How a Collaboration-First Approach Improves Your Executive Search Projects

Here at Clockwork we often extol the virtues of client collaboration. In our Executive Search Performance Benchmark Report, we can clearly see that projects with online client collaboration have a 21% greater chance of ending with a ...

Clockwork's 2020 Year End Review

2020 has been challenging in many respects, and we've all had to adjust to changes throughout the year. One thing that hasn't changed is Clockwork's commitment to continually upgrading our users' experience. Throughout the year, our team ...

The Eight Stages of Successful Retained Search

If you’ve been in the executive search industry for a while then you know the importance of having a process in place for managing your projects and business leads. What many new executive search professionals just entering this industry ...

How to Mitigate Bias During the Executive Recruiting Process

Recent studies from the past 2 years show that less than 25% of C-Suite positions are held by females and less than 16% of C-Suite positions are held by racially diverse executives. Too often this unfortunate consequence can be attributed ...

Executive Recruiting Best Practices: Closing Out Your Search Project

So you’ve successfully placed the top candidate and have (hopefully) exceeded your client’s expectations. It is cause for celebration, but rather than sitting back and wiping your hands clean of the search project, it is key to stay ...

Executive Recruiting Best Practices: Making the Final Candidate Selection

After completing the assessment stage of the executive recruiting process, your client should have all the information they need to make a decision. Nonetheless, executive searches can get stalled just before a decision is made. Although ...