Augment your direct search capabilities
Tricky Hire? We Got This!
Mapping, Research, Intros & Confidential Outreach for Senior & Specialist Vacancies
Seniority - Specialist & strategic hires
Functions - Business & Tech
Geography - Global
Why MTL?
Augment your inhouse direct search capabilities
Do all your confidential outreach through us
Augment your inhouse resources seasonally
Make your hiring costs predictable with our monthly retainer
Ad-hoc expertise and insights whenever you need it
What we offer
Let our team take care of or support you in any or all of the below:
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We are well connected across geographies, industries and functions. Our network and credibility give us access to market intelligence that you may otherwise not be able to uncover. Put us to the test!
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Irrespective of whether you have the intention to hire, we can provide an overview of all profiles relevant to your talent strategy.
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Whether confidential or not, the quality, relevance, credibility and channel of our outreach results in above average candidate interest and response rate. Let us do the heavy lifting for you!
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The ability to facilitate an introduction with a person of interest is often underrated. The professionalism and credibility of our headhunters gets you facetime with the people you need to talk to.
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Our headhunters are functional experts turned recruiter. Their ability to efficiently identify relevant candidates makes them every hiring manager’s darling. We make sure you only see the candidates you needed to see!
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Often neglected but key for making the right hiring decision, especially when strategically important roles are concerned: candidate assessment! We help you design interview screen cards as well as case studies that will expose unsuitable candidates.
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There is nothing more frustrating than losing a perfect candidate inches away from the finish line. Let us help you negotiate a win-win offer for both parties. Remember: Due to our pricing model, we have no incentive to drive up or inflate compensation packages!
About Us
Mettlesearch is a no-nonsense recruitment partner, specializing in filling the most challenging vacancies with speed and precision.
Whether it’s core corporate functions or strategic technology roles, we deliver high-impact talent across industries like retail, tech, finance, and beyond.
We thrive on solving complex hiring problems where other agencies fall short, offering deep expertise in sourcing hard-to-find candidates for critical roles.
Our flexible, tailored approach makes us the ideal solution for startups and SMEs that need on-demand, fractional talent acquisition expertise.
For larger enterprises, we act as a trusted extension of your internal teams, stepping in when the workload spikes, the role is confidential, or when hiring demands exceed internal capacity.
What sets us apart is our ability to deliver results within days—driven by our creative sourcing strategies, global reach, and relentless commitment to finding the right candidate, no matter how tough the assignment.
Meet the MTL Team
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Miro Koehler
DIRECTOR
Leadership & Transformation
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Megan Owen
DIRECTOR
Leadership & Transfomation
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Fairouz West
CONSULTANT
Tech & Product
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Katharina Goyke
CONSULTANT
Sales & Marketing
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Dr. Shawn Rogers
CONSULTANT
People & Finance
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Alfred Waligo
CONSULTANT
Tech & Product
FAQs
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Upon contacting us, we send out a brief survey to better understand the requirements. Upon receiving the answers to the survey, we schedule an intake meeting and in most cases we can present a first viable candidate profile within 7 days.
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We are so confident in our ability to guide and support you with our expertise and find relevant candidates for your vacancies that we wave the first month’s invoice of an annual subscription for new clients. As long as you cancel before the end of the first month or 30 day period, you will not be charged.
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We always find relevant candidates and we always advise our clients on how to best position a vacancy in the market. However, if the determined parameters do not attract the right candidates, our clients can always assign a different assignment to us or cancel their subscription altogether.
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An assignment is typically one or several tasks relating to one vacancy or talent initiative. E.g. you could ask us to do mapping, outreach and screening for a new finance vacancy. That would qualify as one assignment. If you added market research relating to a new sales vacancy, that would qualify as a second assignment (and require at least our ‘Permanent’ package).
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We at MTL are not a sales agency. Our priority is to deliver high quality headhunting services. We believe that a monthly fixed fee best aligns our interests with those of our clients. In addition it gives our clients full control over their hiring budget.
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Yes, upon request we also offer a hybrid retainer / commission model where we charge a 25% commission on the first year guaranteed compensation of the placed candidate.
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Yes, our monthly subscriptions can be canceled before the end of the month while yearly subscriptions can be cancelled by the end of a 12 month cycle.
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MTL is short for Mettle, which is defined as “the ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience”, which in turn describes our team’s competence and mentality very accurately.
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Everything! We have fixed recruiting: Starting with our price model, which aligns our and our clients’ interests, to our use of functional experts as recruiters, which results in much higher quality work and enhances our KPIs way above industry standards.