O'Keefe Search

O'Keefe Search is dedicated to building strength in progressive organizations and to helping social justice and labor activists find the right job.

We work extensively with organizers, communicators, researchers and their managers, to help match candidates with their ideal jobs. John O'Keefe has specialized in recruiting for positions in the labor movement for over ten years. Prior to spending five years as Recruiting Director for 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest and one of the most progressive local labor unions in the United States, he spent 20 years helping high tech companies grow and was acknowledged as one of the top recruiters in the United States. Besides running a highly successful search firm, he served as the President of the Texas Association of Personnel Consultants, the largest state association in the industry and as President of the Pinnacle Society, an organization of the top 75 recruiters in the United States.