Pam Lassiter, Host of the CEO Academy, interviews Bruce Walton, Partner at Battalia Winston, an executive search firm consistently ranked as one of the top 15 best firms in the business, on “Being Found: How Search Firms Find CEOs”. Bruce describes the business model behind executive search (retained) firms so job seekers see that the firm’s mission is to help corporations find the optimum candidates for their positions and aren’t typically able to help job seekers find jobs.

“How to be found’ by them includes being highly successful in your current job, being visible professionally, and continually helping others. The search firm interviews can be aced with self knowledge, with insightful research on the company leading to meaty questions, and by openness. “No one is perfect on all 10 dimensions.” You’ll hear multiple other best practices in the interview.