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. Hiring a VP of Operations for a packaging company demands someone who commands high-volume, capital-intensive […]
Category Archives: For Employers
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This ranked list distills what our team at JRG Partners has learned placing executives, ordered to be useful, not just comprehensive. Executive compensation is evolving, and employers who structure offers on outdated assumptions risk losing candidates or overpaying. This list […]
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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 […]
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 Oklahoma. Oklahoma pairs a nationally significant energy sector, several major independents are headquartered […]
For Employers, Salary Guides
CIO 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 CIO 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. […]