Xcaliber Staffing

XCaliber Staffing describes itself as more than a search firm, calling itself a found firm, and it works under the line we find superstars before they even know they're looking. The company says one of the major advantages it brings to a candidate's search for their next career step is that it is plugged into professional grapevines. It not only knows who is who and what is what, it also knows how to take all the information it gathers and use it expressly to the candidate's advantage.

The specialism it claims is the passive market rather than a named industry. Its clients want the best people, and those candidates are not looking, which the company points out does not mean they are fulfilled or that they would not make a move. Drawing on the legend of Excalibur, XCaliber says its recruiting process unleashes a candidate's imagination and the power of the possible, and that when their desire to grow matches the client's opportunity, the company creates their candidacy.

XCaliber publishes no office locations, sector list or contact numbers on its site, so the offer it makes to clients rests on that access to professional networks and on its stated ability to reach people who are not on the open market. Visitors are pointed to sections covering the directors, what the company calls the X difference, its process and its testimonials, and clients are invited to get in touch with a knight. There is also a subscription to the company's own updates, published under the name Knightly News.