Put simply, retained search means you appoint us to take ownership of the hire, rather than asking several recruiters to work on it speculatively.

Contingency recruitment absolutely has its place. But when recruiters are working without commitment and potentially competing against several other agencies, there can be a 50/50 chance at best that any one of them will ultimately make the placement. Naturally, that affects how much time and resource can realistically be committed to every vacancy.

Retained search is different.

You secure dedicated time, research and expertise from Disrupt Search, with one team accountable for delivering the right person. We help scope the role in advance, properly understand the business, the role, the market and what success actually looks like before we approach anyone.

It means less noise, fewer irrelevant CVs and a far more focused search.