TALENT RESEARCH
We were a research firm before we were anything else.
Market maps, availability reads, competitor intelligence - the evidence layer under every search we run, available on its own.
THE RECOGNITION
Somewhere a spreadsheet is deciding your search strategy, and nobody can say where its numbers came from. Before you spend a retainer on a market, find out whether the market exists.
THE AUTHORITY
Qualigence was founded as a research firm in 1999 - before the industry had a name for talent market intelligence. The research discipline that became our search standard is now available as a standalone product: scoped, fixed-timeline, delivered as a findings report you keep.
Research heritage since 1999 · 60%+ of the Fortune 500 have used Qualigence · 85% retention on placed candidates over 24 months
THE SCIENCE
Why selection - the science under every service.
Most firms compete on access - who they know. We compete on evidence - what a candidate has actually done under pressure, tested against a definition of winning your team wrote down before the search opened. That is the 6-Step Performance Engine™: define winning, test identity and behavior against it, protect the standard through feedback and the decision.
It’s why 85% of our placed candidates are still performing at 24 months, and why 60%+ of the Fortune 500 have used Qualigence since 1999.
THE PLAN
One call. Bring the role and the problem you haven't been able to solve.
The engine takes it from there - research, screen, evidence, debrief.
You own the decision. We built the system that made it defensible.
WHAT WE PRODUCE
Name and org-chart mapping. We identify who leads the function across your target companies - title, tenure, career trajectory, and org structure.
Talent availability assessment. We read the market for movability - who is actively listening, who is passive but reachable, and who is not a realistic target at this stage.
Compensation trends. Market-sourced data by level, function, and geography - triangulated, not copy-pasted from a salary survey.
Competitor intelligence. Who leads comparable functions at your direct competitors, what their bench looks like, and where exposure exists.
Talent Market Intelligence™ tiers. Fixed-scope, fixed-timeline deliverables starting at the Market Intelligence Snapshot. See the Life Sciences intelligence practice for the productized model.
You buy answers, not activity.
WHAT WE PRODUCE
Three tiers. Fixed scope. You buy answers, not activity.
Market Intelligence Snapshot
1-2 weeks · $5,000-$7,500
A map. One critical role, one market: availability, competitors, compensation, risk. Delivered as a findings report with a practice team review.
Talent Market Intelligence™
2-4 weeks · $10,000-$15,000
A map and a guide. Target mapping, candidate identification, recommendations you can act on. Delivered with a full findings review and named candidates you can approach.
Executive Intelligence
Scoped per engagement
Succession readiness for your leadership bench - who is ready now, who is ready in three years, and where the risk sits. Available for Life Sciences and industry-agnostic via executive succession readiness.
Need names fast? Verified name generation and target lists in 3-5 business days - built by researchers, not scraped by software.
Names in days. Verified availability in weeks. Only one of them survives an intake.
QUESTIONS
What is talent market intelligence?
Talent market intelligence is a structured map of the candidate market for a specific role or function: who exists, where they work, what their career trajectories look like, what they are paid, and whether they are movable. It answers the question before the question: is the market there before you spend a retainer finding out.
Can we buy research without starting a full search?
Yes. Talent Market Intelligence™ is a productized offering available independent of a retained search engagement. You receive a scoped research deliverable - market map, availability read, compensation data, competitor intelligence - within a fixed timeline at a fixed cost. You buy answers, not activity.
What is the Talent Market Intelligence™ product?
Talent Market Intelligence™ is offered in two tiers: the Market Intelligence Snapshot (one role, one market, 1-2 weeks, fixed cost) and the full TMI engagement (target mapping, candidate identification, recommendations, 2-4 weeks). Both end in a findings review with the practice team. You can review a sample report before you commit.
How do you validate compensation data?
Compensation data is gathered from direct candidate conversations, public compensation surveys, and our own 25-year database of placements by function, level, and market. We do not rely on a single source - we triangulate. When markets are thin or compensation is highly variable, we tell you that rather than presenting a false precision.
Your competitors are calling the same names. The research that finds the ones not on anyone\u2019s list - that\u2019s the margin.
