How we got here

1979
How It All Started
How It All Started

MR Retail is established in New Jersey, serving the Retail Technology & Consumer Product sectors.

1985
New Brand & Markets
New Brand & Markets

The Compass Network is established in San Diego, specializing in Executive Search & Recruitment within the IT & Defense Industries.

1993
New Markets
New Markets

Management Recruiters of St. Lucie is established in South Florida, specializing in Financial Technology. MRI Retail Becomes Part of the new firm.

2001
New Brand & Market
New Brand & Market

Formation of Merraine Group Inc. in New York, specializing in Leadership Staffing for Hospitals & Medical Centers on the Eastern Seaboard.

2003
New Brands & Markets
New Brands & Markets

Dermatology Recruiters is established in San Diego, specializing in the Dermatology, Aesthetics and Beauty sectors. The Compass Network establishes an Engineering & Scientific Instrumentation Division.

2004
National Expansion
National Expansion

Merraine Group launches National platform and begins recruiting across the entire country.

2011
New Location
New Location

Merraine Group opens its first office in Miami, FL to serve Southeastern Hospitals & Medical Centers.

New Division
New Division

Merraine Group launches an Interim Leadership & Contract Staffing Division.

2013
Announcement
Announcement

Formation of Shepherd Search Group Inc®.

Acquisition and Joint Venture
Acquisition and Joint Venture

Shepherd Search Group® acquires The Compass Network. Shepherd Search Group® acquires Dermatology Recruiters. Merraine Group forms joint venture with Shepherd Search Group®.

New Location
New Location

Merraine Group Opens First Office in California to Serve Western Region.

2014
New Service
New Service

HRselect is established to offer Subscription Based & One-Off RPO services to small businesses.

Acquisition
Acquisition

MoneyTech Search Group acquires Management Recruiters of St. Lucie County and the Payment & Retail Divisions of LifeWork Search.

2015
Joint Ventures
Joint Ventures

HRselect forms joint venture with Shepherd Search Group®. MoneyTech Search forms joint venture with Shepherd Search Group®.

New Location
New Location

Shepherd Search Group® opens first office in London to serve the European Market under the name Shepherd Search Group UK.

New Service
New Service

Merraine Group Inc. ® launches Merraine MD – a Physician Leadership Services team focusing on Physician placement.

2016
Acquisition
Acquisition

Merraine Group Inc.® acquires Management Recruiters of Morgantown.

2017
Acquisition
Acquisition

Merraine Group Inc.® acquires Bowen & Briggs, America’s premier search firm for children’s hospitals.

Acquisition
Acquisition

Shepherd Search Group Inc. acquires Principal Resource Group, a national leader in staffing for the Engineering industry.

Joint Venture and New Markets
Joint Venture and New Markets

Shepherd Search Group (UK) signs joint venture with JS3 Recruitment, UK’s premier brand for staffing within the Sales & Marketing, Medical and Information Technology markets.

Acquisition and New Locations
Acquisition and New Locations

Shepherd Search Group® acquires JRP Group, with offices in Colorado and Wisconsin.

2018
Acquisition and New Location
Acquisition and New Location

Merraine Group Inc.® acquires Nielsen Healthcare in St. Louis, MO. Nielsen is America’s premier Interim Healthcare staffing leader, since 1991.

Acquisition
Acquisition

Shepherd Search Group® acquires Optics Search Group & Management Recruiters of Cleveland Southwest with specialties in optics & photonics, finance, construction, manufacturing & wastewater.

2019
New Brand and Market
New Brand and Market

Shepherd Search Group® forms Shepherd Regulatory Search specializing in executive search & recruitment as well as interim staffing within the regulatory affairs industry.