Who it's for
Board, C-suite, SVP and VP mandates
Roles where a mis-hire costs a year of momentum, where confidentiality matters, and where the qualified population is small enough to be mapped in full.
Services
Recruiting and executive search.
Two core practices, and the services that support them. Every one of them exists to answer the same question: who is the right person, and how do we get them into the seat?
- 2-3 weeks
- To first candidate profiles
- 90-180 days
- Replacement guarantee, by model
- 50+
- Countries in the network
- Since 1999
- Doing this
Core practice 01
Executive Search.
Retained, confidential, direct-approach search for board, C-suite and senior leadership. This is what we do when the person you need is already employed, is not looking, and will not respond to an advertisement.
How it works
Direct approach, not advertising
We map every comparable role across the competitor set, approach the people worth approaching, and assess against a brief we have pressure-tested with you first.
What you get
A shortlist we will defend
First profiles typically in two to three weeks. Each candidate interviewed, referenced and assessed, with a written recommendation and an honest account of the risks. A 180-day replacement guarantee on every retained search; 90 days on contingent.
Core practice 02
Recruiting.
Professional and specialist hiring across every sector we serve, director, manager and senior individual contributor level. Faster and lighter than a retained search, with the same standard of assessment behind every candidate.
Who it's for
Specialist and management hiring at volume
When you need good people quickly, across a function or a build-out, and an advertisement alone will not reach the standard you need.
How it works
Database, advertising and direct sourcing, combined
We work our own database and the ISG network, place targeted advertising where it will actually be seen, and directly source the people the advertising will never reach.
What you get
A shortlist, not an inbox
Every candidate is interviewed and assessed against your brief before you see them.
What we will not do
We will tell you when we are the wrong firm.
If the compensation is not competitive for the market, we will show you the data rather than take the brief and fail quietly.
"An honest no on day one is worth more than an optimistic yes that wastes a quarter."
Supporting services
The rest of the ISG platform.
Interim Management
Senior operators placed into transitional, turnaround or gap-filling mandates, often within days rather than weeks.
Training & Development
Leadership and capability programs, running inside ISG since 2001.
Employer Branding, ISG Media House
Advertising and employer brand, from the major job boards to specialist niche platforms.
Newplacement
Structured, dignified support for people leaving an organization, protecting the individual and your brand.
Replacement guarantee: 180 days on Retained Lite and Full Retained engagements; 90 days on Contingent and Exclusive Contingent. Time to first profiles is indicative and varies with the scarcity of the role. Both are set out in full in our engagement terms, which we send with every proposal, before you sign anything.
Not sure which service you need?
Describe the problem rather than the product. We will tell you which of these actually solves it, or that none of them do.