WHAT IT IS
The market, before you commit to a search
A search answers who you can hire. A mapping answers what is possible at all.
The research covers the companies that hold this talent, how their teams are built, how many people realistically match your profile, where they sit geographically and what they earn in practice. Nothing is based on a job board or a public database, everything comes from confidential screening.
That changes decisions earlier. Clients use a mapping to test a new location before signing a lease, to set a salary band they can defend internally, or to understand how a competitor has organised the function they are about to build themselves.
You end up with a written analysis rather than a shortlist: volumes, competitors, geography and reward, and a clear recommendation on whether a search is the right next step.
The market, on paper
TWO KINDS OF MAPPING
The market, or the people in it
Most briefings start with one and end up using both.
Market Mapping
Which organisations hold the talent you need, how the function is organised there, how large the pool is and how it is spread across the region.
Talent Mapping
The individuals in scope: seniority, background, and how realistic a move would be. Screened one by one, in confidence, without approaching anyone on your behalf.
THE DELIVERABLE
What lands on your desk
A written market-intelligence analysis, built entirely from confidential screening.
The size of the pool
How many people realistically match your profile, and how many of them are within reach.
Who holds them today
The companies that employ this talent, how those teams are structured and how they position themselves.
Geography and reward
Where the talent sits, what it earns in practice, and what it would take to move someone.
WHY AUTOMOTIVE LINKED
Why companies pick us
Large enough to search in more than 50 countries, small enough that the person who takes your briefing is the person who does the work.
Boutique attention, global reach
Small enough to know every candidate, with 80+ offices in 50+ countries and 300 consultants.
Direct search specialists
We approach the best people ourselves, we do not wait for applications.
100% transparent, no-nonsense
One point of contact, no account layers, and a shortlist that is actually hireable.
Screened one by one
Want to know what your market looks like?
Tell us the role and the region. We will tell you what a mapping would show.