Search Diagnostic
Why isn’t this position being filled?
The situation
A position open for months. Candidates turned down or walking away. Nobody can say what’s actually blocking it.
Does this sound familiar?
A diagnostic is called for when:
- The position has been open for months.
- Several search firms or recruiters have already tried.
- Candidates decline, withdraw or never make it to offer.
- The pool is narrow and nobody really knows where it sits.
- Nobody can say what is blocking it.
Our approach
- Role positioning: title, scope, requirements.
- Compensation and the candidate proposition, tested against the market.
- Search strategy and internal process: channels, timing, decision-makers.
- A market test with target profiles.
- The competitive landscape and where the pool actually sits.
What you get
A short report: the causes, ranked, and a plan of action. Credited against our fee if you then entrust us with the search.
Scope
- Positions open for more than three months
- Failed or interrupted searches
- A second opinion before relaunching
What usually blocks it
Has your search been open for too long?
A blocked search rarely has a single cause. It almost always sits in one of these five areas:
- Compensation out of line with the market.
- Requirements the available pool cannot meet.
- A candidate proposition too weak to make anyone move.
- A search strategy that never reaches the right people.
- A process that loses candidates along the way.
The deliverable
A short, measured report, followed by an oral debrief.
- A reading grid in eight dimensions, each scored.
- The search funnel measured step by step, for this specific role.
- A candidate-side visibility test: what a target profile actually sees of your search.
- The pool measured within 40 and 80 kilometres of the role.
- The employers currently hiring the same profiles.
- A reading of compensation on sourced, dated data.
- A four-week action calendar.
- A thirty-minute oral debrief.
The diagnostic names nobody: it measures the market, it does not approach.
What it is not
It is not SearchCheck.
SearchCheck reads the text of a job description in one minute, free of charge. The diagnostic measures the real market around the role.
It is not a search.
No candidate is approached or presented. If the search is then entrusted to us, the diagnostic is deducted from the fee.
It is not an audit of your interview process.
That belongs to Recruitment Advisory.
Frequently asked questions
How is it different from SearchCheck?
SearchCheck analyses only the text of the job ad, in open access. The Search Diagnostic measures the market: pool, competition, compensation, visibility.
Does the diagnostic present candidates?
No. It names nobody. It says what is blocking and what to change.
What happens to the diagnostic if you then entrust us with the search?
It is deducted from the search fee.
What do we need to send you?
The job description, the scope and the intended compensation. The rest is measured by us.
A search that has stalled? Let’s talk.
Describe the situation. A first conversation is often enough to locate the blockage.
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