Frequently Asked Questions

Recruiting, Retaining, and Transforming Talent for Exponential Business Growth

What should companies look for in an executive search firm?

Companies should look for an executive search firm that understands their business strategy, culture, values, leadership team dynamics, growth goals, and future organizational needs. The right search partner should be able to define success clearly, build a strong candidate profile, identify passive leadership talent, evaluate candidates beyond the resume, and advise the company through selection, offer, and onboarding.

Strategic Talent Partners’ search process starts by listening first. STP immerses in the client’s business strategy, growth goals, and team dynamics to understand the leadership the company truly needs. From there, STP builds a success profile for the role today and for where the company is headed next.

Keystone Executive Search and CorTalent To Strategic Talent Partners
Keystone Executive Search and CorTalent To Strategic Talent Partners
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Announcement

In April 2024, CorTalent and KeyStone Executive Search joined forces to become Strategic Talent Partners, ushering in the future of Executive Search and Leadership Solutions. We were thrilled to announce this merger, which unites more than 250 years of collective experience in delivering positive client outcomes, fostering collaborative partnerships, and living our shared belief that your success comes from hiring and retaining the right leadership talent.

What does this mean for you? You’re still working with the same team you’ve trusted for years—now with even deeper expertise in:

  • Executive Retained Search: CEO transition and board searches, C-suite searches, and functional leadership searches

  • Leadership Solutions: talent strategies and succession planning, leadership assessments; leadership workshops and programs