YA Career

YA Career is a boutique executive search firm specialising in identifying and placing leadership and specialist talent across North America and Southeast Asia. With over 15 years of experience, YA Career operates on a zero upfront fee model, helping companies secure exceptional talent for their most critical roles. The firm has completed over 1,000 successful placements and maintains an impressive 85% first-year retention rate, with 90% client satisfaction. YA Career's specialised headhunting approach targets the top 20% of performers who are typically employed and not actively seeking new opportunities, reaching candidates not available through traditional job boards.

YA Career serves a diverse range of industries with deep domain expertise. The firm places operations executives, supply chain leaders, and engineering directors in the manufacturing sector, identifying project directors and technical specialists for construction projects, and recruiting transportation directors and warehouse operations leaders for logistics companies. In healthcare, YA Career places clinical leadership, healthcare operations executives, and research specialists. Each industry vertical benefits from YA Career's specialised consultants who understand technical competencies, regulatory considerations, and market dynamics specific to each sector.

With headquarters in San Jose, California, and a major office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, YA Career serves clients across North America and Southeast Asia. The firm's leadership team brings decades of combined recruitment expertise across multiple international markets. Clients consistently choose YA Career for their responsiveness, candidate quality, commitment to results, and transparent communication throughout the recruitment process. The company's cross-cultural expertise and strategic talent mapping services help organisations expand into new territories with confidence and secure the right leadership for business transformation.