Executive search and team building
READY SET EXEC is your talent partner for North American Executive leadership recruitment in Sales, Marketing, Human resources, and business operations. We specialize in recruiting the foundational roles for your Executive and professional level positions. Ready Set Exec is a partner owned and operated firm based in New York, NY, Ottawa and Toronto, Canada.
The Full-Service Executive Search Firm You Can Trust
Our Growth Mindset
READY SET EXEC are experts at scaling teams in small and mid-size enterprises. We live the entrepreneurial growth mindset and are keenly aware of the value of hiring growth minded people who take ownership and are goal oriented.
Our Transparency with Clients
Constant communication and collaboration are critical to maintaining each of our client relationships. We schedule weekly face-to-face meetings and provide our clients with exclusive access to our collaboration portal for constant feedback, candidate profiles, and status updates.
We’re Industry Veterans
READY SET EXEC specializes in sales, marketing, human resources, and operations recruiting. We help you identify skills and competencies for each role as well as the behavioral profiles needed for successful placement. Our team has real work experience in these fields and can support your business with deep industry knowledge.
Our Extensive Network & Advisory
We conduct exhaustive talent searches using an omni- channel approach to find the most qualified candidates. Our extensive network gives you global reach, insights from an advisory board for referrals, and quality control to find the top 10% in the industry. As an agency we have the largest vetted fractional executive network in the USA.
Our Proven Process
The READY SET EXEC team has recruited, placed, and managed teams who have placed over 10,000 workers. Our process uses the best of traditional executive search tools and couples it with advanced AI and modern innovation, this reduces time to hire by 50%. Our average partnership search is completed in under 40 days!
Sales Executives and their teams
Sales are a key hire for any organization and finding professionals who can successfully build your sales pipeline is crucial. Ready Set Exec specializes in identifying and vetting sales talent who not only possess the necessary skills but also align with the culture and vision. Our customized approach to sales recruitment ensures that we partner with businesses to connect them with top-tier candidates who can drive revenue, foster growth, and ensure a sustainable future. We do this through a measured approach of behavioral interviews as well as a sales skills interview, reviewing their KPI’s with previous organizations to drill down into the details of their past performance.
We can support you on building out your entire team of Account executives, business development representatives, and SDR’s.
Marketing Executives and Digital marketing teams
In high growth companies the need for innovative marketing leaders is paramount. At Ready Set Exec, our team of seasoned marketing recruiters understands the unique challenges presented when hiring your next marketer. We recognize the importance of alignment with the CEO’s vision and building a marketing plan that fosters both short term revenue success, and long term brand growth. Boasting one of the largest marketing networks in the USA and Canada, we connect businesses with marketers who have the ability to create a holistic growth strategy for your organization.
We can support you on building out your marketing team or agency with top talent in E-commerce (Shopify and Amazon stores), media buyers (PPC, META, Google, Tiktok, Insta), Google ad PPC specialists, programmatic, SEO, public relations, social media managers and more.
Human Resources and Talent acquisition
Organizations are made up of people, and having the right leader driving the people and culture for your organization is a key to long term growth and success. Our team of human resources and talent acquisition recruiters at Ready Set Exec understands the significance of placing the right professionals in these pivotal roles. We collaborate to source leaders who can create the people strategy for your organization.
We can support your next people leader with building out the human resources function at your organization including HRBP’s (human resource business partners), generalists, payroll, talent acquisition specialists, and highly specialized positions such as organizational development, total rewards, labor relations and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Business Operations and Support teams
The right Head of Operations is essential for streamlining processes, enhancing efficiency, and driving the company’s strategic goals. With their deep understanding of your business needs, Ready Set Exec can match you with a candidate whose leadership and operational skills will significantly impact your organization’s success, ensuring long-term stability and growth.
We can support you on operational roles in your organization such as project / product management, engineers, analysts, various managers.
Our advanced process drives results for our clients in under 40 days:
The team at READY SET EXEC has a rich history of recruiting, positioning, and overseeing teams responsible for placing more than 10,000 employees throughout our combined experiences. By merging the strengths of conventional executive search methods with cutting-edge AI and modern innovation, we’ve halved the typical hiring duration to just under 40 days! Our process follows a structured project management approach with assurance and transparency, creating a feedback loop with our clients to ensure optimal results and long term retention.
Industry Expertise
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