10 Steps of the Executive Search Process by Rahul Bahuguna - 3 year ago | 1150 Initial client meeting : The hiring client meets with the search firm to outline search requirements, timelines, future organizational strategy and mission, and get an idea of corporate culture. Deeper client analysis : The Search firm will then begin a more thorough analysis of the hiring company, identifying key opportunities for the new executive, and defining a candidate profile that fits into the corporate Market analysis and creation of a candidate specification : Following this process, the executive search firm will complete a deep analysis of the market and create a compelling executive job profile. Read more 1 1