Personal Assistant Staffing Agency in NYC

A personal assistant staffing agency identifies, screens, and presents candidates who can support executives, founders, principals, families, or teams with scheduling, travel, communication, errands, project coordination, and confidential administration. Ikon Search manages the sourcing, vetting, interview coordination, and placement process so clients receive focused candidate options rather than searching the market alone.

Ikon Search’s efficient process and specialized talent network typically allow the team to present qualified candidates within 2-3 days. Timing can vary for highly confidential, niche, or senior support roles, but the goal is always to move quickly while maintaining strong vetting, cultural alignment, and candidate quality.

Yes. Ikon Search supports long-term contract, short-term contract, temp-to-hire, and permanent personal assistant placements. Contract options are useful for interim coverage, maternity or leave coverage, special projects, rapid scaling, or trying a candidate in the role before making a permanent hiring decision.

Ikon Search recruits personal assistants, executive assistants, senior executive assistants, team assistants, administrative assistants, office coordinators, family-office personal assistants, and private-household support professionals. The team can also support related roles such as estate managers, house managers, chief of staff positions, and strategic operations support when the need extends beyond a traditional PA.

Candidates are qualified through interviews, role-specific evaluation, reference checks, and assessment of communication style, discretion, organization, and cultural fit. Ikon Search also considers technical skills, prior support environments, schedule flexibility, judgment under pressure, and alignment with the client’s work style, values, and long-term support expectations.

Yes. Ikon Search places personal assistants for family offices, HNW and UHNW principals, private estates, and luxury service environments. These searches often require additional discretion, soft-skill fluency, vendor coordination experience, and an understanding of high-touch household or lifestyle support, especially where privacy and trust are essential.

Prepare details about the schedule, work location or hybrid expectations, core responsibilities, travel needs, confidentiality requirements, compensation range, reporting structure, and preferred experience. It also helps to define whether the role is corporate, personal, household, or blended, because that affects sourcing strategy and candidate evaluation.

Yes. Ikon Search can run discreet retained or tailored searches where confidentiality is critical. The team uses controlled outreach, careful candidate qualification, and a focused shortlist process to protect client privacy while identifying personal assistants who understand sensitive communication, executive access, and trusted day-to-day support.