BizFirst is a boutique, senior-led recruiting firm serving Maryland employers, from cleared and cybersecurity teams around Fort Meade to GovCon primes and subs and technology employers along the Baltimore-Washington corridor. Based in the nearby DC metro, we recruit cleared and commercial talent and work three ways: an embedded recruiting team (RPO), contingent placement and executive search, and sourcing-only support.
BizFirst helps Maryland organizations hire the people they cannot afford to get wrong. We are a boutique firm, which means senior people run your hiring from the first call to the signed offer, not a junior coordinator juggling twenty other accounts.
Cleared cybersecurity, IT, and engineering talent for contractors supporting Fort Meade, NSA, DISA, and U.S. Cyber Command. That includes security engineers, SOC and threat analysts, and cleared professionals from Public Trust to TS/SCI, plus program managers and financial management analysts for GovCon primes and subs. GovCon recruiting
Data scientists, machine learning and AI engineers, data engineers, and cybersecurity and security engineers for technology and research-driven employers across the Baltimore-Washington corridor. AI & tech recruiting
PartnerHire Core is an embedded recruiting team (RPO). DirectHire is contingent placement and executive search, billed only on a hire. See services & pricing
Each Client Delivery Lead carries only three or four clients, so your hiring gets senior, hands-on attention and fast follow-through. It is why 94% of our placements stay past 90 days. About BizFirst
We recruit across Maryland, Montgomery, Howard, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Frederick, and Baltimore counties, including Bethesda, Rockville, Columbia, Annapolis, Fort Meade, and Aberdeen, and throughout the DMV (Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV). Because our recruiting is proactive and remote-friendly, we also place talent for clients nationwide.
BizFirst is based in the DC metro (Ashburn, VA) and serves employers across Maryland, including Montgomery, Howard, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Frederick, and Baltimore counties, and throughout the greater DMV. We also recruit for clients nationwide, since our recruiting is proactive and remote-friendly.
Yes. We recruit cleared cybersecurity, IT, and engineering talent for contractors supporting Fort Meade, NSA, DISA, and U.S. Cyber Command, from Public Trust to TS/SCI, including security engineers, SOC and threat analysts, cloud and application security engineers, and security architects.
Yes. GovCon is a core specialty. BizFirst recruits cleared and uncleared talent for prime contractors and subcontractors across Maryland, including program managers, systems and software engineers, financial management analysts, and post-award ramp hires.
Both, depending on how you want to hire. As a recruiting firm, BizFirst runs full-cycle recruitment for permanent, direct-hire roles through DirectHire. As a staffing agency, BizFirst supplies embedded and contract recruiters through PartnerHire Core to cover surges, ramps, and defined projects. Either way a senior lead runs the work, for Maryland employers and nationwide.
Two core models: PartnerHire Core, an embedded recruiting team (RPO); and DirectHire, contingent placement and executive search billed only on a successful hire.
BizFirst is boutique by design. Each Client Delivery Lead carries only three to four clients, so every hire gets senior, hands-on attention. For many teams it is a focused alternative to large staffing agencies, where senior people run the hiring instead of handing it to a junior coordinator.
Government Contracting (GovCon) and defense, cybersecurity, and AI, data analytics, and technology, with additional coverage across business, finance, and operations.
Tell us the roles you are filling and your timeline, and we will recommend the right model and send a firm quote, usually within one business day.
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