Permanent
Choose permanent
When you’re building long-term strength and want people who grow with your team.
Great people make the next move.
Connecting expertise with opportunity. Consulting, staffing, and outsourcing, with people at the heart.
Four core specialties, serving markets across the board. Hover or click any square.
- Since 1988Nearly 40 years of building relationships
- GlobalAsia, Europe, and the Americas
- Hundreds of clients.Thousands of consultants have trusted JBA.
- 4 specialtiesLegal, technology & AI, finance, and operations
For employers
Great work starts with the right people.
Tell us your hiring priorities and the expertise your team needs to move forward. Email us the role and a JBA recruiter will follow up to talk it through.
Why companies choose JBA
Hiring made personal, and faster.
For nearly 40 years, companies have trusted JBA to find people who fit the work and the team. Here’s what you can expect.
Speed without shortcuts
Our flat structure encourages collaboration, increases speed, and reduces costs.
A shortlist you can act on
We share meaningful information about each candidate, so you know whom to interview.
We do the legwork
We find and screen candidates and clarify expectations and the offer, so your team can focus on choosing.
Your people stay yours
We never directly approach our clients’ employees.
Find your fit
Which hiring solution is right for you?
Not sure which to choose? Tell us about the role and we’ll recommend the best fit.
Temporary
Choose temporary
When you need cover fast, for leave, busy periods, or urgent gaps, with full flexibility.
Contract
Choose contract
When a project or fixed period calls for specific expertise, from start to finish.
Contract-to-hire
Choose contract-to-hire
When you want to see someone in the role before making a permanent offer.
How we work with you
Together as partners, we succeed.
The best hires happen when the role and the person truly fit. Here’s how we work with you to bring them together.
Define the ideal candidate.
Let’s define the ideal candidate by outlining the job-related skills, experience, and working style the role needs.
Understand your culture.
We learn what your team and your customers value about working with you, then choose candidates who will thrive in that environment.
Map the path to success.
Identify the company’s goals and outline the path to get there.
Create the right offer.
When a candidate’s career path and goals match the company’s, create a customized position and an attractive job offer package.
For candidates
Your career. Your next move.
Whether you’re ready for a change or just curious about what’s out there, we start with you: your goals, your strengths, and the work you want to do next.
Find the right role
Opportunities across legal, technology & AI, finance & accounting, and business operations.
Work your way
Permanent, contract, and contract-to-hire positions to fit where you are in your career.
Stand out on paper
We help you keep your résumé simple and clean, with your skills and achievements front and center.
Grow from here
Many JBA consultants have gone on to executive roles. Your next move can be the start of yours.
Your path with JBA
We want to know you.
Great matches come from real conversations. Here’s what to expect when you work with a JBA recruiter.
- A real conversation
We talk about your motivation, goals, work style, and the work-life balance you want.
- The full picture
We explain the role, culture, salary structure, and benefits. Nothing goes forward without your say.
- Interview ready
We help you prepare: why the role is open, the team’s challenges, and the story that shows your value.
- Support after you start
We stay in touch and help with any concerns once you’re in the role.
Your search is handled discreetly, and nothing goes to a client without your permission.
Your next role
Make room for what comes next.
Explore openings that put your experience to work and take your career in a new direction. Send us your résumé or CV and a JBA recruiter will reach out when something fits.
Expert talent specialists
People who know. People who deliver.
Technology expertise meets a trusted professional network. Find the people and support to take your business forward.
Legal
Attorneys, paralegals, and legal support for law firms and in-house teams.
Technology & AI
Engineers, analysts, and AI specialists for new builds and day-to-day operations.
Finance & accounting
Accountants, analysts, and controllers for the close, the audit, and the growth plan.
Business operations
Administrators, coordinators, and managers who keep the work moving.
How we work with you:ConsultingStaffing & recruitingOutsourcing
Industries we serve
Talent across sectors. Solutions built around you.
Talent solutions and consulting aligned with your industry, your team, and your business priorities.
The JBA story
Built on relationships. Still looking forward.
Founded by IT professionals and entrepreneurs. Built through thousands of consultant relationships. Carried forward by a new generation.
- Founded
Started in 1988 by IT professionals and entrepreneurs who knew the work from the inside. Today JBA supports clients in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
- Thousands
of consultants have been part of JBA’s journey, and thousands more reach out to us when they’re ready for their next full-time role.
- Leaders today
Many JBA consultants have gone on to executive roles.
- Generations ahead
Their children, and the next generation of JBA, are now part of the story.
The JBA approach
Recruiting is personal. Let’s keep it that way.
A résumé is a starting point. A conversation brings the whole picture into focus.
Start with what matters.
Your goals, your priorities, and the qualities that make the right connection.
Explore the possibilities.
Bring the role and the person into the same conversation: experience, expectations, and fit.
Take the next step together.
Talk with JBA about your hiring needs or the next chapter in your career.
Great people. New possibilities.
The right people. The right opportunity. A conversation starts it.
Submit a job profile Submit your résumé or CV Or write to contact@jba.comHistory of JBA
Relationships. People. Talent. Nearly 40 years of connecting expertise with opportunity, founded by IT professionals and entrepreneurs.
- Founded
- 1988
- Founders
- Jacqueline and Gary Buickians
- Home base
- Pasadena, California
- Global reach
- Asia, Europe, and the Americas
Our founders
Built by people who knew the work.
Jacqueline and Gary Buickians founded JBA with experience across industries and a shared focus on relationships, people, and talent. They understand the business environment and have guided JBA through changing economic conditions.
- 1988
Jacqueline and Gary Buickians, IT professionals and entrepreneurs, found JBA, which grows to support clients in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
- Hundreds & thousands
Hundreds of clients and thousands of consultants have worked with JBA over the years.
- Leaders today
Many have gone on to executive roles, carrying that shared history into the organizations they help lead.
- The next generation
Many of their children have begun their own careers with JBA, and a new generation of our team brings fresh perspectives.
Our mission
Serve our clients with trust and integrity, and empower the next generation to become future entrepreneurs.
What we believe
A business built on lasting relationships.
- We take the load off your team so you can focus on your own work.
- We bring energy to every opportunity.
- We never directly approach our clients’ employees.
- We handle candidates’ job searches discreetly and seek their permission before presenting them to a client.
Why us?
What makes JBA different for your team.
Our differentiating factors
People. Pricing. Process.
Our flat organizational structure encourages collaboration, increases speed, and reduces costs, which keeps our clients satisfied and loyal.
People
Direct access, no layers.
You work with experienced recruiters who know your needs, not a chain of handoffs.
Pricing
Lean by design.
A flat structure keeps our overhead low, and those savings show up in your costs.
Process
Fewer steps, faster results.
Quick decisions and close collaboration move searches forward without delay.
How we work
A personal approach. A clearer connection.
Seven ways we make hiring easier
From first conversation to signed offer.
Every search follows the same personal approach, so you see the right people and they see the best of your company.
Excite candidates about your company.
We present your company in a way that gets the right people genuinely excited about the opportunity.
Build real connections.
We get to know each candidate and find out what truly excites them.
Keep it conversational.
Informal conversations help us learn more about each person than a résumé ever could.
Learn what motivates a move.
Through phone calls, video conversations, and meetings, we learn what would make a candidate change roles.
Share what matters.
We give you meaningful insight into each candidate, so you can decide whom to interview.
Do the legwork.
We handle the searching and screening, so your team can focus on selecting the right talent.
Clarify the offer.
We align expectations and the offer package, so everyone moves forward with confidence.
Why you matter to us.
Great careers start with great people. At JBA you’re a person, not a résumé, and we treat your next move that way.
What you get with JBA
A recruiter in your corner.
From the first conversation to long after you start, we work for your career, not just the next opening.
- A real conversation about your motivation, goals, and the work-life balance you want.
- Honest information about each role: the position, culture, salary structure, and benefits.
- Nothing goes forward without your say.
- Help preparing your résumé and getting ready for interviews.
- We handle your search discreetly and seek your permission before presenting you to a client.
- Support after you start, and a partner for the rest of your career.
Where JBA careers lead
Many JBA consultants have gone on to executive roles, and many of their children now build their careers with us too.
We want to know you.
Great matches come from real conversations. Here’s how we work with candidates, from first call to after you start.
Candidate guide
Common questions about working with JBA.
What will you ask me about?
Your motivation, goals, areas for development, preferred company, work style, current position, personality, and the work-life balance you want. It all helps us understand your next move.
What will I learn about an opportunity?
We explain the client’s open position, culture, salary structure, and benefits, then ask whether you’d like to be presented. Nothing goes forward without your say.
How should I prepare my résumé?
Keep it simple and clean. Put skills and achievements front and center, summarize older experience, and make sure your LinkedIn profile matches.
How should I prepare for an interview?
Learn about the organization and the value you can bring. Choose a short, truthful story relevant to the position. Understand why the role is open, the team’s challenges, and how your experience can help.
Is my search confidential?
Yes. We handle candidates’ job searches discreetly and seek their permission before presenting them to a client.
What happens after I’m hired?
We stay in touch to talk about your work environment and help address concerns. If you decide to stay with your current employer, we can still support the conversation about your career.
Not seeing the right role?
Many roles are filled before they’re ever posted. Send your résumé and a recruiter will reach out when something fits.
Send your résumé or CVYour experienced people partner.
Flexible talent solutions matched to your business needs. Permanent, temporary, freelance, and consultant arrangements help teams get the support they need.
Four ways to work together
Start with one. Change as your needs change.
Permanent placement
Build for the long term.
Full-time hires, with attention to responsibilities, expectations, and the fit that supports a lasting working relationship.
Contract staffing
Bring in focused expertise.
Consultants for project work and ongoing assignments, matched to the skills, timing, and arrangement your team needs.
Consulting
Put expertise to work.
Specialist support for your projects and priorities, onshore and offshore, from a firm founded by IT practitioners.
Outsourcing
Add capacity beyond your team.
Support aligned with your scope, skills, and delivery needs, including remote and offshore arrangements.
Our specialties
Specialist professionals, onshore and offshore.
JBA offers onshore and offshore consulting experience, a distinctive talent pool, and access to specialist professionals.
Legal
Legal talent for firms and in-house teams.
Attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, and the people who keep a law firm running.
- Attorneys
- Paralegals
- Legal assistants
- Law firm operations
- Contract and permanent
Technology & AI
Technical people who understand the business.
JBA was founded by IT professionals. We recruit across the stack and ask about the business context too.
- Software engineering
- Enterprise applications
- Data
- AI
- Infrastructure
- IT support
Finance & accounting
Finance people who fit your reporting and systems.
Matched to your reporting needs, systems, and priorities.
- Accounting
- Tax
- Financial analysis
- Finance leadership
Business operations
The people your customers and processes rely on.
Professionals who support day-to-day business.
- Administration
- Office management
- Sales
- Marketing
For employers: how does your offer compare?
Check what your role can genuinely offer.
Tick everything that’s true today. We’ll show what candidates may ask about that you haven’t covered yet.
JBA in-house opportunities
Build your next chapter at JBA. If you’re a creative thinker who loves this work, we’ll build a growth plan around you.
Choose your direction
Two paths to the next level.
We work one-on-one to customize growth plans, provide incentives, and help you reach the next level.
Managing Consultant
Lead people.
Build and lead your own team, with management bonuses that reward the people you develop.
Principal Consultant
Lead clients.
Focus on your own billing and client relationships, with incentives for top billers.
Why build your career here
Our flat structure encourages collaboration and speed, so your ideas reach the people who can act on them.
Benefits and incentives
What comes with the work.
Ask us about the package for your role.
- Base salary
- Commission and bonuses
- Remote or flexible hours
- Insurance
- Paid holidays
- Sick days
- Incentives for top billers
- Management bonuses
- Referral bonuses
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