In the recruitment profession our methodology is known as "Search". We do not publicly advertise our mandates on job-boards.

For every client mandate we discreetly analyze the talent pool to find the best candidates and then we directly contact them to explore their interest.

This methodology means we do not only find the active candidates who are seeking a move; we also speak with prospective candidates who are not actively looking but might welcome the opportunity to hear about a new position. Even though the opportunity might sometimes seem a bit leftfield, such discussions are always valuable.

To ensure success, we partner with our clients through a rigorous and structured process. Initial discussions frame our detailed talent-market analysis resulting in a report which explains the caliber and drivers of individuals in the target talent pool.

Secrecy is vital in all of our searches for top executives, partners and teams. We ensure absolute privacy and confidentiality throughout the entire process of approach, assessment and negotiation.

Because of the professional trust we hold in your community, Search & Counsel clients uniquely benefit from intelligence shared with us by our networks.

This means our clients have a much more comprehensive and detailed understanding of the strengths, limitations and diversity of the talent-pool than their competition.

It also means our clients do not make poor and expensive hiring decisions, based on convenience, untested recommendations or unconscious bias.

Hiring can be a painful and expensive experience. Advertising a vacant role for months without success is costly in terms of lost billable fee income, team effectiveness and morale.

Our research also tells us that in an under resourced business, the personal stress levels can become high enough for otherwise happy partners, executives and staff to themselves seek an exit.

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