A TOPHEADS career assessment
19 questions, about 7 minutes. You will see the step where headhunters lose you: they don’t find you, they can’t read your scale, or they don’t know you. Answer by what is actually there today, not by what you plan to fix.
It follows a search the way a search firm runs it and shows the step where you drop out. At the end you get one of five levels and see your strongest and weakest side.
Six things, in the order a search checks them: can a researcher find you, can they read your scale, do consultants know you, does your track hold up, what they hear about you, and are you ready when the call comes.
Twenty-five years of executive search practice by Mike Torchinsky. One part also rests on research: in a 2025 US field experiment, employers in HR, financial reporting, marketing and IT jobs penalised candidates with many job changes (Hollister, Denier & St-Denis).
Almost everyone thinks their profile is fine. So the questions ask what is actually there: your headline, your numbers, the last call you answered.
About 7 minutes, 19 questions. Your level is free; the full breakdown opens with your email.
One of five levels, from “Invisible” to “On the Short List”, a score for each of the six areas, and up to three things that cost you the call most.
Directors, vice presidents and C-level leaders who would take the right call, even if they are not looking.
It shows where you probably drop out, not a guarantee. The surest test is how many calls you get in the next six months.