Executive Recruitment

I want to ask you something. When your recruiter sends you a candidate, what do they say? I'll tell you what most of them say. "This person is incredible." "One in a million." "Perfect fit." "Best candidate I've seen in years." Every. Single. Time. I've heard it. You've heard it. And if you've been in business long enough, you know exactly what that means — nothing. It means the recruiter wants their candidate in front of you. It means they want the fee. And it means they'll

I Have Been a Recruiter for 30 Years. This Mistake Never Goes Away. I have been a recruiter for 30 years. And one of the most common mistakes I watch companies make costs them nothing to fix and everything to ignore. They pass on the best candidate they interviewed because they met them first. How It Happens Every Time It happens the same way every time. The search starts. The first candidate comes in. They are strong. The hiring manager is interested but not ready to decide.

Manufacturing hiring in 2026 looks nothing like what the headlines promised. There are 438,000 unfilled manufacturing positions across the United States right now. Companies are desperate for talent. And yet hiring managers are sitting on approved requisitions, budgets in place, and doing nothing. This is not incompetence. It is uncertainty. Tariffs have made cost planning nearly impossible. Supply chain volatility means companies do not know what their production volumes loo

Rotten apple at the top of other apples There is a hiring pattern showing up across Pittsburgh boardrooms and executive suites that nobody wants to talk about. Companies are filling senior leadership roles with agreeable, safe, politically comfortable candidates — and calling it a successful search. It is not. It is a slow organizational disaster disguised as stability. Here is what is actually happening. Over the last several years, a generation of senior managers figured ou

If you are looking for a retained executive search firm near Canonsburg, PA, you already know the challenge. The Pittsburgh market has no shortage of recruiters. Finding one that actually works — exclusively for you, on a dedicated basis, with real industry relationships — is a different problem entirely. Here is what separates retained search from everything else, and what to look for when you are evaluating firms in this area. What Retained Search Actually Means Retained se