Client-ready search strategy

Turn a role brief into a search direction you can defend.

CVault separates confirmed criteria from assumptions, tests the brief against benchmark profiles, and turns client feedback into one approved Search Thesis.

  • Source context attached
  • Criteria state explicit
  • Client decisions reviewable
Synthetic product concept · planned workflow

Brief integrity

03

4 items remain open or assumed

Chief Revenue Officer · EMEA

  • Owned EMEA revenue through scale
  • Built a regional leadership team
  • Consumer-led growth excluded

Benchmarks

5 profiles
No.OperatorContextEvidenceSignal

Repeated market pattern

Strong

Elena M. · 1 linked source

Operating ownership matters more than category purity.
Recruiter and client reviewing benchmark evidence
Approved Search ThesisClient decision history attached

Approval

3 recorded
  • Revenue ownership confirmedraised
  • London moved to preferencechanged
  • Excluded lane approvedadded

Search lanes

3Lanes
  • Scale operators2
  • Adjacent leaders2
  • Consumer growth1

01 / Modeled outcome

A working day back every four searches.

Across 12 realistic search simulations, the modeled CVault workflow reduced active kickoff work by keeping the brief, five benchmarks, client decisions, and final thesis in one source-linked room.

Manual workflow
Modeled CVault
Active work returned per search
Brief to approved direction
Fewer manual re-entry points
Across the modeled workflow
Monthly capacity at 12 searches
Active time returned
Ambiguous requirements kept visible
No silent promotion to confirmed

searches benchmark profiles criteria client decisions

From brief to approved direction

Four decisions. One defensible direction.

The product does not hide the work behind a score. It keeps evidence, uncertainty, and client decisions visible until the search direction is approved.

Upload the role brief as-is. CVault separates confirmed requirements from preferences, assumptions, and unanswered questions before any can quietly steer the search.

Test the brief against five realistic profiles. See what the market supports, where evidence is weak, and which adjacent backgrounds deserve a search lane.

Collect comments in the same room. Every decision changes the relevant criterion and lane while retaining who decided what and why.

Approve one source-linked Search Thesis with confirmed criteria, supporting lanes, explicit exclusions, and the client decisions behind the direction.

Search room / CRO EMEA
Synthetic example
01 / 04Drop the briefBrief classified
Chief Revenue Officer / EMEA

Role brief

Own EMEA revenue end-to-end and build the regional leadership team.

Vertical SaaS experience strongly preferred. London-based.

Scale experience through EUR 50-150m ARR.

Criteria state7 extracted
ConfirmedOwn EMEA revenue end-to-end
ConfirmedScale through EUR 50-150m ARR
PreferenceLondon-based
AssumptionVertical SaaS only

03 / Security and trust

Confidential searches stay confidential.

Retained search moves careers and boardrooms. CVault keeps control statements specific about what is available now, what is customer-scoped, and what is a policy commitment.

Available nowCustomer scopedPolicy commitment

Workspace controls support defined retention behavior for approved deployments.

04 / Pricing

Start with one search. Keep the direction.

The Free room package opens after the release gate. Solo adds repeat capacity through reviewed access, and Firm remains behind its demand gate. Public plans stay room-based, with no per-CV pricing.

Modeled monthly capacity27 hrs returned3.4 workdays across 12 searches.
12
41424
Manual43 hrs
CVault16 hrs
Free

One planned room

EUR 0No card

Inspect the complete Search Thesis shape before committing to a recurring workflow.

  • 1 lifetime Search Thesis Room
  • 5 profiles per room
  • 14-day client link
  • CVault branding
  • Email support
Explore the synthetic demo
Recommended
Solo

Repeat search work

EUR 19founding price / monthEUR 29 standard

For independent recruiters and search partners running several live assignments.

  • 3 active rooms
  • 30 profile analyses per month
  • Client feedback in the room
  • PDF and DOCX exports
  • Templates, workspace branding, and full history
Request founding access

First 10 eligible subscriptions. EUR 10 off the EUR 29 standard price for 12 monthly billing periods.

Demand gate
Firm

Shared team capacity

EUR 59per month

For small retained-search teams that need shared rooms, templates, and operating visibility.

  • 3 workspace seats
  • 10 active rooms
  • 100 profile analyses per month
  • Shared templates and team workflows
  • Multi-brand support and analytics
Register Firm interest

Package approved; checkout remains deferred until the demand gate opens.

Real-room self-serve remains gated. The catalog-backed Free and Solo packages describe the intended release; Firm remains deferred while team workflows are validated.

05 / Questions

The things a serious buyer asks before the demo.

Clear answers about the artifact, client review, data handling, pricing, and the modeled study.

A Search Thesis is the approved direction for a role: confirmed criteria, visible assumptions, benchmark evidence, search lanes, exclusions, and the client decisions behind them.

Review one synthetic role

Build the search direction before the search starts.

Use the same controlled workflow shown for the CRO EMEA synthetic search.
Review the plans
Modeled workflow study

How the outcome figures were calculated

This is a process model, not observed customer usage. It compares the active human work required to move 12 realistic executive searches from role brief to approved direction.

Searches
Benchmark profiles
Criteria
Client decisions
Manual workflow

Brief normalization, benchmark evidence capture, comparison, review-pack preparation, feedback reconciliation, and final source checking.

Modeled CVault workflow

Parsed-brief review, benchmark review, lane editing, room sharing, inline decision resolution, and final approval checking.

Skeptical sensitivity case still returned per search

Assumes manual work is 20% faster than the base model and CVault review is 25% slower.

Upload and runtime wait are excluded from both paths. The figures should be replaced with observed pilot data when a production workflow is available.