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Executive search · page 3
Choosing search partners, defining leadership roles, and building the team a business needs.
114 articles · showing 49–72, current writing first
Leadership hiring, executive search partners, and defining the right mandate for a senior role.
Fractional & interim leadership11
When and how to bring fractional or interim executives into a leadership team.
Recruitment process outsourcing, provider selection, and building a hiring operation that fits the business.
Employer recruitment, staffing partners, and workforce planning for growing organizations.
Articles
CIO Skills and Qualities: What to Look For in a Hire
What a CIO should own, how it differs from a CTO, the skills to assess and how to test them, and what strong CIO candidates look for before accepting.
Executive searchRole guide
RPO Companies: 19 Recruitment Outsourcing Providers
Compare 19 recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) providers by program size, model and published proof, with the pricing terms a few disclose.
Recruitment outsourcingShortlist · 19 companies
How to Interview and Hire an Account Manager
How to interview account managers: what to assess, 15 questions with signs of a strong answer, a client role-play and structured reference checks.
Recruitment & workforceRole guide
How to Evaluate Operations Hires Before You Commit
Define what operations means in your business, then test candidates on real work, rate them on shared criteria and use the first 90 days as the last check.
Executive searchPractical guide
How to Hire an AI Engineer: Skills, Pay and Assessment
How to define an AI engineer role, decide whether to hire, grow or contract, benchmark pay and test candidates with a scorecard and a real work sample.
Recruitment & workforceRole guide
How Much Do Executive Search Firms Charge?
Retained executive search is typically priced at about a third of the hire's first-year cash pay. See the fee models, a worked example and what to agree.
Executive searchBuyer’s guide
Fractional Executives: When to Use One and What It Costs
Fractional leadership explained: when a part-time executive fits better than an interim leader or a full-time hire, what providers charge and how to start.
Fractional & interim leadershipBuyer’s guide
Fractional CTO: Costs, Services and How to Hire One
What a fractional CTO does, what 13 providers publish on price and terms, when part-time technology leadership fits, and how to choose the right one.
Fractional & interim leadershipShortlist · 13 companies
Chief AI Officer: what the role owns and how to hire
What a Chief AI Officer does, when a company needs one, how the role differs from a CTO or an AI consultant, and how to write the mandate and hire.
Executive searchRole guide
VP of Marketing vs CMO: remit, pay and how to hire
What a VP of Marketing or CMO owns, how the titles differ, how to set pay and how to run the hire, with a one-page brief and interview questions.
Executive searchRole guide
General manager interview questions, with a scorecard
Interview questions for general manager candidates, grouped by what the job needs, with what a strong answer shows, warning signs and how to score them.
Executive search
Construction Headhunters and Executive Search Firms
Compare 11 construction recruiters and headhunters for executives, project managers, superintendents and estimators, and the proof and terms each shows.
Executive searchShortlist · 11 companies
Benefits of RPO: what recruitment outsourcing delivers
What recruitment process outsourcing delivers, how RPO is priced, what you give up, and how to tell whether it fits your hiring before you sign.
Recruitment outsourcingExplainer
Healthcare Job Market: 6 Factors Shaping Hiring
Six factors driving healthcare hiring, from aging-led demand and uneven shortages to first-year turnover and burnout, with federal data and next steps.
Recruitment & workforceData roundup
AI hiring bias: how employers can screen candidates fairly
How bias gets into AI resume screening, which laws apply, and seven steps to test your tools, keep people in the decision and treat candidates fairly.
Recruitment & workforcePractical guide
VP of Sales job description: role, pay and how to hire
What a VP of Sales does, how the role differs from a CRO, a job description template, pay data and how to run the hire and the first 90 days.
Executive searchRole guide
Recruitment metrics: what to track and how to measure them
Which recruitment metrics and hiring KPIs to track, how to calculate each, what SHRM's benchmarks show, and how to judge a recruiting partner's figures.
Recruitment & workforcePractical guide
Executive Search vs In-House Recruiting: How to Decide
When to retain an executive search firm, when to run a senior search in-house, what retained search costs, and six firms and the options each offers.
Executive searchShortlist · 6 companies
CFO responsibilities: what to hire for, and when
What a CFO is responsible for, how the role differs from a controller, when a company needs one, and how to write the mandate and judge candidates.
Executive searchRole guide
Temp-to-Perm Hiring: When It Works and How to Set It Up
When temp-to-perm hiring fits, how conversion fees and trial terms work, the risks to manage, and the temp-to-hire terms 11 staffing firms publish.
Recruitment & workforceBuyer’s guide
COO playbook: what the role owns and how to hire one
A CEO's guide to the COO role: why companies create it, whether you need one yet, how to write the mandate, and how to judge and start a new COO.
Executive searchRole guide
Tech Recruiters and Executive Search Firms Compared
Compare 16 tech recruiters, headhunters and executive search firms for CTOs, CIOs, engineers and developers, with the fees and proof each publishes.
Recruitment & workforceShortlist · 16 companies
Fractional Chief AI Officer services: 9 compared
Compare nine fractional Chief AI Officer and AI consulting providers by model, proof and published terms, and decide which kind of AI leadership you need.
Fractional & interim leadershipShortlist · 9 companies
Interim and fractional executive search firms: 12 compared
Compare 12 interim and fractional executive firms by service and role. Learn how to assess candidates, confirm start dates and agree on engagement terms.
Fractional & interim leadershipShortlist · 12 companies