Approach
Referral-based recruiting.
What the specification leaves out is what decides the hire.
A specification and a resume both leave the same gap.
The specification
What a client wrote down, not what they are worried about.
A group lost someone and nobody replaced the coverage. A partner is carrying work that is no longer theirs. A firm goes out to investors next spring and the seat is really about who sits in front of them. None of it is in the document.
The resume
Where someone worked, not what they did there.
Two people can hold the same title, at the same firm, on the same transactions, and have had different jobs. One carried the model, the timetable, and the client. The other was in the room. On paper they are indistinguishable. In a seat they are not.
In a referral network that context arrives attached to the name, because the person making the introduction watched the work happen.
How the work runs
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One market
Private Equity, Private Credit, Hedge Funds, and Investment Banking. Knowing one market properly is what makes a first conversation useful rather than exploratory.
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Sourced through relationships
The right person for a senior seat is employed, paid well, and not reading listings. They take one call, from one person, if the caller is credible and the reason is specific.
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A short list, not a long one
Referrals produce a few genuinely relevant names rather than many available ones, each arriving with a reason attached.
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The firm runs the search
All engagements are contracted and invoiced by Rand Thompson Consultants, LLC. Evrata originates the client relationship and identifies talent; the search process runs with Rand Thompson.
If you are the person being approached
Evrata is never paid by a candidate. The client pays, and there is nothing for a candidate to buy at any point.
That settles whose interests a conversation serves. This market is small, the same names come around again, and a relationship is worth more than any single introduction. A first conversation is confidential and carries no obligation.
Start with a conversation.
Tell us what you are trying to hire, or what you are weighing. A sentence or two is plenty.