Why traditional headhunting is no longer enough

The executive job market is flooded with ads, yet recruiters struggle to find the right profiles. The mismatch between applications and target profiles is the number-one difficulty recruiters report, and most candidates drop out of processes they find too long or opaque. Posting an ad and waiting no longer works, especially for the scarce profiles startups and scale-ups need.

The best candidates are employed, approached every week, and only respond to precise, personalised, credible outreach. That is exactly what structured direct search is for.

Advisory · Hiring process

Structure your hiring process

You want to keep hiring in-house? We install the machine: a clear, well-tooled and measurable process your teams can run without us.

Process. Standardised stages, scorecards and structured interview grids to reduce bias and speed up decisions.
Tools. ATS choice and setup, job ad and outreach templates, useful automations, including AI for sourcing.
Data. Time-to-hire, stage-by-stage conversion, candidate drop-off: tracked indicators that show where it sticks and where it improves.
Hiring kit. Job descriptions, candidate personas, interview guides and closing playbooks, ready to use for your managers.

The methodology we install at your place

D+0

Brief & job description

Need scoping, scorecard, candidate persona.

D+3

Multi-channel sourcing

Direct approach, ATS, referrals, inbound.

D+10

Structured interviews

Shared grids, collective debrief, bias control.

D+25

Closing & offer

Pitch, negotiation, signature.

D+30

Preboarding & feedback

Keeping the link alive, candidate NPS.

Target with a structured process: 30 to 45 days from brief to closing.

Operations · Recruitment & RPO

Search & RPO

You would rather delegate the execution? We run the assignment directly: in-depth brief with the hiring manager, direct approach and thorough assessment, structured interviews, support through to signature and during onboarding. Two formats depending on your volume.

A simple model: 100% success fee

For permanent search, you only pay for results: no retainer, no upfront fee, payment upon the candidate's signature, with a guarantee covering the trial period. No signature? No invoice. The risk is on our side, not yours.

Need volume? RPO, the embedded recruiter

For activity peaks, team building or new market openings, we embed a senior recruiter directly in your team: your tools, your rituals, your ATS. A scoped assignment of 3 to 12 months, 5 to 30+ hires, on a predictable monthly fee. The right formula if you have 10+ hires ahead or no in-house Talent Acquisition function yet.

See the Staycation case study in detail →

What it changes for you

A failed hire is expensive: manager time, salary, re-recruitment, team impact. Our conviction is that a good hire depends as much on process rigour as on sourcing quality. By structuring both, you hire profiles that perform, and stay. That is why our offer connects with employer branding upstream and employee experience downstream: three links of the same chain.

Hire faster, better and for the long run.