B-players become easier to hire in every downturn. A-players never do. Someone is always funding their next mandate, in any cycle, in every market we work.
That's the part hiring plans keep missing. "We'll wait for the market to cool" assumes the leaders you want cool with it. They don't. The competition for the top of the market is permanent; only the noise level changes.
The companies that consistently win those people share one habit: they move with conviction. Clear mandate, tight process, decision-makers in the room, offer within days of certainty, while their competitors are still scheduling round five.
Speed isn't recklessness. For the best candidates, it's evidence.
Periscope Search Group: executive search for technology and marketing leadership. Toronto | Montreal | Miami | New York.