Retained Search.

For strategic, senior, or specialist roles, you can't leave your search to chance. Aspire's Retained Search goes beyond traditional acquisition. We provide an exclusive, high-touch partnership designed to secure the market-leading talent you need to grow.

​When you retain Aspire, we become an extension of your team. Our specialists, with an average of 15 years in the industry, will consult on the role, collaborate on the brief, map the entire talent market, and manage the selection process—guaranteeing a result.

Why Aspire's Retained Service?

• 97% Success Rate: Our focused, partnership-led process delivers the right hire, the first time.

• Quality Over Quantity: We do the vetting. You only see the best, with an average of 6 CVs for each successful placement.

• Access to Hidden Talent: 31% of our placements come from Aspire’s exclusive candidate database, giving you access to talent you won't find anywhere else.

• Proven Longevity: Our process works. 96% of our placed candidates pass their probation, ensuring a lasting, high-impact hire.

Our Retained Process: A Blueprint for Success

​Our role is to meet, understand, identify, attract, and engage.

​1. Understand & Strategise

This is more than just taking a brief. As your retained consultants, we gain a full, 360-degree picture of what you are trying to achieve. We need to understand:

• ​You, as an employer

• Your approach to diversity and inclusion

• The role, its skills, and its competencies

• The remuneration, benefits, and career opportunities

• How the role fits into the organisation

• Your selection process, decision-making, and onboarding

2. Identify & Map

With this deep understanding, we proactively map the entire candidate market—not just active job seekers. We identify top talent using:

• Our exclusive database of over 350,000 candidates.

• A dedicated Talent Hub seeking new talent via advertising and LinkedIn.

• Targeting specific passive candidates from referrals, networking, and agreed-upon target companies.

3. Attract & Assess

By understanding everything about your role and the candidates' motivations, we act as your employer brand ambassador.

• ​All candidates are thoroughly and consistently assessed against the agreed criteria.

• We create detailed profiles and, as an option, provide structured video interviews with shortlisted candidates answering four key questions to assist in your selection.

4. Engage & Deliver

A positive candidate experience is key. We manage the entire journey with a professional, high-touch approach:

• ​We organise interviews, provide and pass on all feedback, and manage the offer process.

• We counsel the candidate through their resignation.

• Our partnership continues post-placement. We check in on their first day and stay in contact with both parties for the initial three months as part of our successful onboarding process.

Is Retained Search Right for Your Role?

​This service is the ideal solution when:

• The role is senior, executive, or C-suite.

• The hire is business-critical and will have a high impact on growth.

• The skillset is niche, rare, or in high demand.

• The search is confidential and cannot be publicised.

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