E-Book: The Eight Stages Of Successful Retained Search

Knowing the business of executive search is one thing. Executing it expertly is another.

For your firm to be successful, your entire team needs to understand how to work cohesively to provide exceptional service to clients at every stage in your process—from finding new work to closing out each project.

The Eight Stages of Successful Retained Search is a proven, repeatable methodology created by Clockwork Founder & CEO Christian Spletzer, grounded in 20 years of insights on the practices of the most effective executive search leaders.

This e-book includes:

  • A helpful introduction for new executive search professionals
  • Downloadable worksheets and templates
  • Visual explanations
  • Real-world examples
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What you can achieve through The Eight Stages Methodology

Take the reins of every search with data-backed strategies to help your whole team mitigate the risk of failure and increase the chance of success as quickly as possible.

Set client expectations from day one

Close searches faster and more efficiently

Deliver visible value at every stage

Collaborate with clients for win-win outcomes

'Clockwork makes the entire search process much more efficient, from pitching the work to the day-to-day communications about search. Clients know what is going on with the search with real-time updates at any time of day. When we want to share status updates with the client, we don't have to dig that information out of some backend system to produce reports in various formats.'
Jen Colosi
President,
Colosi Associates
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Use Clockwork. Go from good to great

Close projects 48% faster
Improve placement rate by 14%