Alexander B Smith

Alexander B. Smith & Associés is a French recruitment cabinet based in the Paris region, offering custom recruitment ('recrutement sur-mesure') services since 2001. The company is structured as a small, human-scale organisation that adapts perfectly to each client request, privileging quality client relationships to create genuine partnerships and careful, consistent follow-up of candidates to preserve and enhance client image.

The cabinet specialises in executive and non-executive recruitment across multiple sectors and domains. The company recognises that recruitment difficulty relates more to candidate rarity and scarcity than to job level. Alexander B. Smith's candidate database comprises more than 100,000 qualified professionals across services, healthcare, accounting firms, IT, software publishing, retail, engineering, automotive, logistics, environment, and energy sectors.

The company employs a multi-channel sourcing methodology, combining direct recruitment using proven headhunting methodologies and approaches with new technology and tools including social professional networks, candidate databases, and online CVs. Alexander B. Smith has completed 2,500 missions and maintains access to 10 million LinkedIn profiles in France and more than 350 million profiles globally. The company identifies and approaches talent directly where they are located, recognising that the right candidate may not be visible in traditional CV databases or easily accessible through social networks.