April Ben-Sabat

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President

April Ben-Sabat is the founder of Inner Circle Agency, a boutique executive search firm placing finance, legal, ERP, and C-suite leaders for companies across the U.S. and Canada. While she didn't come from a recruitment background, having run the management and finance function of a transport and logistics company before founding ICA in 2022, that outsider's start is part of why the agency works the way it does. She has quietly automated most of the back end, running AI-built workflows for intake, job descriptions, contracts, and outreach so her team can spend its time on people instead of paperwork. Her client base has been built solely through networking and word of mouth. What started in Montreal now runs increasingly on U.S. searches, with a deliberately small client roster and senior attention on every one.

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Sept. 10, 2026

How To Become The Recruiter Everyone Refers

90% of her business comes from referrals. She has never made a cold call, never sent a cold email, and never pitched herself at a networking event. And she built the whole thing in four years, starting with zero recruiting background. April Ben-Sabat became a recruiter by accident. She spent six years as the right hand at a transport company, told them in her first interview she would own a business within five years, and when they could not find a transport recruiter to backfill her, her own...