Retained / Executive Search

When you require a senior, niche, critical or hard to fill role, our solution is to perform a retained headhunting search.

Industry data suggests that 5 times the amount of resource is spent delivering a retained service against a standard contingent offering with a much greater success rate of 80%+ for retained.

Your retained search assignment will follow a proven methodology that is in place to enable our team to successfully deliver the leadership or business critical position. Our retained search consultants are experienced in headhunting techniques, behavioural competency assessments, retained/executive search methodology and psychometric profiling.

This partnership approach allows us the time to:

collaborate with you and your team to formulate a plan in partnership, gaining a detailed understanding of the role, technical requirements, behavioural competencies, target companies and key deliverables.

perform in-depth map of the market to build a long list of target candidates. A longlist can be anywhere between 30 candidates and 100 candidates dependent upon the role and location.

actively headhunt from the passive and active markets to source the best candidates in the market and not just the readily available.

behaviourally competency assess the candidates on the medium list (typically 6 – 8 candidates who have passed the initial assessment stage based around the criteria of the role.

compile a detailed report on each of the shortlisted candidates (typically 3-5 candidates) outlining the evidence we gained in relation to the behavioural competencies you require in addition to a detailed overview of the candidates technical capabilities, salary and benefits and information and strengths & areas for development.

As part of our service we will maintain open communication with you throughout the search process, keeping you informed of our progress on a weekly basis.

Timelines

Typical timelines to deliver a fully competency qualified shortlist of 3 – 5 candidates is 5 weeks from sign off of the search.

Pricing

As an independent business we offer flexible pricing structures and retained invoicing models.

Guarantee

For all retained assignments we commit that we will continue to work the position until we find the suitable candidate.

We also offer a 6-month candidate guarantee for all mid to senior retained assignments and 9 months for executive level positions.