Eric Floyd

Bio

Eric Floyd is a Vancouver-based executive recruiter and talent acquisition specialist with expertise in human resources recruitment, education recruitment, finance staffing, and retail executive search across Canada. As a Recruitment Consultant with MacDonald Search Group, Eric partners with organizations to identify high-performing professionals who strengthen culture, support growth, and drive operational performance.

With nearly two decades of recruitment experience, Eric has built a strong reputation for delivering strategic hiring solutions across human resources, finance, administration, education, and multi-unit retail operations. His consultative, relationship-driven approach allows him to align technical capability, leadership style, and organizational fit to create successful long-term placements.

Eric specializes in recruiting across a broad range of HR and finance functions, including HR leadership, compensation, payroll, total rewards, employee relations, accounting, financial analysis, and corporate finance. He works with entrepreneurial businesses, growth-stage organizations, and established corporate employers throughout British Columbia and across Canada.

Within the education sector, Eric has partnered with colleges, universities, and academic organizations to recruit faculty, academic leadership, administrators, and student services professionals. His understanding of institutional hiring dynamics and stakeholder engagement has made him a trusted recruitment partner within higher education.

Eric also brings significant experience supporting retail and multi-unit organizations across grocery, automotive, fashion, franchise, and specialty retail environments. His recruitment work spans operations leadership, regional management, corporate support functions, and customer-facing leadership roles.

Before entering executive recruitment, Eric developed a strong client-service and relationship-management foundation working in New York City’s luxury real estate sector. That experience helped shape his ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships, understand client motivations, and deliver highly personalized service in competitive markets.

Known for his authentic communication style, humour, creativity, and interpersonal strengths, Eric brings a highly people-focused approach to recruitment while maintaining a strong focus on business outcomes, candidate experience, and long-term organizational success.

Eric Floyd can be reached at eric@macdonaldsearchgroup.com.

FAQ

What does Eric Floyd specialize in as a recruiter?
Eric specializes in human resources recruitment and finance recruitment across British Columbia and Western Canada. His expertise includes HR leadership, compensation and total rewards, payroll, employee relations, talent acquisition, accounting, financial analysis, and corporate finance recruitment.

What types of HR roles does Eric Floyd recruit for?
Eric recruits for a wide range of human resources positions including HR Coordinators, HR Advisors, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition Specialists, Compensation Analysts, Payroll Professionals, Health & Safety professionals, HR Managers, Directors of Human Resources, and senior HR leadership roles.

What finance and accounting positions does Eric Floyd recruit for?
Eric supports clients with recruitment for Accountants, Financial Analysts, Controllers, Payroll Specialists, Accounts Payable and Receivable professionals, Tax specialists, Finance Managers, and executive-level finance leadership positions.

Where does Eric Floyd recruit?
Based in Vancouver, Eric primarily supports organizations across British Columbia while also partnering with clients nationally through MacDonald Search Group.

How long has Eric Floyd worked in recruitment?
Eric has worked in executive search and recruitment since 2007 and joined MacDonald Search Group in 2013.

What industries does Eric Floyd recruit within?
Eric recruits across a broad range of industries including professional services, retail, education, consumer goods, multi-unit operations, automotive, finance, and corporate environments.

Does Eric Floyd recruit for education and academic institutions?
Yes. Eric has extensive experience supporting colleges, universities, and educational organizations with recruitment for faculty, academic leadership, administration, enrollment management, and student services positions.

What makes Eric Floyd different as a recruiter?
Eric is known for combining strong business acumen with a highly relationship-focused approach. His ability to understand organizational culture, communicate authentically with candidates, and assess both technical capability and interpersonal fit allows him to build long-term hiring partnerships with clients across British Columbia.

Why do companies work with Eric Floyd?
Organizations partner with Eric because of his market knowledge, consultative approach, responsiveness, and ability to identify candidates who align with both operational requirements and company culture. He is particularly effective in searches where communication skills, leadership style, and long-term fit are critical to success.

What is MacDonald Search Group?
MacDonald Search Group is a Canadian executive search and recruitment firm with offices across Canada specializing in executive leadership, sales, operations, HR, finance, and professional recruitment.

How can I contact Eric Floyd?
Eric can be reached directly at eric@macdonaldsearchgroup.com