Helping Place Exceptional Talent in Industry-leading Roles for Over 20 Years

Who We Are

If you are looking for a recruiter uniquely qualified to help you, you have come to the right place. Whether you are curious about your own career options or you need to fill a position at your company, our award-winning resource can find a professional recruiter, staffing firm or executive search firm that has exactly what you need.

We’ve been around since 1996 — pre-Google! — and have been connecting businesses with the best talent ever since. Our oldest public resource, Oya’s Directory of Recruiters (named after Oya, African goddess of change and transformation), has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times, among others.

Since we were in operation as Google sent out its first crawlers, we’ve built up significant domain authority and continue to receive high traffic and placements in results pages. We appear among the top results for plenty of recruitment- and location-based keywords in all major search engines, often out-competing some of the largest directories. Thousands of employers and candidates searching land on our pages every day from Google alone, looking for recruiters and positions in almost every industry.

We are also the most recommended resource for students and alumni of many prestigious institutions, including Yale, Columbia, Penn State, Harvard, Emory, Tufts, NMU and hundreds of others. We have been helping great people connect with interesting opportunities for more than 20 years.

Our Team

Elizabeth Vardaman - Executive Search Director

Elizabeth Vardaman, as an Executive Search Director, has been spawning success for Private Equity Recruiting Inc. since 2001. She is a goal-oriented professional with a reputation for meeting important organizational objectives through the implementation of critical procedures and processes. An effective leader with strong business and networking skills, she brings a wealth of valuable skills to the table, utilizing her proficiency in various fields to help clients achieve sustainable growth.

Kristen Pike – Senior Recruiting Specialist

Kristine Pike holds the position of Senior Recruiting Specialist, where she utilizes her people skills and business acumen to develop tactical relationships and arrange high-quality placements. She, who joined the firm back in 2010, specializes in placing C-level personnel within the ranks of top-tier companies.

Lena Soukup – Senior Recruiter

Lena Soukup core function is to source skilled professionals looking to advance their careers and match them with companies seeking strong leaders capable of dominating their markets. Working closely with prospects across a variety of industries, she sees to it that the right candidates are presented with the right opportunities within the right organizations. Her areas of specialty are marketing, human resources, and analytical research.