Weeks of Manual Research
Building a target company list from scratch takes days. Verifying each entry, checking org structures, and identifying incumbents adds another week.
What slows down every new market mapping
Incomplete Competitor Landscape
Manual approaches miss niche players, recent spin-offs, and international subsidiaries — leaving gaps in your search universe.
Missing Incumbent Contacts
Identifying the right person in each target company — and finding their verified contact — is the most time-consuming part of any executive search.
No Systematic Search Playbook
Without a structured search playbook, each consultant reinvents the wheel: different boolean strings, inconsistent targeting, no repeatable process.
One report. The full search playbook.
Target Company Longlist
Tiered target company list — Core, Adjacent, and Feeder — with company profiles, headcounts, locations, and ranking rationale.
Incumbent Identification & Contact Enrichment
Verified incumbents for each target company: name, title, current employer, and enriched contact data ready for outreach.
Search Difficulty Scoring
Market-level difficulty score combining talent density, incumbent accessibility, competitive pressure, and geographic concentration.
Candidate Personas & Reach Strategies
Defined candidate personas with tailored outreach strategies — including messaging angles and the best channels for each target tier.
Boolean Search String Generation
Ready-to-use boolean search strings for LinkedIn Recruiter, optimized for the specific role, market, and seniority level.
Compensation Benchmarking
Market-rate salary ranges, bonus structures, and equity data for the target role and geography — anchored to current market data.
Traditional Market Mapping vs. polyseek
Traditional
polyseek Market Mapping
Speed
1–2 weeks
Hours
Company Coverage
Partial, researcher-dependent
Systematic, 3-tier classification
Incumbent Identification
Manual, incomplete
Verified contacts per target company
Search Playbook
Ad-hoc, inconsistent
Boolean strings + personas included
Contact Enrichment
Manual LinkedIn lookup
Automated, verified enrichment
Cost
2–3 days researcher time
€500 flat
~85%time saved vs. manual research
65specialized AI agents
Verifiedcontact enrichment included
How it works
01
Define Segment & Role
Describe the target market segment, function, seniority, and geography. Plain language is enough.
02
AI Maps the Market
65 specialized agents research, classify, and enrich: target companies, incumbents, difficulty scores, boolean strings.
03
Receive Complete Playbook
A structured, shareable market mapping report with everything you need to launch the search — delivered to your inbox.
€500
per Market Mapping Report
The Research tier report that replaces 1–2 weeks of manual desk research. Combines target company intelligence, incumbent identification, and a complete search playbook into one structured deliverable.
- Tiered target company longlist (Core / Adjacent / Feeder)
- Incumbent identification with verified contact enrichment
- Search difficulty scoring for the target market
- Candidate personas with tailored outreach strategies
- Boolean search strings ready for LinkedIn Recruiter
- Compensation benchmarks for role & geography
ROI Calculation
Average executive search fee: €30,000–50,000. A Market Mapping Report costs €500 — under 2% of the expected placement fee. It replaces 1–2 weeks of researcher time.
<2%of placement fee
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