Digital Dossiers
in retained executive search.
Retained executive search charges a premium for access to candidates other firms can’t reach. But access without intelligence is just an introduction. The Digital Dossier is what converts candidate access into a hiring decision.
Why Standard Profiles Fail
At the executive level, the profile is the floor, not the product.
Every retained search firm sends candidates with a candidate summary. Two to three pages of professional history, notable achievements, and a recruiter’s qualitative assessment. The hiring manager has read a hundred of these.
A Digital Dossier does not summarise the candidate. It presents evidence. The hiring manager does not need to interpret — the intelligence is already structured.
The difference between a candidate summary and a Digital Dossier is the difference between a restaurant menu description and a nutritional analysis. One tells you what it sounds like. The other tells you what’s actually in it.
The Executive Search Context
What makes VP and C-suite dossiers different.
Executive candidates have more complex histories, more political dynamics, and higher compensation variability than mid-level hires. Digital Dossiers for executive search are more comprehensive than those for director-level roles.
Compensation Complexity
C-suite compensation includes equity, bonus structure, deferred compensation, and non-compete considerations. Dossiers map the full package — not just base salary.
Network Depth
Executive candidates have more extensive networks. Dossiers map second-degree reference paths — not just mutual connections, but credible informal verification routes.
Board and Stakeholder Dynamics
C-suite roles involve board relationships and stakeholder management complexity. Dossiers include signals on candidate’s history of executive stakeholder navigation.
The Proof
What Digital Dossier-driven search produces.
These outcomes are from executive searches run under Majhi OS — including a $275K CFO search that two other retained firms had already failed to close in 60+ days.
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