If you need a Key Leadership Role with strategic responsibilities and importance, a Retained Search is the ideal search solution. A Retained Search is allocated priority time and resources by our recruiters. C-Search Partners will pre-screen all potential candidates based on their skill set, work history, professional references, and cultural fit to ensure a seamless placement. Throughout the process, you will receive transparent feedback on your opening, benefits, and company as a whole, based on candidate responses and competitive analysis of similar openings in the market. Fees are traditionally paid in three installments: upfront, 30 days into search, and upon written agreement of offer/acceptance.

With senior and executive-level roles, clients often opt for a retained service with an upfront fee. In a retained search, the fee is for the time and expertise of the search firm, which is employed to conduct the entire recruitment effort until the candidate has started working.

Retained recruiters work for the organizations who are their clients, not for job candidates seeking employment. Search firms generally commit to “off-limits” or no-poaching agreements. Since we act as management consultants working in the best interests of the clients, it would be counterproductive to simultaneously remove talented executives from those client companies.

For senior-level roles, clients often prefer to work with recruiters who have performed well in the past for them and usually will end up in the hands of a retained recruiter. By working exclusively with one firm on such searches, the client generally develops a much deeper relationship with the recruiter and receives a much higher level of service. With all methods, retained, contained, contingency, etc., clients rely on search professionals to provide insightful, consultative information about the market in general, not just resumes.