Frequently asked questions
How we work, what we charge and who owns the data.
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We are research led, we charge a fixed fee or day rate rather than a percentage of salary, and our clients own all the research and data. There is no placement fee if you hire from our talent mapping.
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No. We charge a fixed fee or day rate, agreed before work starts. The cost depends on the work involved, not on the salary of the person you hire.
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We agree the scope and a set number of days, or a fixed fee, before we begin, so you know the full cost upfront. You can scale our support up or down as the project develops.
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No. If you hire someone identified through our talent mapping or talent intelligence work, there is no placement fee, no success fee and no percentage of salary, now or in the future. You have paid for the research, so the talent it identifies is yours to approach and hire.
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It keeps our advice impartial and your costs predictable. A percentage fee rises with the candidate’s salary; ours doesn’t.
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The client retains ownership of all research, talent maps and candidate data produced during an assignment.
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Yes. Clients can access project information, research, talent mapping data and assignment progress through our secure client portal.
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Yes. Many clients engage us purely for talent mapping and talent intelligence projects to support workforce planning, succession planning and future hiring. If you later hire someone from that work, there is no additional fee.
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Yes. You can use us for a full executive search or only the stages you need, such as market mapping, research or candidate engagement.
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Talent mapping is about people: it tells you exactly who the potential candidates are. Talent intelligence is about the market: it tells you how that market works, including structures, pay, movement and availability. Many clients use both, with talent intelligence to shape their strategy and talent mapping to act on it. If you hire anyone identified through either service, there is no placement fee.
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Item descriptionYes. We frequently work as an extension of in house talent acquisition and HR teams, providing additional executive search, talent mapping and talent intelligence capability.
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Yes. We support permanent and interim leadership hires, including for private equity backed businesses.
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We support clients across:
Consumer
Industrial and Engineering
Financial Services
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Professional and Business Services
Telecoms, Media and Technologyion
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We focus on senior leadership, executive and board level appointments across a range of functions and sectors
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Yes. We are an independent search firm headquartered in the UK, with colleagues in Europe, Asia and the US, and we deliver searches in over 30 countries.
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Yes. We support organisations of varying sizes, from growing businesses making key leadership hires to established organisations seeking board and executive talent.
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Contact our team to discuss your hiring objectives, whether for executive search, talent mapping or talent intelligence support. Every project starts with an agreed scope and cost, with no placement fees. Julia Clarkes Diary Availability
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Book a call with our team using the link below, or email us at jtaylor@taylorosborne.co.uk. We’re happy to talk through a live role, a talent mapping project or how our fixed fee model works, with no obligation.