Tom Hunt

What Tom Hunt does

Tom Hunt (OOO "Tom Hunt Russland," founded 2007, headquartered in Moscow) is a Russian HR services agency specializing in executive search, headhunting, and recruitment for linear and top-management positions across 10+ industries and 94 business areas. The firm operates a fully remote delivery model built on IP-telephony and a virtual-office infrastructure, supported by a proprietary database of 15,000 candidates and referrers accessed via direct outreach that bypasses public job boards. The portfolio extends beyond core placement into outplacement, coaching, career development, personal branding, leadership assessment consulting, corporate training events, and a regional franchise program.

Name

Tom Hunt

Legal name

OOO «Tom Hunt Russland» (ООО «Том Хант Руссланд» — зарегистрированный знак обслуживания Tom Hunt)

Website

https://tomhunt.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tom Hunt is a Moscow-based Russian HR agency providing executive search, headhunting, recruitment, coaching, and career services to enterprise clients across 10+ industries using direct candidate outreach.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search & Recruitment Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB), Confidential/Replacement & Succession Search (BPACAAAK), Financial Services Leadership Search (Banking/Insurance/PE/Asset Mgmt) (BPACAAAF), Media, Entertainment & Sports Leadership Search (BPACAAAH), Agent of Record (AOR) / Contractor Engagement Services (BPACAGAB)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Recruitment consulting
• Career coaching
• Outplacement services
• Personal branding

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and headhunting fees: Fees are calculated as a percentage of the placed candidate's annual salary. Pricing tiers include 25% for executive search/headhunting, 10-15% for linear (line-level) positions, and 18-20% for regional manager searches. Payment terms include 70% upon candidate acceptance and the remainder during the probation period.
2. Outplacement services: Career transition support for top managers and specialists, including job search assistance, interview preparation, and direct outreach to hiring companies. Duration: 1-3 months.
3. Corporate training and consulting: Training programs for corporate clients covering sales, management, negotiation, and team building topics. Delivered as workshops and seminars for client organizations.
4. Franchise fees: Regional franchise partners pay for the right to use the Tom Hunt brand, receive business documentation, training, and ongoing support. Payback period: 1 year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Tom Hunt provides executive search, recruitment, and headhunting services to corporate clients seeking top-management and rare specialists, alongside career coaching, outplacement, and personal-branding consulting offered to individual professionals. The firm also licenses its model through a franchise program and runs corporate training and mastermind sessions for both individuals and organizations.

Product overview

Tom Hunt is an HR agency offering a comprehensive suite of recruitment and career services. The core offerings include Executive Search/Headhunting (direct candidate outreach without job boards), Recruitment for linear positions and mass hiring, Outplacement for career transitions, Coaching and Career Development services, Consulting with leadership assessments and training, Personal Branding, and Corporate Training/Events. The company also offers a Franchise model for regional expansion. Services are delivered through experienced consultants with support from a database of over 15,000 candidates and recommenders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search / Headhunting Targeted search and recruitment of top-management, rare specialists, and hard-to-fill roles for corporate clients, billed via success fees tied to placed-candidate compensation.
• Recruitment Services End-to-end recruitment for corporate clients, leveraging the firm's 15,000+ candidate database and remote IP-telephony research to fill open positions.
• Career Coaching One-on-one and group coaching for individual professionals seeking career advancement, transition support, salary negotiations, or development planning.
• Outplacement Services Career-transition support for individuals who have been laid off or are exiting their employer, including job-search assistance and personal repositioning.
• Personal Branding Consulting Consulting and content support to help individual professionals build a public personal brand, including for use during job searches, speaking engagements, or executive positioning.
• Corporate Training Group and bespoke training programs for corporate clients, typically covering recruitment-process topics, HR-management, and executive-development content.
• Mastermind Sessions Group mastermind-format sessions for individual professionals, providing facilitated peer discussion and structured content around career and business growth topics.
• Tom Hunt Franchise Franchise/licensed offering of the Tom Hunt recruitment-and-coaching model to third-party partners operating in defined territories.

Quantifiable outcome

• 800+ closed positions for client companies
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HeadHunter: HeadHunter is the dominant Russian online recruitment platform and job board, competing directly with Tom Hunt for mid-market and specialist placement mandates. Both serve employers seeking to hire across multiple functions in Russia, though HeadHunter's model is self-serve while Tom Hunt's is white-glove headhunting.
• Antal Russia: Antal Russia is a CIS-focused executive search and recruitment firm specializing in mid-to-senior management hiring. It directly competes with Tom Hunt on executive search mandates in the Russian market, with comparable methodology and target customer segment.
• SuperJob: SuperJob is a leading Russian job platform and recruitment services provider, offering both online job postings and recruitment agency services. It competes with Tom Hunt in linear and mid-level recruitment across Russian regions, and is a natural alternative for enterprise clients.
• Ward Howell: Ward Howell is a leading Russian executive search firm focused on board, CEO, and senior management placements. It is a direct competitor to Tom Hunt's C-suite and top management recruitment practice, serving large Russian and international enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Robert Half is a global staffing and consulting firm with a strong presence in finance, accounting, and administrative recruitment. It competes with Tom Hunt on linear and specialist positions, particularly in finance and operations functions.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search and leadership advisory firm, directly competing with Tom Hunt in senior executive and board placements. While it operates primarily at the C-suite level, its presence in Russia has been impacted by geopolitical shifts.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with a leading executive search practice. It competes with Tom Hunt at the top end of the executive search market and provides broader HR consulting, though its Russia presence is more limited than its global footprint.
• Michael Page: Michael Page is a global recruitment firm specializing in permanent placement for mid-to-senior professionals. It competes with Tom Hunt on functional and mid-management placements and serves as a benchmark for international search firms operating in Russia.
• Hays: Hays is a global recruitment firm with a strong presence in Russia and CIS, placing professionals across multiple functional areas. It competes with Tom Hunt on specialist and mid-level recruitment but offers a more standardized, multi-country delivery model.

Regional players

• ANCOR: ANCOR is one of the largest Russian recruitment and HR services firms, with broad coverage across permanent placement, temporary staffing, and outsourcing. It competes with Tom Hunt across multiple recruitment segments and serves similar enterprise clients in Russia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TomHuntRus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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