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2017 Edition

national industry 561312

Executive Search Services

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing executive search, recruitment, and placement services for clients with specific executive and senior management position requirements. The range of services provided by these establishments may include developing a search strategy and position specification based on the culture and needs of the client; researching, identifying, screening, and interviewing candidates; verifying candidate qualifications; and assisting in final offer negotiations and assimilation of the selected candidate. The individuals identified, recruited, or placed are not employees of the executive search services establishments.

The immediate parent of national industry 561312 is international industry 56131: Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services

Illustrative Examples

  • Senior executive search services
  • Executive search services
  • Executive placement services

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Listing employment vacancies and in referring or placing applicants for employment--are classified in U.S. Industry 561311, Employment Placement Agencies;
  • Supplying their own employees for limited periods of time to supplement the working force of a client's business--are classified in Industry 561320, Temporary Help Services;
  • Providing human resources and human resource management services to client businesses and households--are classified in Industry 561330, Professional Employer Organizations;
  • Providing administrative and general management consulting services--are classified in U.S. Industry 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services;
  • Providing advice and assistance on human resource and personnel policies, practices, and procedures; and employee benefits and compensation systems--are classified in U.S. Industry 541612, Human Resources Consulting Services;
  • Providing professional and management development training--are classified in Industry 611430, Professional and Management Development Training; and
  • Representing models, entertainers, athletes, and other public figures as their agent or manager--are classified in Industry 711410, Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures.

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 541612
2007 561312
2012 561312
2017 561312
2022 561312

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

Mappings are not available for this combination of NAICS code and edition.

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 561312, Executive Search Services:

  1. administrative and support and waste management and remediation service
  2. administrative and support service
  3. employment agency headhunter or exec search firm or contingency agency ot internet based
  4. employment agency personnel agency including headhunter and recruiter permanent placement only
  5. employment placement agency and executive search service
  6. employment service
  7. executive placement
  8. executive search service
  9. executive search service naic
  10. other consulting service
  11. recruiting employment placement

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