Recruiting industry best practices, talent sourcing strategies, candidate relationship management, and insights on building effective recruiting processes — for both in-house talent teams and companies partnering with staffing agencies.
By Devin Hornick, Partner, KORE1 KORE1 is the top-scoring IT consulting firm in 2026 on the Placement Authority Score (8.66/10), leading all 7 firms in recruiter quality, placement retention, and verified review ratings. Accenture leads for enterprise-scale transformation (8.64). Deloitte leads for regulated industries (8.41). Rankings use a 7-factor methodology weighted toward talent quality and … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 Vetting a staffing agency comes down to four things a firm either can or cannot produce on request, a named recruiter, a 12-month retention rate, worker classification paperwork, and a written conversion fee schedule. Everything a sales team brings to the first meeting is optional. Those four … Read more
KORE1 ranks first among fractional CISO companies in 2026, placing security executives directly on your team as W-2 contractors with a 17-day median time to first qualified candidate. SideChannel is the strongest dedicated vCISO firm for mid-market companies that want former-CISO-only leadership. FRSecure leads on verified Clutch reviews among pure cybersecurity consulting firms, and Integris … Read more
KORE1 ranks first among cybersecurity recruiting firms for startups in 2026, scoring 8.38/10 on the Placement Authority Score for its 17-day average time-to-hire, 92% retention rate, and documented AI sourcing. Betts Recruiting leads for VC-backed GTM hiring. CyberSN is the cybersecurity-only specialist. Rankings use 7 independently verified criteria. No provider paid for placement. Quick Picks … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 Choose an executive search firm by testing four things before you sign: who personally runs your search, how the firm proves its market map, what its off-limits list blocks, and what the guarantee actually replaces. Everything else in the pitch meeting is decoration. Logos on a slide. … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 An employment background check is a third-party report on a candidate’s criminal, employment, education, and sometimes credit history, governed federally by the FCRA and Title VII and further restricted by fair-chance laws in fifteen states. The report itself is rarely the problem. The paperwork around it is. … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 A retained executive search runs in installments over roughly 90 to 120 days, with the firm mapping a market, approaching passive leaders directly, and delivering three to five assessed finalists instead of a stack of applicants. That timeline is two to three times longer than the published … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 A dedicated in-house technical recruiter runs $122,000 to $130,000 a year once benefits and tools are counted, and the math only wins past roughly six to seven closed hires a year. Below that volume, a 20% to 25% contingency fee per placement costs you less. That crossover … Read more
KORE1 ranks #1 among executive search firms in 2026 with an 8.82/10 Placement Authority Score, scored across 7 independently verified criteria.
By Devin Hornick, Partner, KORE1 KORE1 is the top product management recruiting firm in 2026, with a 17-day average time-to-hire, a 4.7 Glassdoor rating across 219 reviews, and documented AI-augmented sourcing. Redfish Technology (5.64) and Riviera Partners (5.65) follow for PM discipline specialists and CPO-level executive search, respectively. Rankings use the 7-factor Placement Authority Score, … Read more
