The candidates everyone is looking for. Ready to move.
Stancein gives executive search firms, HR/Talent Acquisition teams, boards and investors access to a pool of C-level, VP and Head of profiles who are discreetly seeking new challenges — and therefore genuinely ready to move. Access, dialogue and candidates in play are 100% free. Only when a candidate accepts an employment contract does the company pay the candidate's 100-day Executive Onboarding — typically a fraction of a full search fee. For executive search firms, partnering is always completely free. Book an intro call and get a demo.
One candidate pool. Four entry points.
The hard part of executive recruitment isn't finding qualified profiles — it's finding qualified profiles who will actually move. Our candidates sought us out, paid for their own positioning and clarified their direction. The motivation isn't a guess. It's documented.
Executive search & headhunters
A shorter route to the longlist: profiles in discreet motion, complete materials, and exclusive early access for partners.
Read more →HR & Talent Acquisition
Fill leadership roles without a search fee: direct, free access to senior candidates who are ready now.
Read more →Boards
Confidential successions and quiet processes: see the market before the need becomes formal.
Read more →VC · PE · Family Offices
Leadership for the portfolio on demand — CEOs, CFOs and COOs ready for the next value-creation plan.
Read more →Free — until the contract is signed
Stancein's model is simple and transparent: access to the pool, every dialogue and every candidate in play is free. No subscriptions, no fees, no hidden terms. The only cost arises the day the partnership succeeds: when one of our candidates accepts an employment contract, the company pays the candidate's 100-day Executive Onboarding program.
In practice the program is most often paid 100% by the company — and it typically amounts to a fraction of what a full recruitment would cost at an executive search firm. In isolated cases the company chooses to run the amount through a gross salary arrangement. One exception: executive search firms and headhunters never pay anything — there, the candidate negotiates the onboarding program directly with the hiring company.
Get started in three steps: 1) Intro call (20 minutes, online), 2) Demo of the platform and candidate profiles, 3) Access — you see relevant profiles, we facilitate contact discreetly.
What does it cost to partner with Stancein?
Access, dialogues and candidates in play are 100% free — on every track. Only when one of our candidates accepts an employment contract does the company pay the candidate's 100-day Executive Onboarding program. For executive search firms and headhunters, partnering is always completely free — including on placement.
What is the 100-day Executive Onboarding?
A personal coaching and sparring program that ensures the candidate lands well in their new C-level or executive role — from before day one to day 100. It doesn't replace the company's own HR onboarding; it complements it at the strategic level, and typically costs a fraction of a full search fee. Read the full description here.
Can the Executive Onboarding program be opted out of?
No. The program is a fixed part of the model, because that's where the value is secured for both company and candidate: a leader who lands well in the first 100 days. It's also the only payment in the entire partnership.
How do your candidates differ from the ones we can source ourselves?
The motivation is documented. Our profiles sought out the platform themselves, invested in their positioning and clarified their direction — they're searching discreetly and genuinely ready for a move. That removes the biggest uncertainty in passive sourcing: whether the candidate will move at all.
How does contact with a candidate work?
Discreetly and with consent: we match your need against relevant profiles and facilitate the introduction, so the candidate's confidentiality is protected until both sides want to meet.