Software for executive search, done right

Run your firm like Clockwork.

  • Win and manage projects
  • Collaborate with clients
  • Quickly report progress and show your value

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Executive search is low-volume and high-stakes.

It's competitive. You have to constantly demonstrate your value.
It's not for the faint of heart.
But it doesn't have to be a grind.

Get better with every search.
Powered by Clockwork Recruiting: The Executive Search Platform

Client management software for boutique executive search firms

Manage every step of the recruiting process. All in one place.

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Win and manage projects

From pipeline to project kickoff, manage your pre- and post-sale workflow within the Clockwork platform. 

  • Align your whole team around client requirements and the right search strategy from day one

  • Real-time deal tracking and contract management tools to continuously source more work



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Collaborate with clients

Keep your clients engaged, involved and bought-in through the Clockwork Client Portal. 

  • Easily create and share search strategy, longlists and scorecards to increase transparency and buy-in

  • Remove redundancies by doing your work and sharing progress from one centralized location

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Report progress and show your value

Reinforce client confidence throughout the search process with real-time, automated reporting.

  • Create beautiful, highly customized reports at the click of a button. 
  • Deliver asynchronous updates to continuously surface progress towards client requirements and desired outcomes.

Transform your search firm with a tool that highlights your value from day 1.

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Learn industry best practices in our book, "The Eight Stages of Successful Retained Search."

Clockwork Co-Founder Christian Spletzer guides you through every stage of the retained search process, with methodology backed by data—including valuable worksheets, checklists, and templates. Equip your firm with the systems, processes, and software to win.

Download the E-Book

The longer you use Clockwork, the more efficient your search becomes.

The more relationships you foster.

The more value you deliver. 



Features that enable
you to show value
as you create it

Don't waste time building ad hoc
reports. Real-time status reports ensure
your client is always up to date.



Projects centered
on collaboration

Enable your clients and team to access
the information they need to move forward.
Utilize segmentation to ensure everyone sees
exactly what they need to see, not more or less.



Software built to help
you exponentially grow
your value over time

Your candidate relationships are your IP.
As you complete projects, your database
for future searches grows.



Grounded in a proven
process for executive
search success

Clockwork's features are designed
to support every stage of a best-in-class
executive search process

Trusted by Executive Search Firms worldwide:

Clockwork makes the entire search process much more efficient, from pitching the work to the day-to-day communications about search. Clients know what is going on with the search with real-time updates at any time of day. When we want to share status updates with the client, we don't have to dig that information out of some backend systems to produce reports in various formats."

President, Colosi Associates

 

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 Use Clockwork. Go from good to great:
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Close search projects faster.

Improve placement rate.

Reduce time to placement.

Clockwork enables you to source new business, show your value, and keep your clients happy. So they'll keep coming back again and again.

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