Private Staff

Private Staff Group is a boutique executive search firm specializing exclusively in private service and estate management recruitment for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices. Their success lies in discretion, precision, and proven ability to deliver selectively screened, right-skilled talent who match not only the role, but the chemistry, standards, and lifestyle of their clients.

Private Staff Group operates as a premier recruitment partner to UHNW families, elite family offices, and select corporate principals. Founded and led by Stephen Candland, who brings deep expertise in complex executive search shaped through leadership roles at Korn/Ferry, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and private wealth management firms, the company has delivered world-class staffing solutions to elite clientele for fourteen years.

The firm takes on each search as a bespoke engagement, listening carefully, advising with experience, and curating the right professionals for complex estates, properties, and principal households across the U.S. and abroad. Their tailored presentations feature the best candidates in North America and internationally, with placements including Estate Managers, Property/Ranch Managers, House Managers, Executive and Personal Assistants, Chief of Staff, Private Chefs, Executive Housekeepers, and uniquely designed roles special to client needs.

Private Staff Group excels in matching professionals who understand and thrive within their clients' specific environments. They recognize that every setting demands different expertise - from neighborhood and family estates requiring loyal, grounded professionals, to mountain and ranch properties needing operational managers who understand terrain and seasonal living, to urban residences requiring polished, service-minded professionals fluent in discretion and complex scheduling.

The company's hallmark client-oriented approach focuses on four core principles: Tranquility (providing peace-of-mind through efficient and reliable task completion), Services (demonstrated experience and expertise), Privacy (comprehensive oversight ensuring confidentiality and security), and Perfection (achieving full results with desired service levels and attention to detail). Their refined process, deep network, and decades of success have built a long list of satisfied clients across prestigious locations from Greenwich to Palm Beach, San Francisco to London.