Retained executive search and executive recruiting can feel unfamiliar if you have never worked with an executive search firm, or if you are deciding whether outside support is the right approach for an important leadership hire. To help demystify the executive recruitment process, we asked Dan Heiman, owner of Cornerstone Executive Search and a retained […]
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AI in Executive Recruiting: 3 Trends We’re Seeing in the 2026 Market
AI at Work Part II: What We’re Seeing in the Market Right Now How is AI impacting your executive recruiting business? We are often asked this question by clients, candidates and business roundtables. AI is changing executive recruiting by helping firms identify, analyze and engage talent faster. But it has not replaced human judgment in […]
Trusting Your Gut in Executive Hiring
She’s the one. Just when I thought I’ve talked to every HR leader in this city … and you found her? Unbelievable job. She’s the one. You watch. Those were my exact words when I walked into the office of my Director of Executive Recruiting after I interviewed an HR executive for one of our […]
Go The Distance To Attract The Right People
A few weeks ago, I took my family to visit one of my favorite places. A place that reminds me of “all that once was good and could be again!” Of course, I am talking about Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. As my family was driving home at dusk through beautiful Iowa countryside, I […]
Hurry Up
HURRY UP….AND WAIT Sense of urgency. Every person’s is different. That’s ok until it isn’t…like when trying to get candidates through the process and on board. At the start of an engagement, clients are focused on the fact that they have an executive hiring need, and they need assistance in identifying, vetting, and attracting best in market talent. That’s where the executive search […]
Is There Any Such Thing as Over Qualified?
When meeting with a client to assist in putting together the candidate profile they seek for a particular executive hiring need, each person will give their list of qualifications and expectations for the position. It is important to remember that there is a difference between “must have” and “nice to have”. Clients must meet with relevant […]
