David runs every Beacon search personally, focused on permanent engineering leadership and specialist hires.
A generalist firm covers more roles and industries. A boutique firm covers less ground, and goes deeper on what it does cover. Neither is universally right, the fit depends on your search.
Which one you needCovers engineering alongside sales, marketing, finance, and other functions, often across many industries. Convenient for companies hiring across multiple departments through one vendor relationship.
Covers one function, sometimes one industry, in real depth. A boutique engineering-only firm typically means recruiters who can genuinely evaluate technical depth, not just keyword-match a resume against a job description.
A generalist firm's engineering recruiter might also be staffing your sales team next week. A boutique firm's whole practice is engineering, which means the person evaluating your candidates actually understands what they're evaluating, not just relaying what the resume says.
David runs every Beacon search personally, focused on permanent engineering leadership and specialist hires.
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