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Retained Recruiting Services
As a trusted retained search firm, Risch Results helps companies search, recruit, and hire top talent for critical roles, from mid-level positions to executive leadership. No matter how unique or specialized the role, we don’t stop searching until we find the perfect fit, guaranteed.
What Are Retained Recruiting Services?
Retained recruiting services is a talent acquisition model in which a company partners exclusively with Risch Results to fill critical roles. Unlike contingency-based recruiting, where multiple firms may compete to place candidates, retained search involves our recruiters solely focused on your hiring needs. This exclusivity enables a deeper understanding of your company’s culture, values, and goals, ultimately leading to better hiring outcomes.
How Does Retained Search Work?
The retained search process typically follows a structured, consultative approach designed to identify and secure the best candidates for high-level or specialized positions.
Here’s how our retained recruiting process work:
- Initial Consultation and Needs Assessment: The process begins with an in-depth consultation to understand your company’s unique hiring needs, organizational culture, and long-term goals. This step lays the foundation for a targeted recruiting strategy.
- Customized Talent Mapping: Leveraging industry insights and advanced tools, Risch Results conducts a comprehensive talent mapping process to identify potential candidates who align with your specific requirements.
- Active Candidate Engagement: Unlike passive recruiting methods, retained recruiting services proactively reach out to high-caliber professionals, even those not actively seeking new opportunities. This ensures access to a broader and more qualified talent pool.
- Thorough Screening and Evaluation: Candidates undergo rigorous screening and evaluation, including behavioral interviews, and cultural fit analyses. This meticulous vetting process ensures only the most suitable candidates are presented for consideration.
- Ongoing Collaboration: Throughout the engagement, our recruiters maintain transparent communication, providing regular updates and insights to ensure alignment with your hiring objectives.
The success of any company hinges on the caliber of its people
Transform your hiring strategy with Risch Results and discover how our retained recruiting services connect businesses like yours with exceptional talent.
Comprehensive Support Throughout the Talent Acquisition Process
Our experienced recruitment and research team facilitates every stage of the talent acquisition process, meeting the unique needs of your company and position.
Our retained search services include:
- Professional and Executive Search
- Job Descriptions
- Candidate Screening
- Behavioral Assessments
- Compensation Analysis
- Interview Support
- Background and Reference Checks
- Retention Planning
- Interim Placement
When to Consider Retained Recruiting Services
While retained search can be beneficial for a wide range of hiring scenarios, it’s particularly effective in the following situations:
Executive and Leadership Roles: Retained recruiting services provide access to top-tier candidates with the expertise, leadership qualities, and cultural fit needed for c-suite and other high-level positions. This is achieved through highly targeted research tools and a methodical approach to identify the right person and actively engaging with passive talent who aren’t job hunting but may be the right leader for our clients.
Specialized Skill Sets: For roles requiring very niche skills or limited talent pools, retained search ensures a customized, targeted approach to uncover candidates who meet these specific requirements. Retained search professionals are relentless in their efforts, never giving up until the ideal candidate is found.
Confidential Searches: When discretion is essential, such as during leadership transitions or sensitive strategic moves, retained recruiting firms manage the search with the highest level of confidentiality, protecting your organization’s reputation and interests.
Long-Term Talent Strategy: Retained recruiting isn’t just about filling a role; it’s about forming a deep partnership with your organization to align talent strategy with your goals. Through close collaboration, retained recruiters gain an in-depth understanding of your culture, values, and long-term vision. Organizations benefit from a partnership that offers strategic insights, long-term planning, and a strong focus on building a sustainable talent pipeline.
Proven Results with Risch Results
At Risch Results, we take pride in our unparalleled success in talent acquisition. Here’s why businesses trust us to deliver results:
We stand by our placements with an extended guarantee longer than the industry norm, especially with leadership roles. If a new hire is terminated or resigns within 120 days, we find a replacement within the guarantee period at no additional cost.
Our exceptional track record speaks for itself. We successfully fill 95% of the roles we take on, regardless of the position’s complexity or level.
From the moment you engage our services to the acceptance of an offer, our average time-to-hire is just 60 days, ensuring efficiency without compromising quality.
Our commitment is that we don't stop the search until we find the right person.
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Success Story
Filling Hard-to-Fill Roles with Retained Recruiting
Industry: Construction
A leading engineering firm faced significant challenges in hiring for specialized sales positions. As they put it, “We were after the super hard-to-fill engineering sales jobs where we just didn’t have the time or access to the markets to know who those people are.” Partnering with Risch Results provided a game-changing solution.
Through our retained recruiting services, we conducted targeted talent mapping, focusing on understanding their unique culture and specific role requirements. Our team identified candidates who not only met the technical qualifications but also aligned with their organizational values.
Why Risch Results Is the Right Partner for Retained Search?
Hiring Guarantee
We are a retained search firm with a 95% fill rate. We don’t stop our search until our clients hire, and we guarantee to replace new hires who are terminated or resign before 120+ days.
Access Top Talent
We meticulously research and recruit passive (employed) candidates in every industry, casting a wide net even beyond our network. Then, we help candidates get excited about working with your company.
Faster Fill Time
Our experienced recruiters don’t let roles sit vacant or wait for applications to roll in. We actively reach out to qualified candidates, present them to you, and facilitate an efficient, effective hiring process.
Ethical Recruiting
We practice ethical recruiting, work to mitigate bias from the hiring practice, and build dynamic, diverse, inclusive teams.
Highly Custom Searches
We listen to our clients and customize each search to consider market, industry, goals, culture, values, and working dynamics.
Top Tier Client Care
With our service-centric customer model and transparent communication, our experienced team guides clients through each stage of a robust hiring process.
Focus on Retention
Finding the right candidates means lower turnover. Our process leads to better retention rates for our clients.
Get Started with Retained Recruiting Services
If you’re ready to elevate your talent acquisition strategy, retained recruiting services are the solution you need. At Risch Results, we’re committed to helping you find the right talent to drive your business forward. Contact us today to learn more about our retained search solutions and how we can help you achieve your hiring goals.
