This field guide reflects what we have learned placing executives into this exact role and industry, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Choosing a search firm for a CPG or consumer goods executive hire is consequential, and what employers need is not a […]
Category Archives: For Employers
For Employers, Metro Hiring Guides
Healthcare Executive Recruiters in Nashville: How Employers Choose the Right Partner
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This guide draws on our executive search work in this market, laying out what employers should understand about the local scene and how to choose a search partner. Nashville is arguably the capital of the American healthcare industry, home to a dense cluster of healthcare […]
For Employers, Metro Hiring Guides
Energy Executive Recruiters in Denver: How Employers Choose the Right Partner
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Having placed executives in this market, we wrote this guide to give employers a grounded view of the local talent landscape and how to hire into it. Denver is a significant and evolving energy market, with strength in both traditional energy and a notable concentration of […]
For Employers, Scenario Guides
Hiring Executives for a Startup vs a Scale-Up: Different Games, Different Players
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have watched this play out across hundreds of executive searches, and the pattern is clear enough to write down. Hiring executives for a startup and for a scale-up are different games requiring different […]
For Employers, Reports & Surveys
The Executive Candidate Sentiment Survey 2026: What Leaders Want From Employers
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Drawing on JRG Partners’ work across the executive search market, this report lays out the patterns and dynamics we see shaping leadership hiring. Understanding what executive candidates want from employers is essential to attracting them, and in 2026 candidate priorities have […]
Having placed leaders into roles like this repeatedly, we wrote this to give a practitioner’s view rather than generic advice. Roles defined primarily around EBITDA improvement attract a specific kind of executive and repel another, and firms sometimes discover too late which […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have written this 2026 guide for the boards, CEOs, and HR leaders responsible for executive search in Oregon. Oregon concentrates America’s densest semiconductor workforce in the Silicon Forest, headquarters the […]
For Employers, Salary Guides
CISO Salary Guide 2026: Compensation Benchmarks by Company Size and Industry
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have prepared this CISO salary guide for 2026 as a calibration tool for compensation committees and hiring executives. Benchmarks answer where the market is; your mandate answers what you should pay within it. […]
For Employers, Salary Guides
President / Division President Salary Guide 2026: Compensation Benchmarks by Company Size and Industry
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have prepared this division president salary guide for 2026 as a calibration tool for compensation committees and hiring executives. Benchmarks answer where the market is; your mandate answers what you should […]
For Employers, Salary Guides
VP of Quality Salary Guide 2026: Compensation Benchmarks by Company Size and Industry
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I present this VP of Quality salary guide for 2026 for the boards and leaders responsible for pricing the VP of Quality seat correctly. Set the package too low and you screen out the operators you need; structure […]