Expert Network Solutions · Expert Recruitment
When one call isn't enough,
put the expertise on your side of the table.
We identify and recruit practitioners for longer-term advisory roles, project-based engagements, and specialist positions — drawing on the same research-trained sourcing and screening that powers our expert calls.
Headhunters search job boards and their rolodex. We search a network of practitioners we already know how to evaluate — because matching expertise to briefs is our core business.
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Mandate, scoped individually
When a Call Isn't Enough
Some expertise you don't rent. You bring it aboard.
Advisory board seats, project-length engagements, specialist placements — network-powered recruitment for the expertise your organisation needs on the inside.
- Search powered by a 400,000+ expert network
- Expertise screening beyond the CV
- Engagement structures scoped per mandate
Placement Types
Four ways expertise joins your team
Advisory roles
Senior practitioners as ongoing advisors — to your leadership team, a portfolio company, or a specific initiative. Typically a monthly cadence over six to twelve months.
Project-based engagements
An expert embedded for the life of a project — a market entry, an operational transformation, a technical build — contributing as a working member, not an occasional voice.
Specialist positions
Hard-to-find specialist capability — regulatory, technical, market-specific — recruited for interim or longer-term roles where conventional hiring channels come up empty.
Standing expert panels
A curated bench of practitioners on call for your team — recurring access to the same trusted experts across a programme, a sector, or a portfolio.
What You Get
Recruitment run like a research brief
Every mandate is scoped individually — the role, the engagement structure, the timeline, and the commercial terms agreed before sourcing begins.
Try before you place
Run an expert call or advisory session with a candidate first — see them work on your actual problem before committing to the placement.
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Network-powered candidate identification
We start from a 400,000+ practitioner network and recruit beyond it for your specification — reaching operators and specialists who never appear on job boards.
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Expertise screening, not CV screening
Candidates are evaluated the way we evaluate experts: depth and recency of direct experience, assessed against your actual need — plus conflict and compliance checks before any profile reaches you.
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A shortlist worth your interview time
Three to five genuinely qualified candidates, each with a profile explaining why they fit your mandate — not a stack of maybes to filter yourself.
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Engagement structure and terms handled
Advisory agreements, project terms, compensation structure, confidentiality, and IP provisions — set up cleanly so the expert can start contributing, not negotiating.
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Replacement assurance
If a placement doesn't work in the agreed initial period, we re-source the mandate — the terms of which are defined upfront in the scoping proposal.
The Process
From mandate to placement
Typical mandates run two to six weeks from specification to signed placement, depending on the rarity of the profile. We give you a realistic timeline at scoping — and hold to it.
Define the mandate
Role, expertise specification, engagement structure, duration, and budget — agreed in a scoping proposal before sourcing begins.
Source and screen
Candidates identified through the network and targeted recruiting, screened for expertise depth, availability, conflicts, and fit.
Interview and trial
You interview the shortlist — and can run a paid trial session with your preferred candidate before committing.
Place and support
Terms finalised, engagement begins. Your project lead stays involved through the initial period to make sure the placement delivers.
Not Sure You Need a Placement Yet?
Start with calls. Upgrade when the need is proven.
Many mandates begin as a series of expert calls with the same practitioner. When the relationship proves its value, converting it into a formal advisory role takes days, not weeks.
FAQ
Expert recruitment — common questions
Something specific? Write to sales@astuteconnect.com — we respond within one business day.
Search firms recruit for permanent corporate roles through long retained processes. We place expertise — advisory, project-based, and specialist engagements — sourced from a practitioner network we evaluate daily, scoped per mandate, and typically faster and lighter commercially.
Advisory roles, project-based expert engagements, interim specialist positions, and standing expert panels. We focus on expertise-led mandates — not general staffing or volume hiring.
Each mandate is scoped individually — by role rarity, engagement structure, and duration. You receive a clear proposal covering the recruitment fee and the expert's engagement terms before sourcing begins.
It depends on the mandate — experts can contract directly with you, or engage through us for lighter-touch arrangements. The structure is agreed at scoping, with confidentiality and IP provisions in place either way.
Every mandate includes a defined initial period with replacement terms — if the fit isn't right, we re-source. The trial-session option before placement exists precisely to make this rare.
The expertise you keep beats the expertise you borrow.
Tell us the role and the expertise specification — we'll scope the mandate and source candidates no job board will ever show you.