Hiring, in plain language.
Short, practical guides from SYMPHONI HR, a Mumbai-based executive search and RPO firm, est. 2003. No jargon and no gates — just how senior hiring actually works.
Everything here is written from the searches we actually run — 5,000+ senior mandates, 300+ clients, one Mumbai office — in plain language, for people making a hiring decision rather than studying the industry. Start anywhere; each guide stands alone.
HIRING MODELS
Executive search vs RPO.
Two models, two economics — and why using one where the other belongs is expensive in both directions.
HIRING MODELS
Retained vs contingent search.
How the two agreements differ in incentive, effort and outcome — and when each is the right buy.
PROCESS
How a retained search actually runs.
Brief to joining day, stage by stage — and what you should see at every step.
THE BRIEF
Writing a brief that works.
A job description describes a person. A brief describes an outcome. The difference decides the search.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidential search, explained.
Why some mandates never carry a name, and what a sealed process looks like from both sides.
OFFERS
Counter-offers and the last mile.
Where senior hires are lost between yes and joining day — and what each side can do about it.
GCC HIRING
Leadership for your India GCC.
The first three hires decide a centre's ceiling — the site head, the sequence, and the stalls.
We don’t just discover talent. We unearth the exceptional.
SYMPHONI HR · EST. 2003 · MUMBAI