive Search and Recruiting Again in the Top 20 of the Forbes List of America’s Best Recruiting Firms

Growing firm recognized with rankings of #16 for Best Professional Recruiting Firms and #19 for Best Executive Recruiting Firms.

AKRON, OH, June 3, 2022—F&C Executive Search and Recruiting has been recognized for the third straight year among the Forbes List of America’s Best Recruiting Firms in both categories: Professional Recruiting and Executive Recruiting. The current rankings, #16 and #19 respectively, keep the firm in the top 20 for the second straight year, and third consecutive year on the list overall (rising from initial rankings of #51 and #34).


Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to determine its annual rankings of the top 200 professional recruiting firms and 150 executive search firms in America (out of a total of 5,400 recruiting firms). Known for its strategic counsel and effective placement of talent in both agency and corporate environments, F&C has a strong track-record of delivering transformational results that help fuel business growth through the hiring of exceptional talent.


“The demand for talent has been at the highest level I have experienced in my 22 years of recruiting,” states President/Owner Jill Detwiler. “Helping organizations raise their talent level is what we are all about at F&C, and this has been a tremendous year of movement in the market. To see our work recognized in the rankings again this year is rewarding. The ranking reminds us that what we do is working—by focusing on understanding the needs of the business and matching companies and talent across all levels of the organization.”


Founded more than 30 years ago, F&C Executive Search and Recruiting continues to evolve alongside a rapidly-changing marketplace while maintaining an unwavering commitment to clients and candidates.

Learn more about the firm's recruiting and search services, as well as its mission and history.


F&C Executive Search and Recruiting Rises to the Top 20 of the Forbes List of America’s Best Recruiting Firms 2021

Growing firm recognized with rankings of #17 for Best Professional Recruiting Firms and #19 for Best Executive Recruiting Firms.

AKRON, OH, July 12, 2021—F&C Executive Search and Recruiting has been recognized again among the Forbes List of America’s Best Recruiting Firms 2021 in both categories: Professional Recruiting and Executive Recruiting. The current rankings, #17 and #19, represent a fast rise to the top 20 since F&C’s first recognition in 2019 (when it placed #51 and #34, respectively).


Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to determine its annual rankings of the top 250 professional recruiting firms and 200 executive search firms in America. Known for its strategic counsel and effective placement of talented advertising and marketing professionals in both agency and corporate environments, F&C has a strong track-record of delivering transformational results that help fuel business growth through the hiring of exceptional talent.


“This year has posed considerable challenges to both companies and employees as we all struggled to adapt to a new world of work,” states President/Owner Jill Detwiler. “Being able to successfully guide both organizations and professionals seeking new opportunities during a historic period of change and upheaval has been one of the most rewarding periods for the firm. To see F&C’s work translate into a considerable rise in rankings this year reinforces that our focus on an in-depth understanding of the needs of the business truly results in the best possible match of companies and talent across all levels of the organization.”


Founded more than 30 years ago, F&C Executive Search and Recruiting continues to evolve alongside a rapidly-changing marketplace while maintaining an unwavering commitment to clients and candidates. Learn more about the firm's recruiting and search services, as well as its mission and history.


F&C Executive Search and Recruiting Recognized Amoung the Forbes List of America's Best Recruiting Firms 2019

First-time ranking places F&C #34 out of 200 executive recruiting firms and #51 out of 250 professional/specialist search firms.

AKRON, OH, June 15, 2020—F&C Executive Search and Recruiting has been recognized among America’s Best Recruiting Firms 2019 in both categories: Executive Search and Professional/Specialist Search, making it one of only 69 firms to be included on both lists.


The list, published June 1, 2020, is based on a Forbes survey of more than 18,000 participants representing external recruiters and staffing experts, HR managers and hiring managers using recruiting firms, and candidates who obtained a position using a search firm. Ranking #34 in the Executive Search category, F&C also ranks #51 in the Professional/Specialist category.


“I am extremely honored to be recognized by Forbes,” notes President/Owner Jill Detwiler. “I am grateful for the support of both my clients and all the candidates who voted for F&C Executive Search and proud of the work my team and I do every day to help businesses achieve their goals by connecting them with exceptional talent. Given that we’re a boutique firm, it means even more to see F&C not only included on the list but ranked so highly in both categories.”


Under Jill Detwiler’s leadership, F&C Executive Search has been matching talented professionals with advertising agencies and corporate marketing departments for nearly two decades. Using its proprietary and proven recruitment process, F&C delivers transformational, demonstrated results that help fuel business growth through the hiring of exceptional marketing, sales, and human resources talent.


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