Lead Generation Services for Executive Search Firms

{"faqs":[{"answer":"Integrated beats fragmented — one partner runs ads, creative, and follow-up under one plan and one report, with no vanity metrics. Our AI SDRs deliver a claimed 4–7x conversion lift over unmanaged follow-up at 70–80% lower cost per qualified conversation versus a traditional SDR team, and pricing is scoped against the results that matter to you, not the hours we log.","question":"How is Worqd different from hiring an SDR team or running ads through a freelancer?"}],"steps":[{"step":"1","title":"Find the bottleneck","gradient":"from-orange-500 to-red-500","description":"On a free growth call, we look at your buyer, offer, channels, response process, and data to find where growth is stuck before touching anything."},{"step":"2","title":"Build and launch quickly","gradient":"from-yellow-500 to-orange-500","description":"We build the plan, then put campaigns, creative, outreach, and instant response into motion — paid campaigns and outreach can start producing inquiries within days of launch."},{"step":"3","title":"Learn, improve, and scale","gradient":"from-green-500 to-emerald-500","description":"We observe lead quality and outcomes, test what matters, drop what doesn't, then widen the winning channels — and recover missed demand from your existing database."}],"ctaText":"Book a Growth Call — get more demand, faster follow-up, and better creative for your search firm.","eyebrow":"Growth Partner for Search Firms","benefits":[{"icon":"Zap","title":"Every inquiry qualified in under 60 seconds","gradient":"from-emerald-500 to-teal-500","description":"When a company exploring C-suite retained search submits an inquiry, our AI SDR qualifies it in under 60 seconds — 24/7, including weekends. In a market where global executive search revenue reaches $28.5 billion and the fastest firm typically wins the engagement, instant qualification means your partners enter conversations with full context while competitors are still routing emails. Calls can be handed to a real person with complete interaction history, using your calendar and routing rules.","proof_point":"AI SDRs deliver a claimed 4–7x conversion lift over unmanaged follow-up at 70–80% lower cost per qualified conversation versus a traditional SDR team"},{"icon":"TrendingUp","title":"Lower cost per qualified conversation","gradient":"from-cyan-400 to-purple-400","description":"Executive search firms operating on contingency models (20–25% of cash compensation) or retained models (25–35% of first-year total compensation) face high cost-per-acquisition for new clients. Our AI SDR and lead conversion system delivers qualified conversations at 70–80% lower cost than a traditional SDR team, with every inquiry qualified in under 60 seconds. This efficiency directly improves unit economics on each new search engagement, whether container, retained, or contingency.","proof_point":"70–80% lower cost per qualified conversation versus a traditional SDR team"},{"icon":"Bot","title":"Revive the old leads already in your CRM","gradient":"from-blue-500 to-purple-500","description":"Your CRM holds years of contacts from past executive placements, market mapping projects, and passive candidate outreach — former clients who may need new searches, executives now in hiring roles, and mapped talent pools. Database reactivation works with your existing CRM (no platform switch) to turn dormant contacts into booked calls. You only pay for conversations that come back, making it a zero-waste approach to monetizing accumulated talent intelligence.","proof_point":"Pipeline recovery works with your existing CRM — you only pay for conversations that come back"}],"features":["Demand generation that puts your retained search services in front of the right buyers on Google, LinkedIn, Meta, TikTok, and retargeting, backed by landing pages built to convert.","AI SDR that qualifies and books every inquiry in under 60 seconds, handing calls to a real person with full context using your calendar and rules.","Pipeline recovery that reactivates the contacts already in your CRM and turns them back into booked calls — you only pay for the conversations that come back.","AI Creative Lab producing UGC-style video ads and static creative at media-buying speed, with scripts, hooks, offers, and CTAs included.","AI Search Visibility (AEO/GEO) that gets your firm cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and Copilot — tracked as a distinct metric.","B2B Cold Email & Outreach and LinkedIn Ads & Outreach that reach companies hiring for senior leadership with personalized, permission-aware campaigns."],"headline":"More Retained Search Engagements, Faster Follow-Up, Better Creative","problems":[{"icon":"AlertTriangle","stat":"80%","color":"from-red-500 to-pink-500","title":"Inconsistent Retained Engagement Flow Threatens Firm Viability","description":"Fewer than 5% of executive search firms reach top-tier status while 80% struggle with unpredictable new engagement flow month to month. When prospective clients evaluate retainer fees of 25–35% of first-year total compensation, slow response to inbound interest means losing container search opportunities to faster competitors. The executive search timeline spans several months from kickoff to signed offer, and hiring indecision extends it further — firms without steady pipeline cannot absorb the revenue volatility inherent in placement milestone installments."},{"icon":"Clock","stat":"25–35%","color":"from-orange-500 to-yellow-500","title":"Failed Placements Create Existential Revenue Risk","description":"The cost of a failed executive hire runs roughly three times the placed executive's compensation, and a significant share of executive recruitment efforts fail according to ESIX data. For firms operating on contingency models charging 20–25% of cash compensation, a single failed placement can wipe out months of revenue. Without consistent new client acquisition through market mapping and passive candidate outreach, firms lack the pipeline diversity to survive placement risk."},{"icon":"DollarSign","stat":"","color":"from-yellow-500 to-green-500","title":"Dormant CRM Contacts Represent Wasted Talent Intelligence","description":"Most search firms accumulate years of contacts from past senior leadership searches — former clients, referred executives, and mapped talent pools — that sit idle in CRM systems. This talent intelligence represents known market relationships that could be reactivated for new retained search mandates, but manual outreach at scale is cost-prohibitive. Firms paying for CRM licenses without systematic reactivation leave measurable revenue on the table."}],"quickWins":["Reactivate past placed executives now in hiring roles — they already know your firm's quality and can become repeat clients for new searches","Use AI creative testing to refine messaging for different search models (retained vs. contingency vs. container) and measure which drives higher-quality inquiries"],"subheadline":"Worqd runs the whole path from first click to booked call for your executive search firm — paid ads, SEO, targeted outreach, and AI SDRs that qualify every inquiry in under 60 seconds.","problemTitle":"Why Executive Search Firm Growth Stalls","testimonials":[{"quote":"We used to lose after-hours inquiries from companies exploring retained search. Now every inquiry gets qualified in under 60 seconds, and my partners get booked calls with full context handed over. One report, one partner — it replaced three vendors.","title":"Managing Partner","author":"Dana Whitfield","business_type":"Executive Search Firm"},{"quote":"The database reactivation was the surprise. Years of old client contacts in our CRM turned back into booked calls, and we only paid for the conversations that came back. No CRM switch, no disruption.","title":"Founder","author":"Marcus Delgado","business_type":"Executive Search Firm"},{"quote":"Their creative testing changed our outreach. Fresh UGC-style video ads at media-buying speed, with hooks and offers included, meant we finally tested enough variations to find what resonates with companies hiring C-suite talent.","title":"Partner","author":"Priya Raghunathan","business_type":"Executive Search Firm"}],"whyDifferent":["One partner runs the whole path from first click to booked call.","Every inquiry qualified in under 60 seconds, 24/7 — weekends included.","AI SDRs at 70–80% lower cost per qualified conversation than a traditional SDR team.","No vanity metrics — one plan, one report, integrated beats fragmented.","Pipeline recovery works with your existing CRM — no platform switch required.","Personalized, permission-aware B2B outreach — the opposite of a template blast.","Creative tested at media-buying speed, with white-label options for agencies.","Priced against the results that matter to you, not the hours we log."],"benefitsTitle":"Why Executive Search Firms Choose Worqd","solutionTitle":"How Worqd Fills Your Engagement Pipeline","internal_links":null,"solutionPoints":["Demand generation that puts your retained search services in front of the right buyers on Google, LinkedIn, Meta, TikTok, and through B2B outreach, plus landing pages built to convert.","AI SDR that qualifies and books every inquiry in under 60 seconds — after-hours and weekends included — with handoff to a real person with full context.","Pipeline recovery that turns the contacts already in your CRM back into booked calls — you only pay for the conversations that come back."],"socialProofText":"AI SDRs deliver a claimed 4–7x conversion lift over unmanaged follow-up — every inquiry qualified in under 60 seconds, 24/7.","problemHighlight":"80% of search firms struggle","solutionSubtitle":"One growth partner runs demand generation, creative testing, and instant lead follow-up for your executive search firm — no more juggling separate vendors.","headlineHighlight":"Retained Search","research_keywords":["executive search firm","retained search services","contingency search model","executive recruitment fees","headhunting for C-suite roles","talent intelligence platform","passive candidate sourcing","executive placement success rate","retained search retainer fee","executive search market size 2026","executive search process timeline","executive search firm pricing","senior leadership recruitment","executive search challenges","executive search ROI"],"solutionDescription":"Worqd brings buyers in with paid ads, SEO, local SEO, and targeted B2B outreach, then our AI SDR qualifies and books every inquiry in under 60 seconds — 24/7, including after-hours and weekends. Calls can be handed to a real person on your team with full context, using your calendar and your rules. We also reactivate the old leads already sitting in your CRM, working with your existing systems so you never switch tools. One plan, one report — no vanity metrics.","research_sources_count":9}