Hong Kong Directory

Recruitment and Executive Search Firms

Work through 144 listed firms, check each licence against the official register, and compare written terms before you sign.

Choose your path

You are hiring

Filter 144 Hong Kong recruitment and executive search firms, keep a shortlist, then take the same questions to each of them. 7 of the 144 listings carry a written summary of what the firm says it does.

You are job seeking

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For job placement, an agency may charge you at most 10% of your first month's wages, after a successful placement. Ask for a receipt. Check its licence or Certificate of Exemption before you hand over documents.

Four steps before you sign

The same sequence works whether you shortlist from this directory or from a list a colleague sent you. Each step links to the guide or the official record behind it.

  1. Step 1. Write the brief once

    Name the hiring entity, the role, and the work you want the firm to do. Send the same page to everyone you talk to, so you compare answers instead of pitches.

  2. Step 2. Build a shortlist

    Filter the directory by recruitment or executive search, by district, and by whether we hold a written summary. Keep the ones worth a call.

  3. Step 3. Check the licence record

    A Hong Kong employment agency needs a licence or a certificate of exemption before it does placement work. Search the entity that will do the placement, not the marketing brand.

  4. Step 4. Compare written terms

    Ask every firm the same questions about scope, fee basis, payment trigger, and what happens if the hire leaves. Compare what they put in writing.

144
Headhunters
7
Written summaries
7
Districts
15
Guides