About GCA

Experience, Trust and Integrity in Executive Search

Founded in 1957, GCA has consistently earned its reputation for excellence in executive search. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, GCA offers clients a hands-on team of recruiting experts in key sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, non-profit and financial services. GCA's three managing partners founded, developed and later sold one of the nation's largest executive search firms. Today, they have re-established their successful and dynamic partnership at GCA. The acclaim and experience of the managing partners, Sue Cejka, Jim Schmidt and Mike Taylor, provide GCA uncommon advantages when compared to competitors.

The GCA partners and consultants believe a search firm's success is best measured by five key metrics:

  • Experience:
    The GCA Managing Partners average more than 25 years experience in executive search.
  • Assignment Completion:
    GCA has an assignment completion rate of more than 94%.
  • Repeat Business:
    Over two-thirds of our annual revenue is from repeat business.
  • Time-to-fill:
    More than 90% of our searches are filled within 90-120 days.
  • Client Evaluation
    Over the past 20 years, our partners have achieved "good" or "excellent" ratings from over 94% of our clients.
  • National Recognition:
    Our Managing Principals, Sue Cejka, Jim Schmidt, and Mike Taylor have twice built search firms recognized by Modern Healthcare magazine as a "Top Twenty" firm.

GCA can excel in all of these categories because we offer our clients large firm resources with small firm flexibility. Our excellent track record and reputation allow us access to "Key Players" in our clients' industry groups while our diversified client portfolio gives us nationwide capacity.