Executive Search

Patrick Morgan provides comprehensive retained Executive Search services to our clients, covering senior Strategy, Transformation & Advisory, and Technology hires for Professional Services firms, Private Equity funds & PortCos, Large Corporates, and Start-Ups.

We have created a tailored and data-driven methodology to our search processes to ensure long-term success and candidate integration.

Data-led Search Strategy & Diversity-driven Methodology

Our strength as a firm exists within our relationships with leading executives and consultants. As part of our search process, we leverage our pool of anonymised candidate data that we hold, using statistics and analytics software platforms to optimise our search strategies.

Insights we have gained from our existing data to improve our search processes include:

Timing: assess the probability that a targeted candidate will give a positive response based on the timing of the outreach.
Narrative: tailor narrative based on the candidate’s location, company, tenure etc. to increase receptiveness.
Preconceptions: foresee preconceptions that a candidate may have about a client or role and adapt our search strategy to mitigate these.

During the search process, we would identify consistent trends emerging from the data to deliver insights for our clients that will include:

Push Factors: how can our clients alleviate push factors to boost long-term talent retention – utilising the data to locate consistent trends.
Pull Factors: understanding the key pull factors that are attractive to executive talent – ensuring our clients position these at the forefront of their recruitment strategies.
Market Response: how our clients are perceived in the market – especially from direct competitors and potential client organisations.

Analysing our data has shown us the effects of under-representation for some people in our industry, and we have set off on a mission to change that—our clients enjoy the benefits of a team from varied backgrounds, who all understand the need for more diverse hiring at every level, driving Patrick Morgan in our aim for more meaningful hires.

Our tailored Executive Search process includes:

The Brief

Alongside our client, we define the search strategy and agree on the ideal candidate/project specification. This way, our team gets a deep understanding of the brief, and the client is assured that their requirements will be prioritised throughout the process.

Market Maps

With a strong grasp on the mandate and market context, we create maps and candidate longlists. This provides our client with a bird’s eye view of the market, as well as vital insights on the scope of the search.

The Interview Process

We then get to know or catch up with the most relevant candidates from our maps, keeping the client’s requirements in mind—we make sure to identify both a professional and cultural fit, assessing the candidate’s ambitions and ethos against the client’s.

Next, we manage the interview process, supporting both parties.

The Offer Stage

We support both our client and candidates in making the right decision—we assist in negotiations, ensure a smooth integration, and maintain a close relationship with all parties. As such, we stay in tune with the market and act as long-term advisors to our clients.

Data and Analytics

Throughout the process, we rely on software platforms such as STATA and PowerBI to produce insights that drive our strategy. In analysing current hiring trends and forecasting future ones, we ensure that our search process produces the most accurate and valuable results.

Services

PM Insight

Advisory

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