Arbutus Search Group

Arbutus Search Group is a boutique recruitment firm based in Vancouver, British Columbia, founded and led by Joel Peterson. It offers retained and exclusive search, a monthly retainer service in which its recruiters work as an extension of a client's internal resources, and a candidate pipeline tool called Arbutus Pipeline Builder. It says it specialises in finding people for hard-to-fill jobs and places an emphasis on diversity in hiring.

Its specialisations are engineering and construction, manufacturing and operations, accounting and finance, and corporate and administration, with further areas in sales, marketing, human resources, and legal, risk and investigations. It says it has a particular focus on marketing, sales, HR and engineering roles. Industries served include biotech, pharmaceuticals, natural resources, renewable energy, forestry, building construction, and municipalities and Indigenous governments.

The company says it has recruited hundreds of employees. Joel Peterson reports over 19 years of recruiting experience, including projects in Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. The firm also donates $20,000 each year to IBPOC students at the University of British Columbia.