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The Excelon Review · Insights From the Search Desk
Executive Search and Recruitment Blog
Practical guides on executive search, recruitment, and workforce strategy for employers and candidates in higher education, healthcare, financial services, and government. Written by the team running the searches, since 2007.
By Excelon Associates · Asheville, NC · Every article shows its publication or last-updated date
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What You Will Find Here
Written to answer a specific question
For Employers
Hiring guides
Fee structures, retained versus contingent, search committee playbooks, and step-by-step process guides for boards, cabinets, and HR leaders running leadership searches.
For Candidates
Career guides
Skilled trades pathways, higher education career moves, interview intelligence, and how to get found by the recruiters working the roles you want.
For the Curious
Market analysis
Trend pieces across higher education, healthcare, finance, and government hiring, written from live search data rather than survey summaries.
The Companion Resource
Every guide here pairs with a ready-to-use template
When an article convinces you it is time to hire, the next step is written already. Our sample job description library holds recruiter-written specs for the roles this blog covers, from provosts and registrars to CRNAs and HVAC instructors, each with current salary data and a free downloadable job description template.
Reading done. Seat still open?
The blog explains how great searches run. When you are ready to run one, Excelon delivers a vetted slate in three to five weeks. Or start with a free recruiter-written job description from the Position Spec Library.