The average executive search takes 12-18 weeks and costs your firm $15,000-$40,000 in time before a placement fee is ever collected. The expensive searches aren't the ones that close slow — they're the ones that never close at all, because nobody qualified the client's requirements or the candidate's readiness before the clock started. We build you a dual-qualification system — one track for clients, one for candidates — custom for your firm, deployed on your site, yours forever.
Search firms and contingency agencies lose more revenue to unqualified searches than to any other cause. The numbers are clear about where the bleed is.
Built for retained search firms, contingency agencies, and independent recruiters. Delivered as a single HTML file -- no login, no subscription, no platform lock-in. You own it outright, forever.
Instead of a call where you furiously take notes and ask the same 12 questions every time, clients complete a guided search brief -- compensation range, decision timeline, authority level, budget approval status, interview panel, and culture requirements. You receive a scored brief before the kickoff call.
Candidates complete a parallel intake -- current comp, target comp, motivation for moving, counter-offer sensitivity, timeline, and relocation flexibility. You know their placement readiness score before you pick up the phone. No more discovering on call 4 that they're only "passively looking."
The moment either side completes intake, you receive a full scored summary -- tier classification, red flags, green lights, and recommended next step -- directly to your inbox. No CRM login required. No notes to transcribe.
Every search you open has a pre-qualified client brief, a realistic compensation range, verified hiring authority, and a candidate pool screened for genuine motivation. Your close rate goes up. Your spec work goes down.
Every system is built from scratch for your search specialties, your intake workflow, your compensation benchmarks, and your qualification criteria. Not a template. Not an ATS form.
Most firms rely on email threads, intake calls, and ATS notes to gather information that could be pre-captured, scored, and delivered in a structured brief before the first conversation begins.
| Feature | Email Intake | ATS Forms (Bullhorn, Greenhouse) | LinkedIn InMail | IECAN Dual-Track System |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captures role title and basic requirements | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Qualifies client budget approval and authority | No -- Never asked | No -- Not standard | No -- Never | Yes -- Questions 3 and 4 |
| Screens candidate counter-offer sensitivity | No -- Discovery call item | No -- Not available | No -- Never | Yes -- Built into candidate track |
| Automatic placement readiness scoring | No -- None | No -- Manual setup | No -- None | Yes -- Both tracks scored on submit |
| Instant email brief to recruiter | Partial (raw email) | Yes -- With config | No | Yes -- Scored brief on completion |
| Branded to your firm | No -- Just email | Partial | No -- LinkedIn brand | Yes -- Built from scratch for you |
| You own it -- no platform lock-in | Yes | No -- Subscription | No -- LinkedIn platform | Yes -- One file, yours forever |
| Monthly cost | $0 | $99-$500+/user | $800-$1,200/seat/yr | $0 after setup |
ATS pricing from 2025 published rates. Bullhorn: $99-$500+/user/month. LinkedIn Recruiter: $800-$1,200/seat/year. Neither includes client search brief qualification or candidate readiness scoring at the intake level.
Recruiters and search firms need more than client qualification. You need to evaluate candidates and process resumes at scale. IECAN builds all three.
A single placement fee on a $120,000 VP-level hire at 25% is $30,000. Any price on this page is a single-digit percentage of one placement. The question isn't whether it pays for itself -- it's how many avoided dead searches it takes to justify the math.
The math is not complicated. Two failed searches per quarter -- at 150 hours each at $90/hour blended cost -- is $27,000 in time with no fee to show for it. One qualification system, deployed once, running on your website around the clock, screening out the searches that were never going to close. That's the return.
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