Progression Search

Progression is a specialist recruitment agency that is wholly focused on placements within the technology industry. Founded in 2011, it has grown into one of the most reliable executive search specialists in the technology space, trusted by IT professionals and corporate customers in the industry. The company states its own priority bluntly: it is obsessed with fill accuracy and quality. Its team is described as a group of people who live, breathe and work in the technology industry, and candidates and clients are invited to pick their brains.

As an Asia focused professional search company, Progression holds an extensive database of technology professionals, both local and overseas, across Hong Kong, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, China and other parts of Asia. Its search strengths span mid to senior talent in technology related fields, across positions in sales, marketing, technical consulting and management. Its job board sorts roles into Human Resource, Post Sales covering technical and support, Presales, Sales and Startups, and lists vacancies in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and the United States. Client testimonials come from an EVP for Greater China at Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, an Area Vice President for ASEAN at Citrix Systems Singapore and a solution architect at Schneider Electric.

The office is at 350 Orchard Road, #16-03 Shaw House, Singapore 238868, on +65 8856 4850. The team is led by Managing Director Josephine Chia, alongside Account Director Tricia Kim, Senior Consultant Wiley Olano, Principal Consultant Jackie Khoo, Head of Delivery I-Mae Hong and consultants including Belinda Ng, Vince Thompson and Ellie Kim. Its published performance figures, which it notes were compiled as of December 2016, are that 6.5 out of every 10 jobs entrusted to it are awarded to its candidates, and that at least 75 per cent of the candidates it recommends to clients are selected for interview. Clients quoted describe it as one of the best boutique headhunter firms, and credit it with speaking to every viable candidate in the market when they set up operations in Singapore.