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Why Retained Search
When the hire matters, the process matters.
Retained search is built for senior and executive appointments. Engaging us means a founder-led search, the full relevant market mapped, and access to the leaders who don't apply to job adverts, and rely on relationships for their next move.
Before we approach anyone, we sit down and understand the role in the short, medium and long term: why it exists, what it needs to deliver and where it leads. The result is a qualified, assessed shortlist of leaders who are right for the role, typically within 3 to 5 weeks.
- Founder-led, from brief to probation review
- The full relevant market mapped, locally and internationally
- Access to leaders who aren't actively looking
- Discreet and confidential throughout
- Assessment, references and offer management
- 12-month placement guarantee
Our retained fee is agreed in simple terms up front, paid in equal thirds: at the brief, at offer acceptance and on start date.
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Retained Search
Critical senior and executive appointments, delivered with informed confidence and backed by a 12-month placement guarantee. We also do bespoke multi-hire searches for strategic team builds.
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Straight answers.
Why retained for a senior role?
A non-exclusive search competes on speed, so it tends to reach people actively looking. Retained covers the whole market, namely the leaders who are content and not looking. Every serious contender mapped, approached and assessed. For a hire you can't afford to get wrong, this is the solution.
What does a retained search cost?
A fee agreed in simple terms before we start, paid in equal thirds: at the brief, at offer acceptance and on start date. Every stage of the fee is tied to something tangible.
What if the hire doesn't work out?
Every retained assignment carries a placement guarantee: if the appointment doesn't hold, we run the search again. To date, 26 of our last 30 executive placements are still in the role.