About Us.
Founded in 1984, Gillespie Search is a highly specialized recruiting firm concentrating our search efforts exclusively in the medical/surgical device segment of the healthcare industry.
We are committed to delivering high-quality recruiting services by establishing long term client relationships and maintaining a high profile executive portfolio. Our firm has grown into one of the premier healthcare recruiting organizations nationwide among our corporate clients and candidates.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide our clients and candidates with the best possible recruiting services that reflect our organization's three major hallmarks: integrity, versatility, and industry knowledge.
Effective Staffing Solutions
We specialize in offering superior executive teams for our clients, and we work on both contingency and retainer bases. Our services include all the market research and networking necessary to identify talented executives.
Search assignments are conducted on all functional levels within a company’s organization including sales, sales management, marketing management, manufacturing, engineering, clinical/regulatory affairs, and the C-Suite. Our clients are involved in many medical/surgical areas of expertise, including aesthetic surgery, biologics, cardiology, gynecology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics, spinal surgery, and urology.
Our Clients
We are proud to recognize the increased growth and prosperity of our clients because we provided the best executive talent available. It’s exciting to be part of that growth process and even more exciting to earn the trust and respect of industry leaders within the Healthcare industry. Our clients range in size from venture capital-backed start-up firms to Fortune 500 companies involved in the healthcare industry's medical/surgical device segment.
These companies manufacture and distribute products in every medical specialty from capital equipment to medical devices, instruments and disposables. Search assignments are conducted on a national basis as well as internationally upon request.
Please contact us at our website or call us directly with any questions regarding our services and your executive recruiting requirements or your confidential job search.
Partners
Robert Gillespie
Bob Gillespie is the founder and President of Gillespie Search since its inception in 1984. Bob holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Bernard Baruch College, New York, and a Masters in Business Administration in Marketing from Long Island University, New York. His previous corporate positions include Manager and Director roles with the Grafton Division of Exxon Enterprises, the American Management Association and Timex Corporation.
Karen Gillespie
Karen Gillespie is the Vice President of Gillespie Search and has been with our firm since 1986. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University, New York, and a Masters in Library and Information Science from Queens College, City University of New York. Her previous corporate experience includes positions in Marketing and Information Management with the American Management Association, Pannell Kerr Foster Management Consulting and Arthur Young & Company.
We Understand Your Hiring Goals
We realize that every client is unique. Our key strength is our ability to understand your hiring goals and objectives by identifying candidates who are the right fit for your corporate culture in addition to being qualified for the position. In our discussions with candidates, we use a consultative approach aimed at reaching your job search objectives. The key to this process is to examine both the short and long term time horizon to better accommodate the candidate's professional growth and the client's planning objectives.
Candidates
All resumes and follow up discussions with candidates are held in strict confidence to protect your privacy. Candidates are always contacted to discuss a potential opportunity that may match their background, and their resume is only submitted to a client upon
their approval. Once an interview is scheduled between a client and a candidate, we work closely with both the candidate and the client throughout the entire interviewing process, providing advice and guidance along the way.