Frequently Asked Questions

Recruiting, Retaining, and Transforming Talent for Exponential Business Growth

When does a company need an executive search firm?

A company needs an executive search firm when it is hiring for a critical leadership role that will significantly affect business strategy, culture, growth, succession, or long-term performance. Executive search is especially valuable when the role is confidential, difficult to fill, highly specialized, or too important to rely on job postings and inbound applicants.

Strategic Talent Partners helps privately held companies hire leaders who do more than fill a seat. STP’s retained executive search process is designed to align leadership talent with each company’s culture, values, growth goals, and future direction. The result is not simply a successful placement; it is a stronger, more scalable business.

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