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Need a leader?
The only question is how fast.
A classic search protects you from a bad hire over 3 to 6 months. Express recruitment gives you the same rigour — with a shortlist in 6 to 8 days. Here's how to choose.
This technique for finding high-level experts and managers was developed just after the Second World War, in 1946, when the United States faced a severe shortage of senior managers to run its companies.
The first firms to practise it were Anglo-Saxon in origin — they later expanded into Europe and Asia to support the global growth of their client companies.
At the beginning of the 1980s, the profession developed rapidly across Europe, and then in France, where it became known as headhunting.
At a glance
- Recruitment carried out by an external firm
- Reduces risks linked to strategic recruitment
- Typical duration: 3 to 6 months
What executive search protects you from
The core value of working with a specialist firm is limiting the risk of a strategic mis-hire to a minimum.
Limit recruitment risk
A casting error for a senior executive can cause real damage — lost markets, team disorganisation, strategic delay. A specialist firm manages that risk.
External & independent approach
An independent professional can approach highly qualified candidates and build the trust essential to success — especially where confidentiality matters.
Professional reference checks
Once the right expert is identified, references are checked directly — covering experience, managerial qualities, know-how and interpersonal skills.
Integration support
The firm's role doesn't end at signature. It accompanies the executive through the trial period with regular progress reviews.
Recruitment guarantee
If a placement fails, the firm offers a success guarantee over 3 to 6 months and commits to finding another senior executive.
Time saving
Client companies benefit from external experience, a wider talent pool and a well-honed process — saving time and increasing efficiency.
Where a classic search runs into trouble
Executive search has real advantages — but it can also fall short for companies that need to move urgently.
To be effective, a firm needs a good grasp of the client's sector — and consultants often have to build that knowledge before a search can even begin.
If the firm lacks contacts in the exact strategic function sought, it may fall back on job ads instead of direct approach — at the cost of confidentiality.
A 3–6 month search can become irrelevant for a company facing an urgent transformation. Speed of reaction is critical.
After a candidate is selected and contracted, the company must still wait out their notice period — generally three months or more for senior executives.
What is Executive Express Recruitment?
A solution for recruiting highly qualified experts in a very short time — combining the rigour of executive search with the time constraints of clients who need quality recruitment in a hurry.
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
What you get with the express process
Executive Search quality
A direct, qualitative approach to professionals, combined with our network of pre-qualified experts and targeted sector research.
Shortlist in 8 working days
From briefing to confirmed mandate, our commitment is a shortlist within a maximum of 8 working days.
Pre-qualified network
Active since 2014, with 1,500+ experts and executives, plus access to 5,000+ more for urgent needs.
Immediate availability
Specialists identified are available to start immediately, without a notice period.
Which roles can be found?
FIT in NETWORK® quickly finds specialist managers, executives and board members for the following positions.
🏢General Management
- Managing Director of a SME / SMI
- Director of a group subsidiary or investment fund
- Director of an industrial plant
📊Finance & Operations
- Purchasing, Logistics & Supply Chain Director
- Administrative, Financial & Controlling Director
- Director of a Shared Services Centre
💡HR, Digital & Projects
- Director of Human Resources
- Digital Transformation / ERP-SAP Project Director
- Industrial programme & infrastructure directors
- Marketing, Sales & International Development Director
Find your next executive with FIT in NETWORK®
In all these functions, our teams have developed the know-how to carry out expert searches successfully. To recruit your future talent and find the rare profiles your company needs, you can count on us.
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