PlacementCorp — Making a Difference
Since 2005, PlacementCorp has delivered high-impact executive placements for organizations across Higher Education, Education Technology, and Healthcare. Our team of subject matter experts has consistently succeeded in filling critical leadership roles — even in searches where other firms were unable to deliver.
At our core, we believe recruitment is about more than filling positions — it’s about making a measurable difference. We partner closely with our clients to strengthen talent acquisition strategy, clarify leadership needs, and design competitive compensation and equity frameworks that support long-term growth.
From contract expertise to executive placement, we build the human capital that powers scalable success.
Each placement comes with a 90-day replacement guarantee (terms outlined in our agreement), ensuring peace of mind and confidence in every hire.
Premium executive search services delivering top-tier leadership talent through our comprehensive retained search methodology.
Empowering our clients with advanced AI technology and strategic consulting to transform their talent acquisition processes and scale operations
Flexible recruitment solutions providing dedicated expertise on-demand to scale your hiring capabilities as needed on your schedule.
Finding top-tier executive leadership is like recruiting elite athletes — it requires a combination of strategy, insight, and precision. At PlacementCorp, our retained executive search solutions act as both advisor and advocate, identifying leaders who not only have the skills and experience but also the vision and character to thrive within your organization.
Much like a professional athlete relies on a knowledgeable agent, high-level executives depend on a recruiter who understands their strengths, motivations, and potential. We articulate their value, negotiate compensation, and place them on teams where they can make an immediate impact.
With our retained search approach, you gain a strategic partner dedicated to securing the executive leader who completes your organization’s “dream team.”
Whether you’re filling a single role or multiple positions across departments, our contingency search offers flexible, results-driven talent acquisition. You only invest once a candidate is successfully placed, giving your hiring budget maximum flexibility.
Each placement comes with a 90-day replacement guarantee (terms outlined in our agreement), ensuring peace of mind and confidence in every hire.
Our strategic consulting pairs AI capabilities with deep domain expertise. We work side-by-side with your leadership team to design customized AI workflows, integrate them seamlessly into your existing HR and recruitment processes, and provide ongoing optimization.
Whether you’re modernizing legacy systems, scaling hiring during growth phases, or building predictive analytics for workforce planning, we deliver solutions that are secure, compliant, and tailored to the unique regulatory and mission-driven demands of education and healthcare.
In executive search, attracting top talent requires showcasing both our expertise and yours. PlacementCorp’s consultative approach starts with a deep understanding of your organization, its culture, and its objectives.
From there, we identify and engage high-caliber candidates — both active job seekers and passive talent — on your behalf, ensuring every search is strategic, targeted, and results-driven.
At PlacementCorp, we don’t just fill roles — we strengthen institutions, elevate leadership, and power workforce transformation.
Every engagement begins with a strategic discovery process designed to uncover more than qualifications. We define mission alignment, leadership impact, cultural influence, and the measurable outcomes your organization must achieve. This clarity activates PlacementCore, our proprietary automation platform built to accelerate precision matching across our national network of higher education and workforce leaders.
PlacementCore doesn’t replace expertise — it amplifies it. By combining intelligent automation with the insight of seasoned subject matter experts, we identify leaders who don’t simply meet criteria, but who are positioned to drive enrollment growth, operational excellence, student success, and community impact.
Each candidate advances through a disciplined, metrics-driven evaluation process rooted in your search parameters and PlacementCorp’s core methodologies. The result is a curated slate of transformational professionals prepared not only to perform — but to lead change.
And our responsibility doesn’t end at offer acceptance.
We stand beside you through interview strategy, debrief facilitation, counteroffer navigation, and compensation positioning — ensuring alignment and confidence at every step. After placement, we remain engaged to support integration, retention, and long-term success.
Because workforce transformation is not a transaction.
It is a commitment.
PlacementCore powers the search.
PlacementCorp advances the mission.
Our comprehensive three-service approach ensures complete talent acquisition coverage. Whether you need executive leadership, innovative AI-driven solutions, or flexible recruitment support, PlacementCorp delivers industry-leading results that set us apart from traditional recruitment firms.
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“It’s from the most challenging situations that we often find our greatest rewards."
John Daskas
John Daskas, Founder and President of PlacementCorp LLC, has built a company culture centered on professional growth, collaboration, and results. Under his leadership, PlacementCorp has helped organizations achieve strategic growth through executive search while fostering the development of its own team. John believes that “we all have an opportunity to learn from each other and benefit,” guiding both his team and clients toward meaningful outcomes.
With a diverse career spanning multiple roles — including on-air talent for CBS Radio — John brings real-world experience and perspective to professional growth, career transitions, and executive leadership. His mantra, “It’s from the most challenging situations that we often find our greatest rewards,” reflects the philosophy behind PlacementCorp’s approach: helping clients tackle complex hiring challenges that drive organizational success.
John is also a thought leader in talent acquisition, having written articles on resume strategies and the benefits of working with an executive recruiter, and has served as a guest speaker for college graduates entering the job market.
His guiding principle is simple: “Wherever you can give your expertise to benefit others…give it. The act of helping often gives back even more.”
Discover what organizations and professionals say about their experience with PlacementCorp’s recruiting expertise.
John and his firm has been a vendor of choice for our organization for over five years. He has a good understanding of our business and our industry and the caliber of recruits I will normally be looking for. His rates are very competitive with others in the recruiting field and he is responsive and timely once I have given him an assignment. When I have had special needs, John has always been willing to work with me and apply creative solutions to the situation.
During my search, John provided top-notch advice and coaching throughout, and it made a positive difference for me during my successful job hunt. John draws upon his vast experience and really is a seasoned career coach. As a result, he was able to prepare effective ideas on how to: prepare, communicate, interview, and follow-up in ways that were most appealing to the decision makers who I was meeting with. John has many strengths as an executive recruiter and one that stood out the most for me, was his understanding of the importance of someone's "personal brand" and how to best craft it, hone it, and present it.
John knows best when it comes to understanding how to bring candidates to life for premium school systems. He takes the time to do the little things right without hesitation. He invests the time necessary to position you for the perfect match with high profile clients in the proprietary education sector. Simply put, he gets you results. It's not enough just to perform well for him, he sets high standards, consistently advises his candidates for continuous improvements to bring to the table their brightest attributes that allow for a successful hire, the perfect opportunity and a win-win relationship between both candidate and his clients.
John assisted me through a recruiting process and handled himself with the utmost professionalism. I found him to be extremely personable, thorough and knowledgeable. He was very familiar with the company I was interviewing with and the position I was interviewing for. His follow-up with me and with the company I was interviewing with was exceptional. Without hesitation, I would gladly work with John In the future.
John was the recruiter I worked with for the Admissions Advisor position I recently accepted. I would recommend for any company or job seeker to work with John if given the chance! It was a pleasure to work with someone with so much expertise. He is a patient, personable, and easy-going professional. I appreciated having the opportunity to work with a recruiter who has such a great understanding of the positions and companies he is recruiting for.
John is indeed an excellent Human Resource Consultant to his clients. He helped me focus on the truly pertinent issues that I and my wife needed to resolve in my career search. He helped us establish an organized, structured analytical approach to resolving the underlying issues and possible consequences. Although I eventually determined that the position at hand did not fit into my longer-term plans, I view my experience with John most positively. He is friendly, thorough and genuinely concerned for your well-being.
Working with John Daskas made me realize what every recruiter should aspire to be. John was professional, thorough, insightful, maintained communication, and managed to keep both the employer and my own best interest in focus. Relocating from Wisconsin to Virginia meant a great deal of deliberation. As the candidate, I was given the pertinent information needed to make my decision to move forward, often as a result of John relaying my inquiries with the company conducting the search.
John has provided me and my company with recruiting services on several occasions. He is professional, and selectively presents candidates. On one occasion, he presented a candidate that I wasn't sure about, John insisted that he was a good fit, I interviewed the candidate, loved him, have hired him and he is a top performer in our company. Without John's insight, and persistence, I might have missed the opportunity to make a great hire.
I had the privilege and the pleasure of partnering with John Daskas, VP of PlacementCorp a top tier executive search and consulting firm. Not only John is an excellent recruiter, he is a sincere and a professional coach! John's advices throughout the entire process were well planned, he actually took time to understand my skills and professional accomplishments and helped me draft a "result-based" resume. I highly recommend John Daskas for candidates that are looking for new opportunities as well as academic and higher education entities that are looking to fill executive level roles within their organization.
Whether you’re an educational institution, healthcare facility, or organization seeking exceptional talent — or a professional exploring your next career opportunity — PlacementCorp is here to help you make the right connection.