Charles Aris helps organizations meet their most ambitious growth goals through retained executive search, contingent recruiting and transaction services.
Whether you're building an executive leadership team, addressing an urgent hiring need or sourcing your next proprietary acquisition, our team stands ready to help transform your business.
OUR CAUSE
Change Lives
We change lives by placing world-class talent into world-class companies. Our candidates work in mission-critical roles alongside talented colleagues and together they create rewarding growth opportunities for all.
Transform Businesses
The candidates we place and acquisitions we land make both a material and intangible impact on your organization, dramatically improving your business operations and results.
Enrich Communities
Our success affords us the ability to give back to our communities. Between 2020 and 2030, our firm has pledged to donate at least $1 million to charitable organizations in both time and money.
Our Story
Mitch Oakley founded Charles Aris as a management recruiting agency in 1969. The business grew into a retained executive search firm before diversifying into a multi-faceted growth partner.
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Core Values
At Charles Aris, we pursue excellence, we care, we are steady, we have moxie, we are creative and we are humble. Meet the team embodying these values every day.
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Life at Charles Aris
Our team of over 100 employees works across two offices and 20 states, with every team member having the option to join our firm in person, remotely or in a hybrid capacity.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We're committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces humanity’s greatest strength: our differences. We know that our differences make Charles Aris, our clients and our community stronger, so we work to uplift them in every part of our organization.
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