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Salary, training, onboarding, recruitment fees. We understand the cost of hiring. Not to mention the hidden costs of a bad hire if something does go wrong.

All too often, Private Equity firms are made to accept this loss.

We weren't happy with this, so we set out to change it. Hiring for your firm shouldn't be a risk

That's why we're de-risking executive search for all our clients, with our full money back guarantee and free candidate replacement service.

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Raw Selection is a leading executive search consultancy for lower to middle-market Private Equity firms and their Portfolio Companies. We work across Europe and North America to find exceptional talent and de-risk the recruitment process.

Risk and reward may be an inseparable pair in Private Equity but the same doesn’t have to be said for Private Equity recruitment. </br></br><b>We were founded in 2017</b> with one objective: Offer meticulous executive search with a money-back guarantee.

While search firms have traditionally looked at the here, now and exit, leaving organisations with average performance, loss of productivity and often, a skills gap, Raw Selection was built on the principles of longevity and excellence.

We work with Private Equity Firms and their Portfolio Companies to find the skills and experience needed today, tomorrow and until exit. It’s this longevity and excellence that we look for in your next hire and in the very unlikely event that we don’t find it, we’ll offer you your money back.

Unlike traditional investing, investing in your human capital with Raw Selection is the only way to get a return on investment with every hire.

That’s why we are a leading Private Equity executive search partner and the only search firm you will ever want to work with. Partner with us to take the risk out of your next Executive Search.

In Private Equity, risk and reward seems to be an inseparable pair. The same doesn't have to be said for recruitment

Executive Search, without the risk.

<p style="text-align: left;">20% to 30%&mdash;that&rsquo;s how low the success rates can be for hiring the right executives in Private Equity, despite exceptional leadership being critical for portfolio company success.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In How to Hire, Alex Rawlings, Founder and Managing Partner of Raw Selection, shares a definitive guide to mastering executive recruitment for Private Equity.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Drawing on over a decade of experience and insights from thousands of interviews, Alex uncovers the strategies to hire leaders who deliver results.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: left;">This practical, actionable framework is designed to revolutionize your hiring process, boost your success rates, and ensure the right leaders are in the right roles.</p><p style="text-align: left;">If you're serious about de-risking executive recruitment and driving portfolio success, this book is your essential resource.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Join the waiting list to be among the first to get your hands on this essential guide and take your executive recruitment to the next level.</p>

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<p>20% to 30%—that’s how low the success rates can be for hiring the right executives in Private Equity, despite exceptional leadership being critical for portfolio company success.</p><p>In How to Hire, Alex Rawlings, Founder and Managing Partner of Raw Selection, shares a definitive guide to mastering executive recruitment for Private Equity.</p><p>Drawing on over a decade of experience and insights from thousands of interviews, Alex uncovers the strategies to hire leaders who deliver results. This practical, actionable framework is designed to revolutionize your hiring process, boost your success rates, and ensure the right leaders are in the right roles.</p><p>If you're serious about de-risking executive recruitment and driving portfolio success, this book is your essential resource.</p>

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Macroeconomic headwinds, ecosystem losses and geopolitical tensions have all had a huge impact on the investment landscape. There is thought to be a back-log of unsold Portfolio Companies, of four times the value than during the 2008 financial crisis*

Strong portfolio management has never been more crucial. After all, why purchase a great company and then hire ordinary managers to take it to the next level?

Raw Selection specialises in helping Private Equity firms find investment professionals who can unlock access to the most lucrative opportunities. We then help their Portfolio Companies to build exceptional operating teams who know how to seize them.

We can match your Portfolio Company with executives who can navigate economic downturns, build sustainable revenue generation, perfect your organisational structure and up-skill existing teams to ensure your company evolves in a constantly changing market. In the unlikely event that we can’t, we’ll offer you your money back.

That’s how we offer Private Equity executive search, without the risk.

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We connect talented professionals like you with exciting opportunities at industry-leading companies.

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We have built a thriving ecosystem of c-level executives with proven Private Equity-backed experience across Europe and North America. Get in touch today to see how they can take your portfolio company to the next level.

Join a fast-growing Portfolio Company and make it happen.

Portfolio Companies serve as a launchpad to success, offering unparalleled exposure and autonomy that allow executives to make a big impact.

Typically boasting small teams with flat structures, working within a Portfolio Company means access to stakeholders, a voice in strategic decision making and less bureaucracy.

You can also expect to receive higher compensation with incentive plans and bonuses tied into the long-term performance of the company, something you can help shape into success.

Raw Selection works with some of the fastest-growing Portfolio Companies across Europe and North America and they need senior executives like you to turn their ambition into a reality.

Hosted by Alex Rawlings, Managing Partner of Raw Selection, a specialist executive search firm. Join us as we interview the leading experts in Private Equity, unlocking their secrets of success to share with you.

Discover how some of the top Private Equity professionals got into Private Equity, how they rose to success and learn about some of the mistakes they made along the way.

Alex has strong connections to the Private Equity industry through his executive search firm, Raw Selection, which specialises in working with Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies across Europe and North America. Alex is straight talking and to the point and aims to unlock real gold you can build into your firm or portfolio companies.

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