Executive Search · Express Recruitment

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Discover the difference between Executive Search and Executive Express Recruitment — and find out which solution fits your organisation's urgency and ambition.

🔍 External firm recruitment

⚡ Express: shortlist in 6–8 days

🛡️ Reduced recruitment risk

01 · Executive Search

What is Executive Search?

This technique for finding high-level experts and managers was developed just after the Second World War, in 1946, when the United States had a severe shortage of senior managers to run their companies.

The first firms to develop this new profession were Anglo-Saxon in origin — they then set up in Europe and Asia to support the global development of their companies.

At the beginning of the 1980s, this new executive search profession developed rapidly in Europe and then in France, where it is better known as headhunting.

At a glance

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Recruitment carried out by an external firm

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Reduces risks linked to recruitment

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Typical duration: 3 to 6 months

02 · Advantages

What are the advantages of Executive Search?

The main advantage of using a firm specialising in executive search is to limit the risks of strategic executive recruitment to a minimum.

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Limit recruitment risk

A casting error for a senior executive can cause significant damage. Working with a specialised firm helps manage these risks and avoid loss of markets, team disorganisation or strategic delays.

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External & independent approach

An independent professional can more easily approach highly qualified candidates and establish a relationship of trust essential to the success of an assignment — especially for executives bound by confidentiality commitments.

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Professional reference checks

After identifying the right expert, the firm systematically checks professional references by direct approach — covering experience, managerial qualities, know-how and interpersonal skills.

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Integration support

The firm's role does not stop once the contract is signed. It accompanies the executive during the integration phase throughout the trial period, conducting regular progress reviews.

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Recruitment guarantee

If a recruitment fails, the Executive Search firm offers a success guarantee over 3 to 6 months and undertakes to find another senior executive for the company.

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Time saving

By using a specialised firm, the client company benefits from external experience, a wider range of choices and a well-honed talent recruitment process — saving time and increasing efficiency.

03 · Limits

What are the limits of Executive Search?

Executive Search has many advantages — but a classic headhunt can also have limits for companies urgently seeking to recruit senior executives.

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Lack of sector knowledge
To be effective, a headhunting firm must have a good knowledge of the client's sector. This is not always the case, and consultants often need to develop sectoral knowledge before beginning a search.

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Limited professional contacts
It often happens that the search firm does not have the relevant contacts in the strategic function sought. In this case, the firm may resort to job advertisements rather than direct approach, impacting confidentiality.

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Long timeframes
A search extending over 3 to 6 months may become irrelevant for a company with an urgent transformation need. Speed of reaction is critical.

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Notice periods
After selecting and contracting an executive, the company must wait for the end of their notice period — generally three months or longer for senior executives — before the new hire can start.

The solution

Executive Express Recruitment

All the advantages of Executive Search — with a shortlist delivered in just 6 to 8 days.

04 · Express Executive Recruitment

What is Executive Express Recruitment?

Express Executive Recruitment is a solution for recruiting highly qualified experts in a very short time. It is a professional process that combines the advantages of Executive Search with the time constraints of clients who want quality recruitment in a hurry.

When a company is faced with a managerial emergency, a crisis situation, or a need for rapid transformation, executive express recruitment meets these expectations.

When should you use it?

→A senior manager has resigned or left without notice

→A highly qualified manager had to be let go for ethical reasons

→An accident prevents a key executive from returning to work

→A reorganisation requires rapid transformation of the business model

→An external growth operation requires new executives urgently

→You need to sell a business unit and find a leader fast

05 · The 4 advantages

What are the benefits of Executive Express Recruitment?

Executive Search quality

Our search is carried out by a direct qualitative approach to professionals, combined with our network of pre-qualified experts, partner networks and targeted sector research.

Shortlist in 8 working days

From the briefing and confirmed mandate, our commitment is to present a shortlist of professionals within a maximum of 8 working days — acting methodically to bring you the right solution.

Pre-qualified network of experts

FIT in NETWORK® has been active since 2014 and has developed a network of more than 1,500 experts, executives and senior managers — plus access to over 5,000 executives and senior managers for urgent needs.

Immediate availability

Our specialists identify experts available immediately — able to start a new permanent contract without a notice period. Being in transition does not detract from quality; it enriches professional experience.

06 · Positions we fill

Which positions can be found?

Thanks to our professional approach and experience, FIT in NETWORK® quickly finds specialist managers, executives and board members for the following positions:

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General Management

Managing Director of a SME / SMI
Director of a group subsidiary or investment fund
Director of an industrial plant

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Finance & Operations

Purchasing, Logistics & Supply Chain Director
Administrative, Financial & Controlling Director
Director of a Shared Services Centre

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HR, Digital & Projects

Director of Human Resources
Digital Transformation Director, ERP/SAP Project Director
Industrial programme managers and directors
Infrastructure & large project directors
Marketing, Sales & International Development Director

Our world is changing at an ever faster pace. Recruitment consulting and executive search must adapt — which is why new solutions are emerging for companies.

FIT in NETWORK® — Executive Express Recruitment

07 · Why FIT in NETWORK®

Why choose FIT in NETWORK®?

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1,500+

Members in our pre-qualified expert network

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6–8 days

Operational solution and shortlist delivered

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End-to-end

Support throughout your entire project

Ready to recruit?

Find your next executive with FIT in NETWORK®

In all these functions, our teams have developed the know-how and experience to carry out expert skills searches successfully. To recruit your future talents and find the rare profiles your company needs, you can count on FIT in NETWORK®.

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