Insights

The Case for the Step-Up Candidate:

Our clients typically come to us for low-risk, proven executives who can readily assimilate into their executive teams with minimal learning curves. In simple terms, the best way to limit hiring risk is to find candidates who have been there, done that, and want to do it again. While over 70% of our placements match this description, what happens if that ideal candidate is not available, affordable, or a positive cultural add? While there are several strategies to broaden a …
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Q1& Q2 Newsletter & Review

Reilly Partners had a busy first half of 2023, filling positions, providing strategic talent advice, exploring opportunities across our clients’ industries, and bringing the best talent to our clients. In light of the current state of economic breath holding, we have a few things on our minds: Taking the long view It feels as if we’ve been waiting for the recession to begin for at least two years now. Conflicting data points are reported nearly every week. The consensus now …
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Reilly Partners welcomes new Managing Director

Reilly Partners Expands B2B Services practice  Ned returned to Reilly Partners as a Managing Director in March 2023, to expand the firm’s Business Services practice. With a focus on the Finance, Human Resources, and Revenue functions, Ned brings a wealth of experience conducting CFO, CHRO, and CRO searches for portfolio companies of some of the most prestigious private equity firms. Ned looks forward to working with other managing directors to help Reilly Partners identify new client relationships from his network …
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Q3 Newsletter & Review

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Research Associate Position | Reilly Partners

Reilly Partners is hiring! A Research Associate is an essential part of the executive search process. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this individual will conduct searches for key executive and senior management positions for clients within multiple industries To learn more about this role, see full job spec below. If interested, email your CV or resume to woody@reillypartners.com. Reilly Partners Research Associate 2022 Job Spec


Reilly Partners Managing Director 2022 Job Spec

Reilly Partners is growing! We are actively searching for a small number of talented Managing Directors to expand our industry capabilities. Navigating this current health and economic crisis has been a learning experience for us all, and as we did during the recession of 2008-2009, Reilly Partners is looking to grow and get stronger. We doubled in size during the last downturn, and we are in the very unique position of looking to add to our team again right now. …
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The Future Is Now (Why It’s Time to Clean Up Your Resume)

Many of us are into our 4th week of quarantine/social distancing already, and now expect to continue such measures through at least April 30th. At Reilly Partners we have continued to stay focused on working with our clients to find them the best leadership talent for their teams. But it’s likely that many of us find ourselves with some extra time on our hands these days. The first couple weeks it was nice to go on long walks, binge watch …
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In these unprecedented times…

We write this hoping that your family, your colleagues, and everyone you love is safe and healthy. The entire world has been impacted by something that was previously the stuff of movies. As all of us adjust and do our part to contain the spread of COVID-19, we wanted to share some thoughts on how the business of recruiting will be affected. What hasn't changed... As a service and consulting oriented business, Reilly Partners has been enabled for remote work …
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The War for Talent

The increasingly competitive job market requires employers of all kinds to level up in their effort to recruit and retain the best talent. Top performing companies understand this and are focused on it every day.Today's most competitive companies are innovating at light speed and building out entirely new businesses in order to grow and stay ahead.At the same time, legions of well-funded start-ups are competing for the best and the brightest minds.Upgrading your team, building your bench, innovating, starting something …
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