LingoProfessional
A Lingo Staffing Company · Featured Division

Direct-Hire & Executive Search

The right hire. Made permanent.

Lingo Professional recruits and places the permanent talent that defines a company — finance, engineering, operations, and leadership — across the country. Direct-hire and executive search only. No temp. No contract.

Confidential, retained executive search
Senior recruiters, real networks
Backed by Lingo Staffing nationwide
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12+
Functional practices we recruit across
100%
Permanent placement — never temp or contract
National
Reach — we place professionals coast to coast
One
Accountable partner, backed by Lingo Staffing
What we do

Permanent placement. Nothing less.

We place people who stay. Whether it's a specialist or a chief executive, the work is the same: find the right person, permanently. Need flexible, temp, or on-site staffing instead? That's our sister company, Lingo Staffing.

01

Professional Search

Direct-hire placement for specialist and mid-level professional roles. Contingent — you pay only when you hire the person we deliver.

02

Executive & Retained Search

Confidential, retained search for VP, director, and C-suite leadership. Senior recruiters, deep networks, a discreet process.

03

RPO & Talent Advisory

Embedded recruiting, talent mapping, and market & compensation intelligence — full recruiting horsepower without adding headcount.

Functions we place

The roles that move the business.

Recruiters who actually understand the function — so you get candidates who fit the seat, not keyword matches.

Finance & Accounting

Controllers, CFOs, accounting managers, FP&A, AP/AR leadership.

Engineering

Process, manufacturing, quality, design, and project engineers.

Operations & Supply Chain

Plant managers, ops directors, logistics, procurement, planning.

Executive Leadership

C-suite, VP, and general management across the organization.

Sales

Sales leadership, account executives, and business development.

Marketing & Communications

Brand, demand-gen, product marketing, and comms leadership.

Human Resources

HR business partners, talent, comp & benefits, HR leadership.

IT & Technology

Software, infrastructure, data, security, and technology leadership.

Legal & Compliance

Counsel, contracts, risk, and regulatory compliance roles.

Quality & Regulatory

Quality systems, regulatory affairs, and EHS leadership.

Project & Program Management

PMs, program leads, and PMO leadership for complex initiatives.

Data & Analytics

Analysts, data engineering, BI, and analytics leadership.

How it works

A real search — not a resume dump.

01

Intake

A real conversation about the role, the team, and what “right” actually looks like — not a job-board repost.

02

Search & vet

We work our network and recruit to spec, then screen for skills, fit, and motivation before you ever see a resume.

03

Shortlist

A tight slate of qualified, genuinely interested candidates — each with our honest read.

04

Place & support

You hire directly. We stay close through the offer and onboarding to help the placement land.

Why Lingo Professional

Relationships, not requisitions.

  • We recruit to your spec — no bench-dumping, no spray-and-pray.
  • Senior recruiters, real networks — most placements come from relationships, not job ads.
  • We take the hard ones — leadership, niche, and confidential searches others pass on.
  • Permanent only — fully focused on the hire that has to last.
  • Backed by Lingo Staffing — national reach and one accountable partner.
A Lingo Professional executive search recruiter

The positions are out there. We can fill them — and do far more, with less.

It's why we built Lingo Professional: a direct-hire and executive search practice for companies that need the right person in the seat.

Meet the team

The people behind the placements.

Lingo Professional is led by senior recruiters who do the work themselves — direct-hire and executive search, personally. When you start a search, these are the people you work with.

Jeanine Davis, Division Leader at Lingo Professional

Jeanine Davis

Division Leader · Lingo Professional

Jeanine leads the Lingo Professional division, heading up direct-hire and executive search placements nationwide.

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Dawn Harp, Lingo's longest-serving team member

Dawn Harp

Direct-Hire & Executive Search

Lingo’s longest-serving team member, Dawn brings years of relationships and deep institutional knowledge to every search.

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A successful executive placement closed by Lingo Professional
The placement that lasts

When the right leader says yes.

Every search ends the way it should — with a confident handshake and a hire that sticks. We stay through the offer, the counteroffer, and the first ninety days, because a placement isn’t finished until it’s working.

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Questions, answered

The straight answers.

What is Lingo Professional?

Lingo Professional is the direct-hire and executive search division of Lingo Staffing. We recruit and place permanent professional and leadership talent across the United States.

How is Lingo Professional different from Lingo Staffing?

Lingo Professional handles permanent, direct-hire, and executive search placements only. Temporary, temp-to-hire, and on-site staffing are handled by our sister company, Lingo Staffing.

Do you place temporary or contract workers?

No. Lingo Professional focuses exclusively on permanent, direct-hire, and executive search. For temporary, temp-to-hire, or on-site workforce staffing, work with Lingo Staffing.

What roles and functions do you recruit for?

We recruit across finance and accounting, engineering, operations and supply chain, sales, marketing, human resources, IT and technology, legal, quality and regulatory, project management, data and analytics, and executive leadership.

Do you offer retained or contingent search?

Both. We run contingent professional search for individual contributor and manager-level roles, and retained, confidential executive search for leadership and C-suite hires.

Where does Lingo Professional place candidates?

Nationwide. Backed by Lingo Staffing’s national footprint, we recruit and place professional talent across the country.

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Let's fill the role
you can't.

Tell us about the search. It goes straight to our direct-hire team, and a senior recruiter will scope it with you — no obligation, no runaround.