ABOUT US

Candidate is Key is an executive search and selection business built on a specialism in finding top talent — the calibre of person who can genuinely shift the trajectory of an organisation.  That search discipline sits at the heart of everything we do, and it remains our point of difference.
 

Organisations need more than a strong leadership team. Alongside our executive search work, we also support organisations to recruit through the rest of the structure; specialist, operational and junior roles, bringing the same care, process and candidate experience to every appointment, whatever the level.
 

With a single point of contact throughout an assignment, our clients can feel confident and rest assured about communication, standards, delivery, and accountability.  This is extremely valuable in a relationship-driven sector, and it supports a closer working partnership and a high degree of communication between our client and Candidate is Key, which produces stronger connections with potential candidates.
 

As with our clients, we are confident in our ability to find and attract hard to reach candidates through our search techniques, and conversations that drill to the heart of a potential candidate's reticence to explore a role further.  Understanding and responding confidentially to those objections is what we are best at.
 

Candidate is Key provides dedicated and highly professional executive search and selection recruiters on each assignment.   We have a track record of 500+ appointments amongst our network, built up across education, EdTech, charity, corporate and public life, equipping us with the necessary wide range of knowledge and skills on what works best for an appointment at every level.
 

Candidate is Key is an independent search practice in its own right.  We  draw on the breadth of experience within our network to bring the same rigorous, relationship-led standard of recruitment to organisations across every sector we work in — whatever the size or seniority of the role.