Company Profile

Hobson Associates is one of the oldest and largest privately held search firms in the country. For over 30 years we have been a search partner to both clients and candidates. Hobson will help define and execute a strategy for revenue or career growth.

Our fundamental mission is to supply only the very best companies with only the very best talent. We provide organizations with access to our global database of pre screened industry specific candidates and our project management process for recruiting the hard to find. We've spent time evaluating the shortcomings of traditional search and developed custom tailored search solutions for client and candidate specific needs.

Company Bio

Client Solutions

Whether you're an established manufacturing operation or an up and coming Technology Company, chances are we've helped organizations in your market. Each search is given individual time and attention. Our search teams devote hundreds of telephone hours to identify qualified candidates who meet the unique criteria of each client and just as importantly, get these candidates interested and excited about pursuing your opportunity. We understand that our clients need to meet the right candidates, really interview a true short list, to save time and money.

Candidate Solutions

If you've been a critical contributor to the companies for which you've worked, and are looking for your next career step, please talk to a member of the Hobson team about our Career Management Program. By identifying niche specific opportunities and developing career planning strategies, we've helped thousands of people achieve long term career objectives. Tired of getting phone calls on "the next best thing", consider a single source for all things career.

Hobson Associates has attracted and developed some of the recruiting industry's top producers to be a part of our growing organization. The senior staff at Hobson has an average tenure of over eight years in an industry traditionally plagued by high turnover. Every one of our qualified team members has earned their CPC, our industry's only professional designation. Hobson Associates also holds the unique distinction of having the most staff members accepted into the elite Pinnacle Society, reserved for the Nations top producing recruiters.

We continue to grow and prosper because we know there is no substitute for talent, no limit to human potential, and no client who cannot benefit from the contributions of quality people.

Tim Flanagan
Senior Partner

After five years of professional sales experience, Tim joined Hobson Associates in 1990. After receiving his Rookie of the Year award, Tim has been Hobson's top producer for five out of the last ten years.

He was also one of the driving forces behind Hobson's ground breaking move from contingency to retained search in mid to senior level positions in the early 1990's. Tim was named Senior Partner in the firm in 1999 and is an equity shareholder.

"I firmly believe in an established protocol for a successful executive search"

Tim places key executives with high tech manufacturers across the country. As a high level 'generalist' he has a history of recruiting the best talent for all positions in senior management. He holds a BS in Commercial Law and earned his CPC designation, the only professional certification in our industry.

Tim has mentored junior recruiters since 1994 and now trains search professionals both in house and for the Cahill Consulting Group. He has also been a featured speaker at several regional and state association meetings. In April of 2001, Tim was elected into the Pinnacle Society, a group of the top 75 Recruiters in the US, focused on promoting ethics and excellence in the Recruiting Industry.