WHAT WE OFFER
Best Practice Search Process for High Confidence Hiring
Comprehensive recruiting services tailored to your IT leadership needs with a structured process built for results.
Core Services
Comprehensive recruiting services tailored to your IT leadership needs
IT Executive Search
Precision placement of IT Director, VP of IT and CIO level IT leaders with proven track records in driving business transformation and technology innovation.
Technical IT Leadership
Expert recruitment of technical IT leaders across domain areas of IT Infrastructure, Cloud, Data, Security, AI, ERP and related.
Advanced Technical Search
Expert Recruitment of advanced IT Technical professionals in IT Infrastructure, Cloud, Data, Security, AI, ERP and related.
Performance Guarantees
Defined performance, retention, and HR non-compete guarantees to protect your value throughout the search engagement.
Market Depth
18+ years of established, insider access to Central Indiana’s IT technical and IT leadership community, provides our clients unmatched market exposure.
Streamlined and Strategic Process
Our structured and streamlined recruiting process provides a full-market reach strategy to identify and recruit IT leaders based on alignment and capability.
Engaged Search Process
Search timelines generally range from 30–60 days, based on role complexity and criteria. Our engaged searches follow a defined process and cadence, supported by communication, transparency, and accountability to deliver consistent, predictable outcomes.
Sample Search Process: Timelines vary on search complexity and client objectives.
Search Cadence
Market Launch & Position Definition
- Kickoff meeting: Define the role with IT maturity matching, technology matching, culture, compelling attributes, desired execution history, year-one outcomes, and related criteria.
- Create an IT Market Position Overview with client review covering key requirements, culture, and attributes.
- Present an initial calibration candidate targeted for Week 1–2 to align expectations early.
- Deploy a vetted eBlast into Central Indiana's IT leadership community personal emails, targeted LinkedIn posts, Proprietary internal database, and Indy CIO/IT Leader group distribution for broad market coverage.
- Generate curated lists of high probability aligned candidate prospects, including non-active and passive IT Professionals, with names, mobile numbers and personal emails for live outbound recruiting.
Active Recruiting & Candidate Development
- Manage inbound inquiries, screen against scorecards, conduct live conversations, and gather ongoing referrals.
- Begin outbound recruiting via live calls into 100–200+ targeted ideal candidates.
- Conduct live interviews, recruit, scorecarding, and related outbound "inside IT leader market" recruiting.
- Gather and follow up on secondary leads "you should talk to…" referrals from within the community.
- Dynamically identify and present aligned candidates live for discussion and set interviews.
Finalist Selection, Offer & Close
- Manage interview preparations, scheduling, and post-interview follow-up for all active candidates.
- Create shortlist for second interviews, prepare candidates, and coordinate on-site interviews.
- Manage negotiations, counteroffers, present the offer, close, and set start dates.
Our Ongoing Commitments Throughout the Search
Predictable Outcomes
Finalist Level Candidates
Average of 3-5 highly aligned candidates presented with transparent discussions on other “runner up” and potential outlier candidate considerations.
Engaged Search Placement Rate
Our engaged search model delivers a consistent 85%+ placement rate. The other 15% typically stem from client-side business changes or unforeseen events.
Years of Market Expertise
“I thoroughly vet candidates for alignment, culture fit, compensation expectations, commitment to change, and counteroffer management, minimizing late process surprises.”