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At Harken Search, we help businesses across the Built Environment sector hire exceptional leaders and teams.

From land and planning through to delivery, sales, and executive leadership, we understand the pressures of building and we know where to find the people who can solve them.

We deliver leaders who strengthen teams, accelerate programmes, and create long‑term value across projects and communities.

And while results matter, responsibility matters too. We donate a minimum of 10% of our profits to charities supporting grief, homelessness, and environmental protection. We also champion inclusive hiring and partner with organisations that value diversity, transparency, and long‑term thinking.

Why Clients Choose Us

  • We are a specialist. That means better conversations, faster traction, and candidates who genuinely fit your world.

  • We work as an extension of your team. No offloading, no database dumps, just thoughtful, hands-on recruitment by experts who care.

  • Our hires stay, succeed, and shape strategy. We follow up post-placement and offer feedback loops to ensure lasting value.

  • We donate 10% of our revenue to charities aligned with housing, inequality, and human rights and we’re committed to values that echo the B Corp movement.

Our Services

Exec Search.

Our premium, fully retained search designed for business-critical leadership hires.


We deliver a deeply consultative process with full competency-based interviews, psychometric testing, and in-depth reporting. You’ll receive a small, highly curated shortlist of fully assessed candidates, ready for final-stage evaluation.

Includes everything in Core Search, plus:

  • Deep stakeholder briefings

  • Executive behavioural interviews

  • Psychometric and Leadership testing

  • Cultural fit assessments

  • Cognitive testing if applicable for the role

  • Offer management and post-placement onboarding support

Best for:

  • Board and C-suite hires

  • New leadership roles

  • Sensitive or high-impact appointments

Core Search.

Ideal for strategic hires with moderate complexity.


We run a targeted searchacross both active and passive talent pools, including structured interviews, behavioural screening, and shortlisting aligned to your brief. This is a retained or part-retained model, offering greater commitment, depth, and candidate insight.

Includes:

  • Market mapping

  • Proactive outreach

  • Shortlist interviews with scorecard feedback

  • Regular progress updates

Best for:

  • Confidential searches

  • Growth hires

  • Leadership roles below exec level

Contingent

Ideal for straightforward hires where speed and flexibility are key.

We deliver a responsive search, presenting qualified candidates directly for consideration. This success‑based model offers rapid turnaround and commercial efficiency.

Includes:

  • Market outreach and candidate presentation

  • Shortlist delivery aligned to your brief

  • Regular communication throughout the process

Best for:

  • Volume or mid‑level hiring

  • Roles requiring quick turnaround

  • Businesses seeking flexibility without full retained commitment

What our clients are saying.

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    Regional Managing Director

    5* PLC Housebuilder

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    Managing Director

    5* PLC Housebuilder

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