Solutions
Specialist Search
Focused search for critical roles. From specialist individual hires to business-critical appointments, EMNET manages the process from market mapping through to offer.
Some roles need a different approach.
The right person may not be actively looking, the available market may be limited, or the brief may require a rare combination of technical, commercial and sector experience.
- Specialist expertiseThe role requires a specific combination of skills, experience or market knowledge.
- A limited talent poolThe strongest candidates may not be actively looking or visible through conventional channels.
- Business-critical impactThe appointment will have a meaningful impact on the team, product, revenue or future growth of the business.
- A new capabilityYou need expertise that does not currently exist within the organisation.
- A difficult searchPrevious activity has not produced the quality or relevance required.
A focused search, from brief to offer.
Define the brief
Understand the role, team, business objectives and what success looks like before the search begins.
Map the market
Identify relevant people across competitors, adjacent businesses and specialist networks.
Engage the right people
Targeted, personal outreach to candidates whose experience genuinely matches the requirement.
Screen with context
Assess experience, motivation and alignment against the role and business, not simply the CV.
Manage the process
Coordinate interviews, feedback and candidate communication throughout the search.
Secure the hire
Support offer strategy, salary positioning and candidate management through to acceptance.
When Specialist Search makes sense.
Designed for individual appointments where depth, relevance and market reach matter more than candidate volume.
A specialist technical role
The brief requires specific Software Engineering or Data/AI expertise that is difficult to find through general channels.
A senior appointment
You need an experienced individual contributor, manager, Head of function or senior leader.
A critical Go-to-Market role
The brief requires commercial experience, market knowledge or customer relationships relevant to your growth strategy.
A new market or capability
You need expertise the organisation does not currently have.
A highly specific brief
The combination of skills, sector knowledge and experience significantly narrows the available market.
A search that hasn't worked
Existing advertising, sourcing or agency activity has not produced the right candidates.
Search backed by specialist expertise.
EMNET focuses its search activity across the functions and markets where we understand the talent landscape.
One critical appointment or ongoing demand?
Specialist Search is designed around an individual appointment. When demand becomes broader or more sustained, Fractional or Embedded may be a better fit.
Specialist Search
- Individual specialist or business-critical appointment
- Focused market mapping and targeted search
- End-to-end management through to offer
Fractional
- Flexible capacity
- Best suited to changing or intermittent demand
- Support across priority roles
Embedded
- Dedicated talent capability
- Best suited to sustained or multi-role demand
- Deeper integration with your organisation
Have a critical hire to make?
Tell us what you're looking for and we'll help you understand the market and the right approach to the search.
Discuss a Search