Board Search
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
General Manager
Country Manager
6 reasons to hire the recruiters at IQ PARTNERS for your executive search needs
Every consultant in our executive search firm interviews or assesses 750 - 1,000 people a year so we know who’s good, who’s not and why.
Our AARC™ and smartFACTOR™ assessment tools deliver the greatest insight into each candidate.
Over the past two decades we’ve recruited presidents, CEOs and even complete management teams for some of Canada’s fastest-growing companies.
Our vast network allows us to work on a local, national or global scale.
Candidates trust us as career counsellors (97.1% of our candidates rate our industry knowledge as ‘above average’) so we can often attract candidates that other firms can’t move.
We earn the trust of our clients. 81% of our clients are repeat customers.
IQ PARTNERS is a targeted Executive Search firm and Recruitment agency in Toronto
We are a ‘direct-contact’ executive recruitment firm meaning we don’t just advertise your position - we proactively ’headhunt’ the superstars who will make a real difference to your team. Because the best people rarely look for their next job; they’re actively recruited. We start by using our deep executive search database and wide networks to contact and qualify 100-350 candidates for your specific search whether you’re in Toronto, Canada or worldwide. This leads to 30-50 in-depth interviews from which our headhunters identify your candidate shortlist using our SmartFactor™ assessment tools to ensure they’re the perfect fit for your organization helping you hire better, hire less and retain more.
Hiring for senior leadership requires more than posting a job and reviewing resumes. When a role is business-critical, confidential, highly specialized, or difficult to fill, working with an experienced executive search firm in Toronto can help employers access stronger candidates, reduce hiring risk, and make better long-term hiring decisions. We help:
When a senior leadership change needs discretion, job postings are often not suitable. IQ PARTNERS helps employers run confidential executive searches while protecting sensitive business information.
Our executive recruiters help employers hire CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CTOs, VPs, and senior directors through a structured search and assessment process.
IQ PARTNERS identifies board candidates with the right governance experience, industry knowledge, and strategic perspective.
Many top leaders are not actively applying. As experienced Toronto headhunters, we proactively approach qualified senior candidates.
Executive search helps employers plan ahead by comparing internal and external leadership options.
Market mapping helps employers understand where qualified senior leaders are, how competitive the market is, and what candidates may expect before launching a search.
We bring years of experience and a disciplined approach to our process. Our clients will vouch for its success.
We complete formal briefing documents to deliver a professional presentation of your company and the opportunity to prospective candidates.
We conduct market research to source premier talent in the industry.
We interview and qualify candidates using a Topgrading interview style and present detailed candidate assessments for each shortlisted candidate.
We complete and present formal references on selected candidates.
We debrief all non-selected candidates.
We follow up on all placements at 30, 60 and 90 days to ensure a smooth and successful transition for both the client and the candidate.
We’re a direct-contact executive search firm in Toronto, which means we don’t just advertise your role and wait. We proactively headhunt senior leaders, contact and qualify 100 to 350 candidates for a search, and use in-depth interviews and assessment tools to help you hire better and retain more.
We recruit for board search and a wide range of C-suite and executive leadership positions, including CEO, CFO, COO, CMO, CRO, CIO, CTO, CHRO, General Manager, and Country Manager roles.
Yes. Because we use a direct-contact executive recruitment approach, we’re well suited for confidential board and C-suite searches where discretion matters and top candidates are not actively applying to posted roles. Get in touch today!
While we’re based in Toronto, our executive search network allows us to work on local, national, and global searches. We support clients across North America and can scale search efforts well beyond one market.
We combine in-depth interviews with assessment tools like smartFACTOR™ to give our clients deeper insight into each candidate’s leadership capability and fit.
We focus on both quantity and quality. Every consultant in our executive search team interviews or assesses hundreds of people a year, which helps us identify the leaders who can truly move a business forward.
Why are some companies easier to recruit from than others? IQ PARTNERS recruiters have headhunted over 100,000 people. We know which companies are easy to recruit from and which companies are not… and we’re sharing what we’ve learned!