Ten recruitment firms from across the globe have joined international member-owned split placement network NPAworldwide.

The companies are:

• SERH, based in Salvador (Bahia), Brazil, specialising in industrial, retail and automotive
• Phillip Riley, based in Melbourne (Victoria), Australia, focusing on the renewable energy & energy efficiency sector
• Bertram Resources, based in Houston (Texas), in the US, with the focus on engineering, infrastructure, IT, healthcare and skilled labour
• MConsulting Solutions, based in Adelaide (South Australia), Australia, focusing on executive, commercial, healthcare, sales, operations, mining and sporting recruitment
• Excelerate Resources, based in Warwick in the UK, specialising in the beverage, leisure and retail sectors
• Kites Consulting, based in Dublin (Ohio), in the US, exclusively focusing on IT
• BSI People, based in Sydney (New South Wales), Australia, specialising on information & communication technology and HR services
• Max Populi, based in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), in the US, providing retained search, contingency search, contract recruiting, international recruitment, business process outsourcing and recruitment process outsourcing
• TDM & Associates, based in Champaign (Illinois), in the US, providing search services to manufacturing, banking, non-profit and agriculture industry clients
• Acavi, based in Paris and Lyon in France, specialising in HR for companies working in life sciences, chemicals and materials science