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ON Partners ranked in America’s Top 49 Retained Executive Search Firms List

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ON Partners, the leading pure-play retained executive search firm has been ranked 12th on the C-Suite CV Secure 2023 ranking of America’s Top 49 Retained Executive Search firms. This is the third consecutive year ON Partners has been ranked on the list.

C-Suite CV Secure, a New York-headquartered resume-sharing and tracking technology company, reaches out to thousands of senior executives every year – both candidates and clients to gather feedback about their experience with search firms across the US and Europe. In 2022, the public survey ran in October and forms an integral part of the overall ranking process. With over 7,800 respondents from over 54 industries and sectors, both candidates and clients provide valuable insights into their view of the market.

Earlier in the year, the firm announced a 115% three-year revenue growth rate and has built out its executive leadership team to continue its expansion into growth markets, including the appointment of partners Matt Mooney and Tim Conti as co-presidents and the addition of Jin Ro, as chief product officer.

“The year 2022 represented a major period of expansion and growth for ON Partners, with demand for C-level and board executives across several sectors including life sciences, consumer, sustainability and clean tech, and private equity,” noted Mooney. “The executive shifts we’ve made in 2023  illustrate our commitment to building the most innovative and disruptive pure-play retained executive search firm in the industry.”

The firm published recently its 2023 Talent Intelligence Report.  The report is designed to guide leaders through the intricate complexities of executive hiring with confidence and clarity to make actionable, real-time decisions.  As non-conformists in executive search, ON disrupts common narratives with data insights and research that offer a fresh, unbiased perspective.

“We are committed to both innovation and transparency within this industry,” said Mooney.  “This is one of the main reasons why we recently hired our Chief Product Officer Jin Ro.  He has over 20 years of technology, product, and data solutions experience from corporate leaders and his role in the advancement of talent intelligence solutions for our executive community has been crucial.”

Overall, the report covers the areas of executive hiring diversity, compensation, and additional market trends. ON Partners discovered through its research that diverse executive compensation in public companies has outpaced non-diverse executive total compensation over the last three years.  Data also showed a distinct contrast between private equity and venture capital-backed organizations in diverse executive hiring and compensation.

Recently, ON announced how it’s transforming its artificial intelligence (AI) data approach to improve its services further and offer a more inclusive, efficient, and predictive approach to executive search.  As technological advancements rapidly reshape various industries, ON leads the charge, embracing the transformative power of AI to redefine executive recruiting.

“The integration of AI into executive recruiting is a strategic necessity for ON Partners, driven by a commitment to inclusion and innovation,” said Ro.  “By leveraging AI, we can tap into a broader candidate pool, ensuring our search is not limited by conventional boundaries.  This commitment to inclusion directly translates into a more diverse range of candidates, enhancing the sourcing capabilities of our firm and ensuring a more equitable recruitment process.”

The role of AI at ON extends beyond sourcing, influencing every aspect of the executive recruiting process.  AI-driven tools save time and resources, allowing ON Partners to focus on their specific areas of expertise.  It creates a space for crafting unique solutions tailored to the needs of each conducted search.  While AI will not replace recruiters, it will instead provide a space for them to further and more efficiently explore the various job functions of the industries served.

“These tools are not a replacement for the human element,” said Mooney.  “Instead, they are a complement, enhancing our ability to deliver precise and insightful assessments.  AI empowers our industry experts to sift through vast amounts of data, ensuring we find the best candidates for the role and the client’s organization. The future of AI at ON Partners is predictive, personal, and partner-driven.”

Furthermore, ON announced in a press release earlier this year its top 25 executive recruiting firm ranking in Forbes, along with being named one of America’s best executive search firms by Hunt Scanlon, listed as one of the only pure-play executive search firms in the top 20 with organic growth. ON Partners also announced in 2023 that the firm has been ranked first on Crain’s Cleveland Business Best Employers 2023 list for small-to-medium-sized businesses and one of the 2023 Best Places to Work in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

“We’ve gone from seven to 60+ people since I’ve been here,” said Bryan Buck, partner at ON Partners. “It was a bit surreal sitting in our last companywide offsite, looking around, and seeing just how far we’ve come. Most companies don’t make it past five years, and even fewer past 10. Through a lot of hard work – and luck – we’ve been able to build something really special  and resilient around great people.”

Find out more about ON’s approach and how the firm has rebuilt the institution of executive search for the way you work.