The research method top search firms use, on demand.

Market mapping in executive search is the research that shows which companies to target for a role and who holds that role at each one. A market map groups the companies into tiers, names the relevant leaders, explains each person's fit, and records who was left out and why. Search firms use it to set strategy and show a client the market before outreach starts.

A Findem executive search market map shows which companies to research and who holds the relevant role at each company. It connects the search brief to a tiered company list, the reasoning for each tier, named leaders, and sources behind their fit assessments. You can review that evidence before presenting the map to a client.

Findem Studio uses Findem's People Intelligence platform to produce finished research work, including executive search market maps. The Executive Map agent combines people and company context with a search method and source checks. You review the companies, people and fit reasoning before deciding whom to approach. The agent supports your researchers and partners; it does not make hiring decisions.

The Executive Map agent applies the comprehensive market mapping methodology used by top retained firms. It starts from your search brief and target companies, finds the relevant leaders at each company, checks every match against live sources and rates each person against your success profile, so every mandate gets the same structured research.

The agent delivers a market map in under an hour. Building one by hand typically takes a research team 7 to 14 days. Your free first map is capped at 10 names.

Findem Studio combines people and company intelligence with source checks, current-versus-former status, fit reasoning and explained exclusions. With LinkedIn, a researcher performs those checks and prepares the client output by hand. A general AI assistant's answer alone doesn't verify that every name is real or current. Findem Studio gives you the evidence to review before choosing whom to approach.

The Executive Map agent is for executive-search mandates you can research by company and role, rather than high-volume general-purpose recruiting. The sample CFO search includes divisional Chief Financial Officers and VP-level finance leaders. Check the agent's fit before using it for another kind of mandate.

You can inspect the company coverage, source checks and fit reasoning behind the names. The map also records rejected names and companies with no match, so you can explain the gaps to a client. A capped first map does not claim to include every relevant person in the market.