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Abrahams Consulting is a certified Minority-Owned Business (MWBE) and authorized government contract holder that helps public sector agencies and enterprise organizations procure, deploy, and secure mission-critical technology across New York State and nationwide. Since 2006 it has delivered full-lifecycle IT services including cybersecurity, cloud, disaster recovery, 24/7 SOC and help desk, and hardware and software sourcing. It is a NASA SEWP VI Prime Contractor (Category A – ITC/AV Solutions) and holds a New York State PBITS contract (2025–2029).

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Ascend Recruiting Partners is a Certified Woman-Owned Small Business and executive & professional recruitment agency with over 15 years of experience in talent acquisition. It specializes in direct-hire services for professional-level roles through the C-suite, placing candidates in industries including Engineering, Electronics, Semiconductors, Aerospace & Defense, Metals, Plastics, and Food Manufacturing. The company is based in Tallahassee, Florida, United States.

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McKenzie Innovative Solutions (MIS)/BLC Recruiting is a New York City-based firm offering executive recruiting, management and leadership training, and operational consulting. BLC Recruiting has provided high-caliber candidates across various industries for over 25 years, serving Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. MIS is a leadership development firm founded by Linsdale McKenzie, a Certified Coach, Trainer, and Speaker with the Maxwell Leadership Team.

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Clarity Recruiting is a woman-owned, boutique recruiting agency founded in 2000 that aims to simplify the recruitment process to build better teams. It offers consultative search for critical hires, large-scale staffing solutions, and temporary support, with core practice areas in Administrative, Human Resources, Finance, Creative, Legal, and Technology. It also operates Cleartech for technical recruiting.

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Collaborative Business Support is a network of experienced professional advisors providing customized solutions for public, private and nonprofit organizations. Its advisors integrate proven methodologies and best practices to deliver practical results, with expertise in business development, human resources, financial services, marketing and data analytics. The team operates as a cooperative consortium, jointly offering services through the network.

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Deanna Nesbit & Associates is a certified woman-owned business that provides executive-level recruiting and HR services. With over 30 years of HR experience, Deanna specializes in finding top talent for difficult-to-fill positions, serving clients in all 50 states and US territories. The firm also offers HR consulting including workplace investigations, HR audits, handbooks, OSHA-compliant safety training, and compensation and benefits evaluation.

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DM&A (Don Miller & Associates) is a healthcare food service consulting firm based in Chula Vista, California. It provides food service consulting and environmental services (EVS) support to hospitals, senior living, retirement communities, long term care, acute care, Veteran Affairs facilities, and universities across all 50 states, helping locations remain or become self-operated.

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Element Professionals is a specialized recruiting firm established in 2013 by a Navy veteran, focused exclusively on recruiting for federal and DoD construction projects nationwide. It connects contractors with experienced project managers, superintendents, QC managers, safety professionals, and other technical talent, offering personalized recruiting solutions and guaranteed placement.

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EllisJordan Consulting is a boutique HR consulting and executive search firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland that provides human resource expertise and solutions to businesses. It works as a strategic partner to provide a tailored and comprehensive approach to address specific business needs, helping organizations become better through people, processes, and best business practices.

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TEMPO Employment Services is a locally owned employment and staffing agency serving Presque Isle, Maine and all of Aroostook County since 1985. It connects job seekers with full-time, part-time, temporary, and temp-to-hire positions and supports employers with customized staffing solutions, recruitment, onboarding, payroll, and executive recruiting.

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EuVoya Consulting LLC is an SBA-Certified WOSB headquartered in Arlington, VA, founded by Priscilla Koranteng. It operates at the intersection of people strategy and technology, delivering workforce strategy, AI-enabled analytics, and organizational transformation to federal government, private equity-backed technology companies, state and local government, and small businesses. The firm is a principal-led boutique with executive-led delivery.

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Flix CV is a privately held corporation founded in 2019 by Dianna Paxton. Through its proprietary cloud-based platform, prioritized candidates record video responses to four pre-selected, time-restricted questions, and Flix CV individually edits and creates a 10-minute interview highlight reel for hiring teams to review. The company aims to transform inefficient portions of the recruiting process.

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Gecko Hospitality is a hospitality and restaurant management recruiting firm founded in 2000. It connects quality candidates with businesses needing them, serving hotels, restaurants, private clubs, and beyond across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The firm reports helping over 40,000 professionals find opportunities over 24+ years and has been named by Forbes among America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms since 2018.

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Genius Road, LLC is a certified women-owned, boutique technical, telecom and executive recruiting firm based in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 2010 by Kimberly Zanatta, the firm provides contract and permanent staffing solutions, executive coaching and career counseling, matching candidates to clients' requirements, culture and environment. It serves public and private sectors including government agencies requiring security clearance, aerospace, healthcare, defense and financial services.

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GMR Security Consulting Group is an independent, woman-owned corporate security consulting firm led by founder and CEO Mary Gates, a 35-year industry veteran. It delivers independent security solutions that mitigate risk, safeguard people, and secure operations for clients ranging from Fortune 500 enterprises to vital service providers, operating free from manufacturer affiliations or supplier partnerships.

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Heritage Consulting by B+R is a minority women-owned and operated business that is a curated network of independent consultants serving the hospitality, healthcare and other customer-facing businesses. It helps clients respond to changing business environments through strategic leadership and service culture advantages, using experts in luxury hospitality, healthcare, risk management, auditing, finance, and crisis communications.

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HR-ER is a human resources and executive recruiting firm that partners with employers to provide full HR services along with temporary and permanent employment staffing services. It also contracts with military and other government entities to provide specialized services and support of their mission.

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JNX Partners is a high-integrity executive, staffing & recruiting firm specializing in recruiting top professionals for organizations of every scale. It finds highly qualified candidates and matches them with positions aligning with their talents and qualifications. As part of MRINetwork, it is affiliated with one of the world's largest recruitment and placement organizations with more than 1,100 offices worldwide, and uses an Accelerated Recruitment approach and a 24-Step Search and Recruit Process.

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KL2 Connects is a boutique executive search firm that caters exclusively to the American public transit industry on a retained basis. Its principals are veterans of the transit industry who have served in public transit CEO or C-suite positions, and collectively have over 250 years of transit management experience. The firm places executives in public transit agencies and provides career coaching for candidates.

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