The problem
Specialist recruiters are being automated into irrelevance.
The last five years of recruitment tech sold one idea: more messages, faster, to more people. It worked, briefly, for high-volume roles. For specialists, it has been a quiet disaster.
Creative Director, brand
Independent design studio, London
Studio principal signalled a hire in a New Design Congress interview, no live posting yet.
✦ AI-generated spec
Studio is quietly rebuilding its brand practice after a founding partner exit. Looking for a Creative Director who can hold both editorial identity systems and long-cycle client relationships, not a pure art-director hire.
Managing Partner
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Head of Legal, private funds
Mid-market private equity firm
Firm's newsletter flagged a European fund launch, GP hiring signalled in the same note.
✦ AI-generated spec
Firm is standing up a European fund IV vehicle and needs a Head of Legal who has closed cross-border LP tickets and lived inside AIFMD, not a generalist funds lawyer stepping across from M&A.
Chief Operating Officer
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“I was paying for software that made me sound like every other recruiter who paid for the same software.”
Pilot recruiter, fintech leadership search
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Cohort 01·33 companies·33 spots left
Invitation only. 33 companies. 60-second application.
No card, no follow-up sequence. One reply, within a working day.