Executive Search (informally headhunting) is used to recruit senior individuals to client organisations.

Search consultancies are often entrenched in particular market sectors and have very strong networks in a particular space. This network is utilised along with other methodologies and techniques to find the best people in the market place for a particular role. Normally the individuals are not actively looking to leave their current organisation and are successful and happy where they are. It is the job of the search consultant to approach these individuals with a view to taking them out of their current company and placing them in another, often a competitor.

Search is expensive but effective and is often used to find senior individuals with specialist skill sets in tight market sectors.

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