Forbes Recognizes O’Connell Group – 5 Years Straight
O’Connell Group has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year among the top 75 firms on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms.
The Forbes 2025 list reflects the growing importance of trusted partnerships to build leadership teams capable of thriving in dynamic and unpredictable business environments.
“As we’ve grown with our clients over 32 years, O’Connell Group continues to evolve and expand our capabilities to deliver future-focused leaders across disciplines within their organizations,” said Dixon Smith, Managing Principal.
As a top executive search firm in consumer-driven industries, O’Connell Group partners with organizations to recruit transformative leaders—and the high-impact teams that support them—across a growing range of disciplines, including consumer marketing, insights, sales, and finance.
O’Connell Group’s strategy of investing in its recruiting team and AI-assisted technologies enhances client partnerships and broadens access to top talent.
“We’re honored to be in the company of so many well-respected executive search firms, especially since clients, candidates and peers make the nominations to the Forbes list,” Smith added.
The Forbes America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms category includes firms that place professionals in permanent positions with an annual gross income of more than $100,000. This recognition is based on the number of evaluations received, as well as performance across various evaluation dimensions. In total, more than 49,200 external recruiters and 20,800 HR-managers/hiring managers and candidates were invited to participate in this year’s survey.
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