Do you really need an executive search firm?

For senior C-suite / C-level executives looking to make a career move in the executive job market the default position is usually to register with executive search firms to handle their transition. If this is what the majority of executive jobseekers do, surely this is the best strategy to find and secure a new executive position?

To be clear in what follows I’m not saying that if you’re in the executive job market that you shouldn’t engage the help of executive recruiters, they should be par...