The Good Search
The Good Search delivers Board and C-level technology talent for legendary hires. We specialize in recruiting Chief Technology Officers, Chief AI Officers, Chief Data Officers, Chief Digital Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Information and Security Officers, Heads of Engineering, and technology luminaries. Candidates know us, trust us, and take our call.
The Good Search is not a traditional retained executive search firm by design. We believe you deserve a better executive search experience. Our investigative approach makes search smarter and gives you more. Candidates you never dreamed existed. Flat fees you can trust. All the research.
Our clients range from top-tier venture capital-backed startups to private equity portfolio companies to Fortune 500 corporations as well as nonprofit 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, and NGOs. Our clients have one thing in common: they are mission-driven. The work we do together has real meaning. It turns out the greater good is good for business after all.
Founded by Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist Krista Bradford, we take an investigative approach to executive recruitment. Our proprietary technology — powered by generative AI — speeds results to get you game-changing hires as soon as possible. On average, we present the candidate who is ultimately hired within 10 business days. We focus on execution to give you the most accomplished executives the market has to offer.
Executive Recruiting Newbie?
If you are a new executive recruiting buyer, “The Definitive Guide to Executive Recruiting Firms and Pricing” details virtually everything you need to know about the executive recruitment process including insights on retained executive search pricing.
Contingency or Retained?
Before you engage an executive headhunter, you must first decide what kind of search firm is right for you: contingency or retained? For C-level roles and senior leadership openings with base salaries that top $300 thousand, there is but one kind of search firm that specializes in senior executive engagements.
List of Top Search Firms?
If you’re seeking a shortlist of top executive headhunters, you may want to check out our investigation into the leading lists of top executive search firms on the Internet. We detail why you should be wary of most top executive search firm lists and why it is often best to build your own shortlist of top search firms.
Representative Clients
Fortune 100 technology companies, private equity portfolio companies, top-tier venture capital startups, and nonprofit organizations come to The Good Search for competitive advantage. Our investigative approach to headhunting uncovers transformative leaders others miss.
We build executive teams that make a difference in the not-for-profit world. Increasingly, top-performing technologists want to do work aimed at making a difference in the world. We also serve growth-stage and venture-backed companies, and private equity turnarounds.
When game-changing CTOs and Heads of Engineering are hard to find and even harder to recruit, our investigative approach outperforms traditional headhunting firms. Like the clients we serve, we leverage generative AI in the work that we do to maximize results.
Technology Industry Expertise
Moreover, our technology industry expertise enables us to recruit executives across multiple industry sectors including Financial Services, Travel & Hospitality, and Healthcare & Life Sciences. Consequently, we recruit executives for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Companies developing live-saving devices, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.
Diversity Recruiting Expertise
Our investigative approach to headhunting is ideally suited for diversity recruiting and succession bench recruiting. We help Fortune 500 and employers of choice boost diversity at the senior executive level.
Smart Search. Genius Partner.
I have worked with dozens of talent acquisition and executive search professionals over the years and Krista is head and shoulders above the crowd.
Krista and her team were able to connect us with a list of highly relevant and appropriately qualified candidates for challenging technical leadership roles.
National Headhunters
The Good Search headhunters recruit top-performing executives for companies with offices in the United States. We conduct retained executive recruiting for most senior leadership positions including the Chief Executive Officer and the C-level executives who report directly to the CEO.
While we recruit for all C-level openings, we specialize in technology executive search: Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), and Chief Architects. Additionally, we recruit Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Heads of Engineering. We also deliver Chief Data Officers and Heads of Data Science as well as Chief AI Officers and Heads of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (ML).
The Good Search recruits board and senior-level executives for venture capital-backed startups, private equity portfolio companies, and the most powerful and successful technology companies in the world.
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Schedule a conversation. We understand we’re not the right firm for every executive search every time but we make it a practice to listen and to try to help, regardless.