Starting A Search Firm? Here Are Your First 3 Steps

Executive Search is an inherently entrepreneurial business. Recruiters who hustle find success. That’s one reason why so many recruiters eventually decide to start their own firms. Of course, there’s more to it than that. Retained search ...

5 Mistakes To Avoid When Buying Executive Recruiting Software

In the recruiting software world, there’s a platform for just about everything. Unfortunately, it’s easy to make mistakes if you don't take certain things into account when selecting your executive recruiting software. In the retained ...

The Only 2 Metrics You Need to Track In Executive Search

In recruiting, metrics can serve as a revealing measurement of performance. They can also distract you from the ultimate goal of any recruiting project: placing the best candidates as quickly as possible. In other words, doing exactly what ...

The 5 Biggest Lessons I Learned In My First Year Of Executive Recruiting

You always learn a lot in your first year on the job. This is true of every job in every industry—and executive recruiting is no exception. In fact, the learning curve in this high-end, high-pressure field is uniquely steep. I know from ...

How To Write The Best Possible Job Spec

The job spec is a key component of every search process―but often, it’s overlooked. The reason is, recruiters tend to think of the job spec as a simple, straightforward task―a box that needs to be checked and dismissed. In reality, though, ...

The 4 Biggest Challenges To Starting Your Own Search Firm

Whether you’re leaving a larger firm with an existing team or opening up a one-man shop, starting your own search firm is a challenging and multifaceted experience. It’s exciting, no doubt—but the decision to branch out on your own is not ...