Executive Search
Herd Freed Hartz
Executive Search
Level Up Your Leadership
Retained executive search overview is our specialty and at the core of what we have delivered since 2001. We’d be happy to connect to talk with you more to answer your questions, but here are a few key reasons why clients chose to invest in hiring us for an executive search key hire.
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What Sets Us Apart
You can’t be an expert in every business function and just like you outsource your accounting or legal issues – it’s strategic to hire the specialist on key business executive hiring. We’ve filled many similar roles and know your industry so we can provide key insight on a winning strategy in defining the role expectations, qualifications, compensation structure, assessment/interview process, helping align a team decision, a positive candidate experience and crafting a winning offer.
THOROUGH EVALUATION & INSIGHT
We meet in-person (or video chat) with all our candidates for a comprehensive evaluation of professional qualifications, track record, culture fit, motivation and compensation. We provide detailed candidate write-up insight to help you navigate your options and save you time so you can focus on the best potential fit.
TALENT ACCESS
We find people you would not find otherwise based on our track record, extensive database, research capabilities and direct connection to people who are not actively looking and would never find an online job board listing. We have national reach across a mix of industries and functional roles you can benefit from. We can also provide options on a confidential search to mitigate your risk.
ATTRACT & INSPIRE CANDIDATES
We tell your company story and the unique role opportunity in a fresh and unique way to help you stand out from the pack. Executive level leaders get messaged for new jobs constantly, but we have learned the “art of recruiting” approach to inspire talent.
ONE YEAR GUARANTEE
Unlike contingent search firms, we stay on the search until it is filled even when it gets hard. We align our payment terms around success milestones and offer a one (1) year replacement guarantee as we stand by our work to ensure a good culture fit.
STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT
We can have a breadth of intake conversations to build alignment and insight with your key stakeholders. We provide weekly written updates and quickly deliver high quality candidates which helps keep everyone aligned and makes you look good for hiring us.
CULTURE FIT
Most companies hire for competencies, but fire for culture fit. We can help you ensure a strong culture fit for long-term success.
HIRING BEST PRACTICES
In addition to filling the role, you’ll learn winning hiring best practices you can apply to other key company hires down the road. We continue to be a strategic partner you can contact us with questions to help you succeed and take away recruiting frustrations. This includes job description design, target bio alignment, candidate reports, search updates, interview scorecards, offer strategy and onboarding best practices.
What Our Clients Say
Charles Krause
Board Chair
Midwest Dairy
“Working with Herd Freed Hartz far exceeded my expectations. They were true professionals throughout the entire process. We had a strong talent pool to interview and select our next CEO from. I would highly recommend them to any organization going through an executive search.”
Brian McGuigan
CEO
“It was a pleasure working with Herd Freed Hartz on this CFO search. You surfaced some great candidates, listened well and provided good advice at the points where I most needed it. I look forward to working together again.”
Laird Norton
Parley Dixon
“You did a solid job of understanding what we were looking for, culture fit, listening to our team and crafted a nationwide search. You recruited quality candidates, helpful insight and guided our process on a President & COO as well as CFO search key hires.”
CEO
Patriot Erectors
Sheri Buretta
“After a comprehensive nationwide search in partnership with executive recruiting firm Herd Freed Hartz, the Board is pleased to have found the ideal CEO candidate to continue charting our course for future growth at Chugach.”
Chairman of the Board
Chugach Alaska Corporation
Christy Pettey
“You placed me here and then I came back to hiring Herd Freed Hartz for our CFO search which was a great experience. We had multiple fantastic candidates to choose from. You are the biggest bang for the buck and enjoyable to work with!”
Chief People Officer
Kwik Lok
Karen Lucas
“Thank you for being such wonderful partner on this search. You have been so fun and fabulous to work with, and I’m thrilled with the speed of our process, and of course, with the best outcome I could’ve hoped for. I appreciate every step of the journey together.”
SVP Sales & Marketing
Aegis Living
Karen Lucas
Jenafer Park
“When looking for a recruiting partner, we wanted a close partnership and a firm that would work within our needs, provide flexibility and a high-touch experience which is why we chose Herd Freed Hartz. We felt you listened and cared about creating alignment with us and made each search process seamless and fluid across many successful searches.”
Head of Technology Recruiting
Zillow
Kyle Buehner
“You delivered quality candidates quickly, understood our unique culture and I appreciated your consultative style. I wanted to hire the best leadership team I could and you helped me upgrade my team to get us to the next level of growth which helped set us up for a successful acquisition.”
CEO
NAVIS CRM
Maree Wacker
“Herd Freed Hartz was a vital partner for our CEO search. You delivered the perfect balance of insight, understanding of the qualities we were looking for, and persistence. You were also a fast study on learning our unique non-profit culture. All of this delivered with enthusiasm and energy for the effort we had in front of us. I highly recommend them as your partner for your executive search.”
Former CEO
Fora Health
Paul Kemp
“I’ve known the team at Herd Freed Hartz for 20+ years and used them several times at various organizations. I always know they will make me look good in quickly finding a great mix of candidates, understand our unique culture and provide a personalized approach. You get results and are fun to work with!”
Chief People Officer
Zonar Systems (prior T-Mobile / Starbucks)
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