Talent Agent services
A recruiter represents the vacancy. A Talent Agent represents the executive.
Recruiters are paid by the employer. Their job is to fill the role in front of them, not to manage your career. That is not a criticism. It is simply how the model works.
Alongside my executive and board search practices, I represent a small number of senior executives as their Talent Agent. The work is confidential, one-to-one and focused on your interests, not any single employer’s.
At the top of the Australian market, finding your next role is a campaign. Many of the best opportunities are never advertised, and the ones that are attract hundreds of capable people. Representation changes how you enter that market.
What representation includes
An honest assessment
Where you really sit in the market, where your experience is valued and what is holding you back.
A brand that works
Résumé, LinkedIn and biography that read at the level you are targeting.
A clear pathway
Your next move and the one after it, including board and advisory options.
Access
Relationship strategy and, where appropriate, introductions to decision-makers and search consultants.
Interview preparation
Serious preparation through executive and board interview preparation.
Offers
Support when offers arrive, including package and contract conversations where appropriate.
Stop waiting for the market to find you. Start building a strategy to get in front of it.
Who it is for
Senior executives who are serious about their next move and ready to work closely with me. For board-level leaders, the Board Portfolio® Program takes the same approach to board, committee and advisory appointments. You can read more about how I work on the Talent Management page, or in my article Stop Applying and Start Getting Represented.
No appointment or employment outcome is guaranteed. What changes is how, and where, you show up.
Where to go from here
Talent Management
Talent Agent representation for senior executives.
Board Portfolio® Program
The invitation-only Talent Agent program for C-suite and board-level leaders.
Executive & Board Interview Preparation
Your story, your evidence and how you show up in the room.
Board Search
Confidential board search for Chairs, boards and nomination committees.
Testing the market without traction?
If you are planning a move in the next six months, a confidential conversation is the place to start.