A new
day rising.
Recruiting catalysts for
growth-stage companies.
We help good companies find good people.
srch offers customized, turnkey executive recruiting services for rapidly growing businesses.
Our searches are swift, comprehensive, and bespoke. No flash, no bullshit.
We are a boutique agency that focuses on simplicity and results. Our team engages, screens, and places the experts that market leaders need to accelerate revenue generation. Ya know, those people who thrive at their jobs, stick around for a while, and have fun doing it!
The secret?
srch’s precise, micro-managed research is a repeatable methodology developed over the span of 250 successful searches. It eliminates the pain-points of antiquated candidate flows and frees us up to shoot for the stars.
Our
Process
Modern, comprehensive executive recruiting services. Our team is small, you know what you're getting, and our entire purpose is to provide an unparalleled client experience.
Strategic Launch
Truly successful searches require shared vision. We need to know why you need who you need. Our first step is a strategic examination of your pain points and a detailed look at your mission. Empathy expertise is the best tool in headhunting, and our system utilizes it from step one.
Continuous Source
Truly successful searches require shared vision. We need to know why you need who you need. Our first step is a strategic examination of your pain points and a detailed look at your mission. Empathy expertise is the best tool in headhunting, and our system utilizes it from step one.
Integrated Feedback
srch handles every facet of every interview. We do multiple preliminaries with each candidate, coordinate client/candidate interviews, and provide extensive candidate bios to clients prior to each interview. This full-service approach gives us control over the details and our clients opportunities to ask more pointed interview questions.
Comprehensive Interviews
After any client/candidate interview, we conduct a candidate debrief as part of our standard process. We aggregate feedback from both sides of the interview, allowing us to continue narrowing the field until we find the perfect candidate. This is how we’re able to conclude searches so quickly: we listen.
Strategic Launch
Continuous Source
Integrated Feedback
Comprehensive Interviews
Truly successful searches require shared vision. We need to know why you need who you need. Our first step is a strategic examination of your pain points and a detailed look at your mission. Empathy expertise is the best tool in headhunting, and our system utilizes it from step one.
Sourcing begins with a survey of the competitive landscape and adjacent markets for companies in parallel motion to our client. Once we pinpoint innovation and efficiency, our network allows us to quickly peel through corporate layers until we find the folks responsible. That’s when we get creative to get them on the phone.
srch handles every facet of every interview. We do multiple preliminaries with each candidate, coordinate client/candidate interviews, and provide extensive candidate bios to clients prior to each interview. This full-service approach gives us control over the details and our clients opportunities to ask more pointed interview questions.
After any client/candidate interview, we conduct a candidate debrief as part of our standard process. We aggregate feedback from both sides of the interview, allowing us to continue narrowing the field until we find the perfect candidate. This is how we’re able to conclude searches so quickly: we listen.
Our
Clients
Our entire purpose is to provide an unparalleled client experience.
Sam Parr
CEO and Founder - The Hustle
Look, I don't usually think recruiters add much value and almost never use them. They are overpaid and rarely feel like a part of the team effort to actively find an amazing candidate. But Tighe completely crushed those preconceptions when it came time to find a CEO for my business.
He was obsessively involved with sourcing the candidates himself, which meant he knew everything about our market.
KJ Erickson
CEO & Co-Founder - Arising Ventures
We have an exceptional experience working with Tighe and his team in a very important CEO search. Not only did he take the time to really hear the specifics of what we were looking for, he delivered better-than-expected candidates in a remarkably short period of time. In particular, I was impressed by his attunement to the subtle indicators of candidate quality -- a skill that many recruiters lack and thus waste your time. We look forward to using SRCH Partners again for our important searches.
David Perell
Founder & CEO - Write of Passage
Tighe was a delight to work with. We hired him to find a VP of Operations for my business. We had high standards and a very specific criteria for who we were looking for. I didn’t even know if the kind of person we wanted existed!
To be honest, I was a little skeptical going into the process because I’d never worked with a recruiter before. From day 1, Tighe drove our search, steered us through tense conversations, and always came prepared to our weekly meetings — and the process was a blast too!
He was understanding whenever we changed our minds and raised good questions when we expressed false certainty.
In a talent search, that kind of honesty is essential. Friends tell me you don’t get that kind of personalized attention from big recruiting agencies. Tighe was different though. He came highly recommended and now I know why.
Ultimately, we hired an executive who we are incredibly happy with and wouldn’t have found without SRCH.
Zack Onisko
CEO - Dribbble
Each executive we hire is incredibly important to our business, but with SRCH Partners I trust that we’re in good hands. Each time we have engaged Tighe for an executive search, I’m pleasantly surprised by the quantity and quality of candidates he brings to the table. The work he does behind the scenes to screen, interview, and pitch our company is highly valuable and ensures a great hiring process for everyone involved.
Zal Shemtov
CEO and Founder - Moose
Tighe is easily the best recruiter I've ever worked with. Just closed a hire with him, and he not only found me exactly what I needed (which was a needle in a haystack hire) but was an absolute pleasure to work with and really, really good at what he does.
Ben Moore
CEO - Pixel Union Design
Initially, we were hesitant to engage with Tighe and srch because our B.C.-based business is in a very niche market. Once we got going with him, however, it was clear he understood exactly what we needed in an executive leader and we were excited by the candidates he was bringing forward. When we changed the scope of the search late in the game (from Director to CEO of the business), Tighe handled the shift seamlessly and hardly missed a beat before he had a new round of highly qualified candidates to meet. We've gone back to Tighe many times since, both for his ability to execute as well as his genuine and authentic way of working. A recruiter is basically an ambassador for your business for as long as they're active on your account, and I don't hesitate to have Tighe out in the world representing us.
Tyler Mullins
Founder & CEO - Marching Order
SRCH Partners went above and beyond expectations for our recent executive search. He was fully engaged throughout the process and took the time to truly understand both the state of the company and the opportunity that the position would offer a candidate.
Stuart Chaney
Founder - Rivo and Booster SEO
I've worked with several recruiters in the past and have never had a great experience.Tighe completely changed my perception of working with an executive recruiter moving forward, as he helped recruit a CEO for one of my businesses. Not only were the candidates he presented every week of stellar quality, but his drive and passion to find the perfect fit candidate was evident to see.
I'll be recommending Tighe to anybody else who needs a top-tier executive recruiter in the future.
Rian Doris
Co-Founder & CEO - Flow Research Collective
Initially I thought the role we were searching for with Tighe was almost impossible to fill. Tighe quickly proved us wrong. He showed up relentlessly with candidates week after week until eventually we landed someone who was beyond our dream candidate! Tighe's work ethic, dedication to our success and tireless commitment to finding the best possible person was second to none. If you're looking for a world-class recruiter, look no further. We will absolutely be working with Tighe and his team again!
Sam Parr
CEO and Founder - The Hustle
Look, I don't usually think recruiters add much value and almost never use them. They are overpaid and rarely feel like a part of the team effort to actively find an amazing candidate. But Tighe completely crushed those preconceptions when it came time to find a CEO for my business.
He was obsessively involved with sourcing the candidates himself, which meant he knew everything about our market.
KJ Erickson
CEO & Co-Founder - Arising Ventures
We have an exceptional experience working with Tighe and his team in a very important CEO search. Not only did he take the time to really hear the specifics of what we were looking for, he delivered better-than-expected candidates in a remarkably short period of time. In particular, I was impressed by his attunement to the subtle indicators of candidate quality -- a skill that many recruiters lack and thus waste your time. We look forward to using SRCH Partners again for our important searches.
David Perell
Founder & CEO - Write of Passage
Tighe was a delight to work with. We hired him to find a VP of Operations for my business. We had high standards and a very specific criteria for who we were looking for. I didn’t even know if the kind of person we wanted existed!
To be honest, I was a little skeptical going into the process because I’d never worked with a recruiter before. From day 1, Tighe drove our search, steered us through tense conversations, and always came prepared to our weekly meetings — and the process was a blast too!
He was understanding whenever we changed our minds and raised good questions when we expressed false certainty.
In a talent search, that kind of honesty is essential. Friends tell me you don’t get that kind of personalized attention from big recruiting agencies. Tighe was different though. He came highly recommended and now I know why.
Ultimately, we hired an executive who we are incredibly happy with and wouldn’t have found without SRCH.
Zack Onisko
CEO - Dribbble
Each executive we hire is incredibly important to our business, but with SRCH Partners I trust that we’re in good hands. Each time we have engaged Tighe for an executive search, I’m pleasantly surprised by the quantity and quality of candidates he brings to the table. The work he does behind the scenes to screen, interview, and pitch our company is highly valuable and ensures a great hiring process for everyone involved.
Zal Shemtov
CEO and Founder - Moose
Tighe is easily the best recruiter I've ever worked with. Just closed a hire with him, and he not only found me exactly what I needed (which was a needle in a haystack hire) but was an absolute pleasure to work with and really, really good at what he does.
Ben Moore
CEO - Pixel Union Design
Initially, we were hesitant to engage with Tighe and srch because our B.C.-based business is in a very niche market. Once we got going with him, however, it was clear he understood exactly what we needed in an executive leader and we were excited by the candidates he was bringing forward. When we changed the scope of the search late in the game (from Director to CEO of the business), Tighe handled the shift seamlessly and hardly missed a beat before he had a new round of highly qualified candidates to meet. We've gone back to Tighe many times since, both for his ability to execute as well as his genuine and authentic way of working. A recruiter is basically an ambassador for your business for as long as they're active on your account, and I don't hesitate to have Tighe out in the world representing us.
Tyler Mullins
Founder & CEO - Marching Order
SRCH Partners went above and beyond expectations for our recent executive search. He was fully engaged throughout the process and took the time to truly understand both the state of the company and the opportunity that the position would offer a candidate.
Stuart Chaney
Founder - Rivo and Booster SEO
I've worked with several recruiters in the past and have never had a great experience.Tighe completely changed my perception of working with an executive recruiter moving forward, as he helped recruit a CEO for one of my businesses. Not only were the candidates he presented every week of stellar quality, but his drive and passion to find the perfect fit candidate was evident to see.
I'll be recommending Tighe to anybody else who needs a top-tier executive recruiter in the future.
Rian Doris
Co-Founder & CEO - Flow Research Collective
Initially I thought the role we were searching for with Tighe was almost impossible to fill. Tighe quickly proved us wrong. He showed up relentlessly with candidates week after week until eventually we landed someone who was beyond our dream candidate! Tighe's work ethic, dedication to our success and tireless commitment to finding the best possible person was second to none. If you're looking for a world-class recruiter, look no further. We will absolutely be working with Tighe and his team again!
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About
Us
We offer customized, turnkey executive recruiting services for rapidly growing businesses.
Tighe Burke
Founder
I remind myself constantly - srch is good today because we haven’t always been.
One critical lesson we’ve learned? We focus best when stakes are high. That’s why we’ll always be boutique: immaterial searches don’t exist for specialists.
Whether recruiting executives, building customized teams, or advising on human capital/succession matters, we prize the ability to stay nimble, adaptable, and laser-focused on the task at hand. Our M.O. is to steer clear of established, archaic corporate frameworks.
Our research is second to none. It’s hands down the thing we do best for our clients. We’re OBSESSED with finding forward-thinking leaders for growth stage tech companies who want to challenge existing norms. Sometimes, it takes a true ally to tell you that, “While you may want someone who was #6 at a unicorn, #77 is probably a better fit for your trajectory. And we heard some crappy things about that #6 anyway…”
We can tell you these things because we source candidates on our own. We are experts in our market.
srch was founded on the principle that recruiting shouldn’t suck, and a company shouldn’t pay for something they don’t actually get (a hire). That’s how we’ve always done things, and how we always will.