Recruitment & Executive Search | Toronto & GTA

Recruitment Built Around Your Business.

Lead Search Group provides Toronto recruitment services built around a simple idea: every hiring need is different. We take the time to understand your business, the role and what success looks like, then build the right search strategy around it. From executive search and specialized recruitment to multi role hiring and ongoing recruitment partnerships, our approach adapts to what you need.

Magdalena Duleba-Lapensee
Principal | Lead Search Group
Magdalena Duleba-Lapensee, Principal at Lead Search Group
Recruitment Specialties

Toronto Recruitment Services for the Talent Shaping What's Next

Lead Search Group recruits executive leaders, experienced professionals and specialized talent across the functions and industries shaping today's organizations, from established leadership roles to rapidly emerging areas of expertise.

Executive &
C Suite

Executive leaders and critical senior hires where experience, judgment, leadership impact and cultural fit matter.

Emerging Talent

Artificial
Intelligence

Leaders and specialized talent helping organizations build, adopt and scale artificial intelligence capabilities.

Technology &
Digital

Technology leaders and specialized talent across product, engineering, data, cybersecurity and digital transformation.

Finance &
Accounting

Finance leaders and professionals across accounting, controllership, planning, commercial finance and specialized functions.

Sales &
Marketing

Commercial leaders and professionals responsible for revenue growth, brand, customer strategy and market development.

Human Resources
& Talent

People leaders and specialists across human resources, talent acquisition, organizational development and people strategy.

Healthcare &
Life Sciences

Leaders and specialized professionals across healthcare, life sciences and related organizations.

Operations

Operational leaders and professionals who strengthen execution, performance, growth and organizational effectiveness.

Supply Chain &
Logistics

Leaders and specialists across procurement, planning, distribution, logistics and end to end supply chain operations.

Search Expertise

Expertise for the Searches That Matter Most.

Some hiring needs require more than a standard recruitment approach. Whether you're building a team, managing a sensitive search or looking for expertise that's difficult to find, we adapt the strategy to the hiring challenge in front of you.

Confidential Hiring

Confidential
& Sensitive
Search

Discreet recruitment for sensitive hires, leadership changes, succession needs and confidential replacements where privacy matters.

Confidential Search →
Urgent Hiring

Urgent &
Unexpected
Hiring

Focused recruitment when a critical vacancy, unexpected departure or immediate business need requires a faster search response.

Urgent Hiring →
Specialized Talent

Specialized &
Hard to Find
Talent

Targeted search for niche expertise and difficult to reach talent using research, market mapping and proactive candidate outreach.

Specialized Search →
Flexible Talent

Contract &
Interim
Talent

Experienced professionals and leaders for projects, transitions and temporary business needs where flexibility and speed matter.

Contract & Interim →
Built Around the Search

Different Hiring Needs. Different Search Strategies. One Recruitment Partner.

The right approach depends on the role, the market and what your organization needs from the search. That's why we don't force every hiring challenge into the same recruitment model.

How We Work Together

Flexible Search Models Built Around the Hire.

No two searches are exactly alike. We work with clients through retained and contingency recruitment, choosing the structure that best reflects the role, the market and what the search needs to accomplish.

Retained

Dedicated Search for Critical Hires.

Best suited to executive, senior leadership and specialized roles where deeper research, targeted market coverage and dedicated search resources matter.

Dedicated: research and search strategy
Targeted: market mapping and direct outreach
Best for: critical, confidential and specialized hires
Contingency

Flexibility With Accountability.

A flexible, success based approach for professional, management and specialized hiring where the recruitment fee is tied to a successful placement.

Flexible: fee tied to a successful hire
Focused: one partner manages the search
Best for: professional, management and specialized roles
Exclusivity

One Search. One Committed Recruitment Partner.

Retained or contingency, exclusivity allows us to invest more deeply in the search, represent your organization consistently and create a stronger candidate experience. The model can flex. The commitment to the search does not.

Why Exclusivity Matters →
Search Reach

Toronto Based. North American Reach.

Toronto and the GTA are our home market, but the right candidate may be somewhere else entirely. Lead Search Group conducts searches across Canada and the United States, following the talent market wherever the mandate requires.

Lead Search Group recruitment search reach across Canada and the United States

Based in Toronto. Searching Where the Talent Is.

Geography should support the search, not restrict it. We define the relevant talent market around the role, the industry and the experience required, then search accordingly.

Home Market

Toronto & GTA

Our home market and the centre of our client relationships, candidate network and recruitment presence.

National Search

Across Canada

Search reach across markets including Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal and wherever the strongest Canadian talent may be found.

Cross Border Search

United States

Targeted search across major U.S. talent markets including the Northeast, Midwest, Texas, California and other relevant regions.

Search geography is determined by the mandate. Locations shown are examples of markets we may search, not limits on where a search can go.
Why Lead Search Group

More Attention Behind Every Search.

The difference is not simply finding candidates. It is understanding where to look, who to approach and what makes someone right for your organization. That takes judgment, relationships and a search strategy built around the mandate.

Experienced Judgment

Market insight and thoughtful assessment help us recognize the right person beyond experience listed on a resume.

Principal Led

Experienced recruiters stay close to your search, your candidates and your hiring team from beginning to end.

Strategy Built Around You

The mandate shapes the research, outreach and assessment strategy instead of forcing your search into a standard formula.

Relationships Expand the Search

Trusted relationships and proactive outreach help us reach strong candidates who may never respond to a job posting.

The search is personal. The strategy should be too.

10+
Years Established
93%
Repeat Clients
98%
Fill Rate
5
Google Rating
2026 Hiring Playbook

Before your next critical hire, ask a better question.

AI is changing the work. Margin pressure is changing expectations. And a changing workforce is reshaping the capabilities organizations need.

The 2026 Hiring Playbook brings together current research, talent market signals and practical hiring strategy to help leaders define what the business actually needs before beginning the search.

Get the 2026 Hiring Playbook →

Complimentary resource for organizations hiring across Canada and the United States.

6 Month Replacement Guarantee On qualifying permanent placements
Our Commitment

More Confidence in Every Hire.

Hiring is a significant investment. Lead Search Group provides a six month replacement guarantee on qualifying permanent placements, giving clients added protection and confidence that our commitment continues beyond the placement.

Lead Search Group in the Media

Recruitment Perspective Worth Sharing.

Lead Search Group is invited to share perspective on recruitment, leadership hiring and the human side of finding the right people. Explore conversations and insights featuring Magdalena Duleba-Lapensee and Lead Search Group.

Featured Podcast

Personalized Recruitment with Magdalena Duleba-Lapensee

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