Client
Services

Our Philosophy

More often than not, the best person for the job is already doing it. For someone else…

Most general talent acquisition departments and external staffing partners are inbound focused – meaning they rely heavily on advertising.

Our process is exclusively outbound. We research people with the right skills and approach them directly to tell them why we think a particular role might be a smart move for them.

The U.S construction market is suffering from a critical skills shortage, and most of the best talent aren’t replying to LinkedIn approaches or making job applications. Our business is designed to unlock those people.

Our candidate outreach is research-driven, highly targeted, and telephone-based, allowing us to articulate our assignments in a way that is informative and appealing.

On many search assignments, we will have already had key conversations with the types of candidates you’re looking for. We would typically speak to our network before engaging with any potential candidate to ascertain their relevance. This isn’t just from a competency perspective, but to also understand more about them as people.

Client Services

Retained Search

Exclusive Contingent Search

Contingent Search

Bespoke Partnership Agreements

Market Intelligence

Retained Search

We’ll work with you and/or your hiring team to thoroughly understand the role, the context, the company, the type of person you’re looking for and reasons why they might be interested.

We will undergo extensive research that will include market-mapping and making many market intelligence calls before building a longlist or making any approaches to potential candidates.

Our work is supported by marketing brochures that provide candidates with a professional introduction to your firm, the assignment, and the opportunity it presents.

MKH Promise

Fee

Best Suited for

Pros

Cons

We will deliver exposure of your job to 100% of the talent pool and according to your brief.

30% of 1st year salary, payable in two instalments. The first is a retainer of 10% of the projected fee, paid at the start of the project. The second is the completion fee, which is the total fee, minus retainer fee.

Business critical or particularly hard-to-fill jobs. Or any position where you want/need the confidence that job will definitely be filled.

Your search will uncover the best talent possible, while de-risking poor hires.
There’s a 97% chance your vacancy will be filled.
You’ll have an extended guarantee of 6 months.
You’ll get additional additional data and insights we’ll have learnt from the search, which may help you the next time.

You need to be committed to the process and to us.
A retained search typically takes 4-6 weeks to complete.

Exclusive Contingent Search

Uses many of the same methodologies typically associated with retained search - namely, detailed research and proactive sourcing.

It does not guarantee the granular level of research associated with retained search, nor any shared market intelligence.

MKH Promise

Fee

Best Suited For

Pros

Cons

To deliver to you a selection of qualified, motivated candidates that fit your brief, culture, and ambition.

25% payable upon completion.

Hard-to-fill positions that traditional internal HR/TA departments or external staffing firms struggle with and/or those roles where you don’t need exposure to the entirety of the candidate pool.

You’ll still receive a significant level of commitment from us and will be treated as a priority over contingent clients.
Your assignment will remain outbound focussed, which will increase the chance of you finding candidates others haven’t been able to find.

We may refuse to take on the assignment without a retainer depending on how complex the project is.
It won't guarantee exposure to the entirety of the talent pool.

Contingent Search

Uses our core philosophy of being outbound-centric with some basic research capabilities (extracting relevant lists from previous searches, compiling talent pools from easily found sources such as LinkedIn) to approach candidates who fit your brief.

It does not offer the granular research or MKH trademark of our other services.

MKH Promise

Fee

Best suited for

Pros

Cons

Where possible, to deliver a selection of qualified, motivated candidates that fit your brief, culture, and ambition.

25% payable upon completion

Mid-level positions that aren’t business critical.

You need minimal commitment and can work with other vendors.
We remain outbound centric with the same focus on quality, meaning all candidates submitted will still be relevant.
It can sometimes be very quick; days rather than weeks.

Your search is likely to be managed by a less experienced consultant.
We take no responsibility for the success of your project, and higher commitment work is always prioritized.

Bespoke Partnership Agreements

When organizations are experiencing periods of rapid growth, they may expect to make a significant volume and range of hires.

We work with clients to advise on the optimum resourcing model for them and we can create agreements in which you can retain our services over a fixed period. We provide a tailored resource strategy to best suit individual client's needs.

MKH Promise

Best suited for

Pros

Cons

To deliver exceptional talent and insights to fulfil your company's ambitions.

Bulk hiring campaigns

You only work with one stakeholder who will truly understand your business
Your work is considered a business priority, and we will not rest until concluding your assignment needs.

You need to be committed to the process and to us.

Market Intelligence

As search experts spending 200+ hours per week speaking/communicating/researching candidates in your market, we are able to provide data-driven and tailored insights to help you make informed decisions on a myriad of topics.

Whether you are looking to diversify your workforce, conduct specific competitor/ project analysis, gain informed intelligence of compensation benchmarking, talent mapping or something else, we’ll understand the intelligence you are looking to gain, and work on a strategy to most efficiently deliver this.

MKH Promise

To deliver exceptional, data-driven insights that allow you to make informed, considered decisions to conquer your organization's ambitions.

Key Stats

97%

of searches are completed

82%

of candidates submitted are selected for interview.

91%

of candidates submitted were not actively looking

32%

of candidates submitted were offered

8 years, 1 month

the average tenure candidates submitted had spent at their current/previous organization

42%

of searches are completed

82%

of searches are completed

81%

of candidates submitted are selected for interview

96%

of candidates shortlisted weren’t actively looking

44%

of candidates submitted were offered

7 years, 3 months

the average tenure candidates submitted had spent at their current/previous organization

51%

of candidates submitted are selected for interview

57%

of candidates submitted were not actively looking

37%

of candidates submitted were offered

4 years, 3 months

the average tenure candidates submitted had spent at their current/previous organization