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Bespoke Executive Index
Bespoke's AI-Powered Dynamic Scorecard Accelerates Executive Search From the Universe to the Unicorns™
Calibrator, the latest advancement from Bespoke Partners, accelerates search execution with unmatched precision.
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30% faster
Candidate placements than traditional workflows
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40% faster
Delivery of first qualified slates
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44% faster
Identification of placed candidates
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80% faster
Candidate-pool build times
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90%
Match accuracy to scorecard parameters
Calibrator:
The Next Evolution in Executive Search
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Built on the Executive Index, Calibrator is our dynamic, AI-powered scorecarding application that empowers you to instantly map software and SaaS executives and refine your search strategy in real time.
Calibrator helps you:
- Visualize the complete talent pool for any role
- Adjust key criteria live with our experts
- Prioritize candidates based on performance, end-market experience, geography, and more
- Cut weeks from the search process with a 90% match accuracy to scorecard parameters
By The Numbers: Executive Index + Calibrator
30%
faster candidate placements than traditional workflows
40%
faster delivery of first qualified slates
44%
faster identification of placed candidates
<75
days-to-close new C-suite leadership
1
Week to assemble universe of relevant executives
3
Weeks on average time to identify eventually hired executive
80%
faster candidate-pool build times
90%
50%
Larger talent pools identified compared to traditional bottom-up methods
53M
Rows of executive background data parsed using AI
575K+
Independent data sources used to validate executive profiles
700K
Software and SaaS executives in the Index
100%
Visibility into flight-time proximity for onsite flexibility
The Industry's First AI-Powered
Talent Market Mapping Platform
Our Executive Index platform harnesses the power of AI to analyze and validate the backgrounds of senior executives in software and SaaS.
Just like Google transformed the web by indexing websites, the Executive Index transforms search by indexing the full software & SaaS executive market. You receive unprecedented insight into validated candidate backgrounds, talent intelligence not available anywhere else.
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Clients working with Bespoke on a mapping project or executive search receive:
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Curated visibility into the most comprehensive database of executive talent in software and SaaS.
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Visibility into the complete talent market, including Step-Ups and executives from adjacent markets to broaden the talent pool.
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The ability to find top candidates other firms miss, nearly twice as quickly.
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Validated candidate backgrounds based on verification via public and private data sources.
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Compressed slate development that cuts weeks off search time.
Executive Index Impact and Scope
An unprecedented mapping of the entire talent market from the top down
Generate Scorecards in Real Time
Providing a dynamic filtering interface to generate search scorecards in real-time, instantly showing how scorecard parameters affect membership size. Experience in a sector, in a role, geographic accessibility, travel times, company stages and many more parameters can be adjusted to automatically filter the talent pool.
From The Universe
to The Unicorns™
From the full “universe” of software executives to the “unicorns,” the executives with singular experience and skills to drive value creation for a particular company.
Mapping and Validating Backgrounds
Executive Index aggregates the output of hundreds of public and proprietary data sources and employs an advanced AI analytics engine to parse, validate and summarize executive track records.
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Mapping & Search Projects
Our private equity firm and portfolio company clients receive curated visibility into the live talent market for executives with Calibrator and the Bespoke Executive Index. Have a leadership need? Fill out the form to request a no obligation, curated talent market map snapshot.
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Visibility & Access Available Nowhere Else
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Executive Index is used in every Bespoke executive search and is available only by engaging Bespoke Partners in a search or mapping project.
In addition to serving as the leading executive recruiting firm for software and SaaS companies, Bespoke specializes in executive search for private equity firms and their portfolios. Executive Index streamlines identifying executives with experience in achieving the investment thesis and exits for private equity sponsors.
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Your full-spectrum human capital partner
Bespoke Partners is the leading software executive search firm and the top private equity recruiter. We have transformed hundreds of companies with our recruiting expertise in: CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CSOs, CCOs, CCSOs, CHROs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales, VPs of Product, VPs of Customer Success, VPs of HR, VPs of Operations, Controllers, VPs of FP&A, Presidents, GMs, Board Members, Operating Partners and many more.
match accuracy to scorecard parameters