For Companies
The people you want are not on job boards.
Senior, specialised and hard-to-reach talent does not answer postings. Westmere runs independent, founder-led search for employers — mapping the market, approaching the right people directly, and delivering a shortlist you can hire from. Fixed fee, agreed in writing. No percentage of salary.
When this practice is the right call
Senior and specialised hires
Heads of function, directors, VPs, technical leaders — roles where the right person is almost never applying.
Confidential replacements
Succession and underperforming-seat replacements handled so the incumbent, and the market, never know.
New markets and new functions
First hires in a geography or discipline where your brand has no pull and your network runs out.
Stalled searches
Mandates that have been open for months with agencies or internal TA and need a fresh map and direct approach.
What a mandate includes
Passive candidate research
We map the market function by function and reach people who are performing well where they are — not those already applying.
Multi-channel global sourcing
Search runs across geographies and languages, with outreach written for the individual rather than the vacancy.
Screening before shortlist
Every candidate presented has been spoken to, assessed against your brief, and confirmed as genuinely interested.
Process and offer support
Interview coordination, feedback handling and offer guidance until the hire is signed and started.
How an engagement runs
- 01
Brief
A working session to define scope, seniority, market and non-negotiables.
- 02
Map
A written market map of target organisations, functions and candidate pools.
- 03
Approach
Discreet, personalised outreach to the people who fit the brief.
- 04
Shortlist
A qualified, interested shortlist with written assessments.
Why employers choose an independent
No percentage of salary
A fixed fee agreed in writing before work begins. On a senior mandate, that is often a third of a conventional agency bill — with no incentive to inflate offers.
One accountable searcher
The founder runs your mandate personally. No hand-off to a junior desk, no offshore research queue.
Your brand, protected
Outreach is discreet and precise. We do not blast your role across inboxes or leave a trail of uncontacted applicants.
Honest feasibility
If the brief is unrealistic for the market, you hear that in week one — with the evidence — not after three months of silence.
Hiring for a difficult mandate?
Tell us the role. We will tell you honestly if it can be filled.
Share the role, the market and the constraints. You receive a written view on feasibility and a fixed-fee proposal — before any work begins and before you commit to anything.
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