Strategy before outreach
Know where you stand in the market before you spend a day searching it.
iCareer Strategies is the research and strategy practice of iCareerSolutions. We measure how visible an executive is to the recruiters who run searches at their level, map the market they're targeting, and write the plan that the outreach then executes.
of VP-and-up roles are filled through non-public channels, and the share rises with seniority. LinkedIn Workforce Report; Russell Reynolds, 2025
is how fast a retained search firm builds its shortlist, from people it already knows. Executive search industry data, 2026
is the average length of a senior search. A planned campaign beats sporadic effort over that distance. Executive search benchmarks, 2026
Three things we do
Executive Visibility Assessment
Where you rank when a recruiter searches for the titles you're targeting, and why. Complimentary. About a day.
Search strategy engagement
Target-company map, recruiter and search-firm map, positioning, sequencing, and the weekly plan. This is the document a reverse-recruiting campaign runs on.
The State of Executive Job Search
Our study of where senior roles are actually being filled, how long searches take, and what has replaced the application route at the top end.
Why strategy first
Most executive searches fail on sequencing, not effort. The résumé goes out before the target list exists; outreach starts before anyone has checked whether the profile even surfaces for the titles it's meant to attract; the search firms that matter are contacted last, if at all. Each of those is a strategy failure that no amount of activity fixes.
We put the research in front of the activity: who fills these roles, who they call first, what they search for, and what your profile shows them today. Then the campaign, run by iCareerSolutions to the NRRA Standard Process, has something to execute.
Standards
Run to the NRRA Standard Process
iCareerSolutions is the founding firm of the National Reverse Recruiters Association, and Arno Markus is its Founding President. Every engagement follows the NRRA Code of Ethics and the published Standard Process. Our firm profile is in the NRRA agency directory.
Talk to us
A complimentary 20-minute call with Arno is the fastest way to find out whether this is the right fit. No pitch deck; you'll get a straight read on your situation.
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