Norfolk.
Defense, aviation, shipbuilding, and a growing healthcare and technology presence in Hampton Roads. Engaged Headhunters has run searches in Norfolk since 2009.
Local searches, run by recruiters who know the market.
Defense, aviation, shipbuilding, and a growing healthcare and technology presence in Hampton Roads. The recruiter assigned to your search has spent a decade or more in your industry and runs the engagement end-to-end. There is no junior-associate handoff after the kickoff call.
Norfolk candidate pools are mostly passive at the senior level. Engaged search is built around exactly that condition, the deposit funds passive-talent advertising and dedicated specialist time, and the balance is owed only on placement.
Where the work runs.
The industries we run most often in Norfolk. Each links to a deeper practice page.
Aviation
Senior leadership searches across aviation in Norfolk and the broader Mid-Atlantic region.
Engineering
Senior leadership searches across engineering in Norfolk and the broader Mid-Atlantic region.
Healthcare
Senior leadership searches across healthcare in Norfolk and the broader Mid-Atlantic region.
Manufacturing
Senior leadership searches across manufacturing in Norfolk and the broader Mid-Atlantic region.
Three ways to work with us in Norfolk.
Pick the model that matches the candidate-pool passivity and the urgency of the role.
Engaged Search
Hybrid retained-and-contingent. 25-35% of first-year comp. Best for VP & C-suite roles.
Contingent Search
Pay only on placement. 18-25% of first-year comp. Best for Director & Manager roles.
Staffing Solutions
10+ roles per engagement. Per-placement or markup pricing. Healthcare, clinical, ops teams.
Norfolk,
specifically.
The questions hiring leaders ask in the first scoping call.
Tell us the role, the niche, the urgency.
We come back inside one business day with a scoping call and a market read on candidate availability in Norfolk and the broader Mid-Atlantic.