- Hire talent -
Tell us about
the role
Whether you are hiring your first person in Europe or scaling an established European team into another country, a few details is enough to start. Darcie will personally come back within one business day with proposed next steps.
- What you will get -
A reply from Darcie within one business day, with proposed next steps.
No mass-pitch, no recruiter spam. A short briefing is enough; we co-create the rest on the discovery call. Read more about our six-step process.
- A 30-minute discovery call slot
- An indicative timeline and engagement model
- Salary benchmarking against the local market
- Calibrated longlist within 2 to 3 weeks
- Every brief is personal -
A senior partner on the other end of every brief
Your brief lands directly with Darcie or Erwin, not a junior intake desk. You get a personal reply within one business day, a 30 to 45 minute discovery call to walk through the role, and a written engagement proposal the same week.
Read more about the people behind Go Ahead HiRe, how a typical search runs, or browse what previous clients say.
- 1 Stage
- 2 You
- 3 Role
- 4 Brief
- 5 Review
- Briefing received -
Thank you, friend
Your briefing for has reached us. Darcie will personally come back within one business day at .
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- After you brief us -
What happens within the first three business days
Within one business day a senior consultant replies personally with two or three calibration questions and proposes a 30 to 45 minute discovery call. Within three business days you have a written engagement summary in your inbox covering the proposed search structure, the recommended fee model, the realistic timeline and the named consultant who will own the search end to end. NDAs are available on request before any details are shared, and confidential briefs stay strictly off-market from the first message. Want context first? Read about our six-step approach or browse the six recruitment specialisations we cover across Europe.
- Briefing FAQ -
What you need to know before you brief us
Five quick answers to the most common questions before you send a search brief to Go Ahead HiRe.
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What information do I need before briefing Go Ahead HiRe on a role?
A short briefing is enough to start. Helpful inputs are the role title, country and city, hiring stage (expanding into Europe or growing an existing team), seniority, target start date, salary range and any must-have languages or domain experience. If you do not have a fully written job description yet, that is fine - we co-create the brief during the discovery call.
Related: See our six-step approach, See the six core countries we cover
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How quickly will Go Ahead HiRe respond to a hiring brief?
Darcie personally reviews every inbound brief and replies within one business day, typically the same day during European business hours. The first response includes a recommended engagement model, an indicative timeline and a 30-minute discovery call slot. Urgent searches can kick off within 48 hours of that first call.
Related: Send a message instead
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How does Go Ahead HiRe price executive search?
We work on retained, container and selective contingent fee models. The fee is matched to the seniority and complexity of the role and is always agreed in writing before kickoff. Retained search is our default for senior, confidential or hard-to-source mandates because it produces the deepest market coverage and the highest fill rate.
Related: See our six recruitment specialisations
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Do I need to commit to exclusivity to engage Go Ahead HiRe?
For retained executive search the answer is yes - exclusivity is what makes a deep, off-market search possible. For contingent or container engagements you can run other suppliers in parallel; we will tell you up front whether that is realistic for the role. Either way, we will recommend the right model rather than push you toward the most lucrative one for us.
Related: Discuss commercial terms
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Can Go Ahead HiRe handle confidential searches off-market?
Yes. About one in three of our active searches is fully confidential - typically replacements of an underperforming senior leader, or pre-funding stealth hires. We run them off-market with no public job ad, a tightly scoped longlist visible only to a named client contact, and offer negotiations handled through encrypted channels.
Related: See who we work with
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