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Shields Group Search
Shields Group Search was named in 1 of the 9 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 38 of the 235 AI responses sampled across those questions (16.2%).
Shields Group Search is strongest on “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”, where it was named in 38 of 235 responses (16.2%), placing it in tier 3 of that report.
What Shields Group Search is surfaced for in executive search firms
Based on the measured answers, Shields Group Search is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”.
How the answers describe the firmConducts executive and technical recruiting for venture-backed startups from Seed through Series C.
In this sample, Shields Group Search was named on 1 of the 8 executive search firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Executive search startups — named in 38 of 235 responses (16.2%), tier 3.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in executive search firms
Shields Group Search was named on 1 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads executive search firms overall: Spencer Stuart tops 3 of 8 · Egon Zehnder tops 1 of 8 · Heidrick & Struggles tops 1 of 8 · Korn Ferry tops 1 of 8 · Riviera Partners tops 1 of 8 · Russell Reynolds Associates tops 1 of 8. See all reports.
Where Shields Group Search was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which search firms work with venture-backed startups? | 3 | 38 of 235 | 16.2% |
What Shields Group Search gets named for
Across the 9 executive search firms questions measured, Shields Group Search is named most often on “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?” — it appears in 38 of the 235 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 16.2% of them.
That is the only question in this set where Shields Group Search cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.
What Shields Group Search’s tier placings mean
On “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”, Shields Group Search sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 38 of 235 responses (16.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 34.5% of responses against Shields Group Search’s 16.2%. It shares tier 3 with Recruits Lab, ON Partners, OneWay Recruiting and SPMB, which the sample cannot separate from it.
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Shields Group Search when asked buyer questions about executive search firms. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Shields Group Search did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
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