Assignment-specific pipelines
Customise stages and statuses to reflect research, approach, assessment, shortlist and offer milestones.
For Executive Search
Run retained search with a clear, defensible process.
Keep the assignment brief, research, stakeholder context and candidate journey connected from market mapping to appointment, with a process your team can follow and explain.
- 01 Define the mandate
- 02 Build the market map
- 03 Assess and shortlist
- 04 Manage to appointment
Built around the work
Complex assignments need structure without becoming mechanical.
Executive search combines research depth, careful assessment and frequent stakeholder communication. Recruit So Simple gives each assignment a visible progression while preserving the detailed narrative around every candidate.
- Keep the mandate, search strategy and candidate evidence aligned.
- Give researchers and consultants one current view of the assignment.
- Maintain an auditable history of decisions and communication.
How Recruit So Simple helps
The right tools, applied to your style of recruitment.
Every feature below is included in the same system and works from the same live database.
Structured supporting documents
Store CVs, briefs and supporting files against the right records, with expiry reminders where needed.
Longlist and shortlist control
Use tags, groups and searches to move from the wider market to a considered slate of candidates.
Stakeholder context in one place
Keep client contacts, emails, meetings, notes and agreed next steps attached to the assignment history.
Appropriate record access
Use permissions to control visibility while keeping the authorised search team aligned.
Progress you can review
See current stage, activity and outcomes across assignments without a separate shadow tracker.
A joined-up working day
Create continuity across research, assessment and client counsel.
Frame
Record the mandate, stakeholders, target organisations, required evidence and assignment-specific stages.
Evaluate
Keep research, contact history, documents and assessment notes connected as the slate develops.
Advise
Review live progress and use the complete history to guide stakeholder updates and next decisions.
Other ways teams recruit
See how Recruit So Simple adapts to different desks.
Recruitment Agencies
Run business development, candidate delivery and team reporting from one shared recruitment CRM.
Single Recruiters
Stay organised, responsive and credible while running every part of the desk yourself.
Headhunters
Turn relationship history and market knowledge into focused, well-timed search work.
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