Executive Search, finally in chat

    Market mapping, C-level shortlists and client relationships: conversational AI at the service of your executive search mandates.

    Modern executive search challenges

    Executive searches are long, confidential and reputation-critical. Yet they're still managed with generic tools built for volume hire.

    • Market mapping done by hand for every mandate
    • Candidate relationship history fragmented
    • Hard to reuse insights across similar mandates
    • Slow and unpolished client reporting
    • Compliance and confidentiality hard to guarantee on generic cloud tools

    An AI that knows your market and your mandates

    hice.ai builds a semantic memory of your searches, candidates and clients. Every mandate starts at 30%.

    • «Map the fintech CTO market in Italy with 15+ years experience»
    • «Compare top 5 candidates on the Generali mandate»
    • «Which profiles have I already seen for similar roles in 2024?»
    • «Generate weekly progress report for the client»
    Try it in chat

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    Static demo of hice's AI chat.

    What you get

    AI market mapping

    Build market maps in chat starting from the client brief.

    Semantic memory

    AI remembers profiles, conversations and past mandates. Know-how never lost.

    Confidentiality first

    Confidential mandates and candidates: EU-hosted, encrypted data, granular permissions and audit trail.

    Client portal

    Dedicated space per client: shortlists, reports, interview agenda.

    Multi-mandate pipeline

    Consolidated view of all active mandates, deadlines and candidate status.

    Visual reporting

    Branded PDF reports and dashboards generated in chat.

    Confidentiality as a product requirement, not a promise

    In executive search a leak is not a technical incident: it can cost the mandate and the client relationship. Confidentiality therefore has to sit in the design of the system rather than depend on each consultant's individual care.

    In practice that means mandates visible only to the assigned team, client names that can stay hidden even inside the firm, explicit control over what leaves when a shortlist is shared, and a record of who accessed each file. A candidate in post has far more to lose than the firm does.

    • Access restricted per mandate inside the organization
    • Client and profiles anonymizable in the early stages
    • Log of access and document downloads
    • Explicit control over what is shared with the client

    A market map that serves the next mandate too

    The market map is the most expensive asset to produce and the most wasted. It is built for one assignment, delivered and archived, so eighteen months later the firm repeats work it had already done because nobody can consult it.

    Keeping it as living information changes the economics of the practice, and it costs little: the companies and the people remain relevant, and what needs updating is limited — who changed roles, who was promoted and who expressed interest. With that, every new mandate starts from a short list instead of a blank page.

    • Target companies, functions and people structured
    • Moves and promotions recorded with a date
    • Motivation and availability captured in every conversation
    • Rejection reasons aggregated and reusable

    How to report to a client during a long search

    An executive process runs for months and for much of that time there is no dramatic news to report. Silence, however, is read as lack of progress, and many relationships deteriorate over communication rather than results.

    A short, predictable periodic report solves it: how much of the map has been covered, how many conversations have taken place, which profiles declined and for what reason, and which concrete obstacle is slowing the process. That last point is the most valuable, because the client can often remove it if told in time.

    • Map coverage expressed as a percentage, not anecdotes
    • Aggregated rejection reasons, useful for adjusting the pitch
    • Client-side obstacles identified early
    • Shortlist presented with evidence, not only CVs

    Executive search practice at a strategy boutique

    The managing partner ran 8 C-level mandates in parallel. Every Friday: 4 hours preparing client reports. With hice.ai: «Generate weekly report for all active mandates» — 8 branded PDFs in 5 minutes. 4 hours → 5 minutes, every Friday. Time given back to what matters: client and candidate relationships.

    hice.ai vs traditional executive ATS

    Featurehice.aiTraditional ATS
    Built for executiveYesNo, optimized for volume hire
    Semantic memoryNativeAbsent
    Market mappingConversational AIManual Excel
    ConfidentialityEU-hosted, encrypted, granular permissionsBroad access by default
    Client reportsGenerated in chatManual
    Native languagesEN, IT, FR, ESEN only

    FAQ

    What is executive search?+

    Confidential search of top management, C-level and board profiles. Long, confidential, high-value mandates.

    How is it different from generic headhunting?+

    Lower volumes, more senior profiles, higher confidentiality, tighter client relationship. hice.ai is optimized for this scenario.

    Can I guarantee confidentiality to clients?+

    Yes. Granular permissions, audit log, EU-hosted and encrypted data for the most sensitive mandates.

    Does it integrate with my current tools?+

    Yes. Open APIs and standard connectors to CRMs, calendars, mail and video-call tools.

    Can my team work on a mandate?+

    Yes. Per-mandate permissions, shared workspaces, audit trail of who saw what.

    Cross-border mandates?+

    Yes. Native English, Italian, French, Spanish.

    Time to start?+

    Typical onboarding 1-2 weeks: historical data import, training, client brand setup.

    Pricing?+

    Per consultant. Custom demo for executive practices on request.

    Bring executive search into the AI chat era

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