We place the people who move the needle.
In the companies that move talent for everyone else.
Who This Is For
Is this the moment you need to get it right?
Some hires are routine. Others define what happens next.
These are the moments we exist for. And these are the moments where quality is not a preference — it is the only option.
Our Focus
Talent for talent providers.
Lyle Alexander Consulting was built for a specific kind of company. Not every business, not every sector, not every hire.
We work with the businesses whose foundational product is mobilising talent. Staffing firms. Executive search companies. Consulting businesses. Professional services organizations. Companies where the people you place, the people you lead, and the people you develop are the product.
In the industry, this is sometimes called rec-to-rec. We are so much more than rec-to-rec. We bring retained search attention, trusted advisor relationships, and twenty years of specialist expertise to the companies that need it most — executed at a standard that most recruiting businesses never see applied to themselves.
“Urgency is reserved for the right candidate. Filling a brief with the nearest available person is not something we do. Speed is not the highest priority. Impact is.”
John Lyle · Founder, Lyle Alexander Consulting
What We Place
The 20% that drives 80% of the growth.
Every business in the talent space has a version of this reality: a small number of their people generate a disproportionate share of the revenue, the growth, and the culture.
A top billing recruiter. A sales leader who can open new verticals. A managing director who can build a division from nothing. A delivery leader who can hold margin while growing a book.
These are the people we find.
Not because we have the biggest database. Because we have the relationships, the expertise, and the judgement to know who they are, where they are, and — critically — what it will take to move them.
When we submit a CV, clients who know us ask for the interview before they finish reading it. That is what consistent quality, built over decades, looks like.
Our Standard
The standard behind the work.
John Lyle founded Lyle Alexander Consulting with twenty years of experience in the talent industry — as a recruiter, a leader, and an advisor to the businesses that shape how talent drives the economy. His co-founder, Jay Goldstein, has been recruiting at the highest level for forty-five years. Together, they set the standard for every assignment that carries the Lyle Alexander name.
John Lyle
Founder & CEO
Twenty years in the talent industry. Founded Lyle Alexander Consulting to bring trusted advisor standards to the companies that shape how talent moves through the economy.
Jay Goldstein
Co-Founder
Forty-five years recruiting at the highest level. Has seen every market cycle and every version of what exceptional talent looks like in a growing services business.
Our Process
Retained search attention. Every time.
We bring retained search rigour to every assignment — regardless of the engagement model.
01
The real brief
Not the job description — the real brief. What success looks like in twelve months. What has failed before. What the right person will need to see before they say yes.
02
A targeted search
We go to the market for the person, rather than waiting for the market to come to us. Direct headhunting. Not a database trawl.
03
Nurtured relationships
We take the time to build real relationships with the highest performers at your competitors and your targets. By the time we call them about you, we already know them — and they already trust us.
04
Open & Direct
If the market is not responding to the brief, you will hear it from us first. No spin. No stalling. Just the truth.
Our relationship is the product.
The companies that work with us consistently are not the ones who hired us to fill a vacancy. They are the ones who decided that having a trusted advisor who knows their business, their culture, and their standards — and who can reach the best performers in their market — is worth more than the cheapest or fastest option.
We are not for every company. We are for the ones who understand that the right hire compounds, and the wrong one costs far more than any fee.
Tell us about your next hire.
We will tell you honestly whether we are the right partner for it — and if we are, we will not waste your time getting started.
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