Executive Search
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Every ATS Vendor Shipped AI in the Last 18 Months. We Talked to Search Firms About What Actually Changed.
Retained search firms are being bombarded with AI features from their ATS vendors. We looked at the data on what firms are actually using, what's working, and why 90% haven't embedded AI across their workflow yet.
Sean Matthews·4/23/2026
7 min readindustry-insights
The 2026 Executive Search Tech Stack Map: What Connects, What Doesn't, and Where AI Actually Matters
Instead of ranking tools against each other, here's the full tech stack map for an executive search firm — layer by layer — with an honest assessment of what connects to your ATS, what's standalone, and where AI is real versus demo-grade.
Sean Matthews·4/23/2026
9 min readindustry
Why Your ATS and CRM Don't Talk — And What It's Costing Your Placements
Disconnected tools cost executive search firms 10-20% of their pipeline capacity. At a $2M firm, that's $200K to $400K in placements you should have billed. Here's what goes wrong, how firms fix it, and how to tell if it's worth doing for yours.
Sean Matthews·4/17/2026
7 min read