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FirstSourceTeam manages your job search end to end
You're not doing this alone. We work on it with you every week, from the first call to the signed offer, and we get your finances sorted too.
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A search strategy built around you
The roles, companies and search firms worth your time.
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A brand that brings recruiters to you
LinkedIn rebuilt so headhunters find you.
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A resume tailored to every posting
Adapted to each role so it clears the screening software.
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A search we run with you
Introductions, interview prep and offer support.
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Your finances stabilized
Retirement income mapped before you accept.
AI raised the bar for every senior role. We use it to clear the bar.
Senior roles now ask for new skills, and AI screening filters out candidates who would be a great fit. We answer with our own tools and agents, so a small team does the work of a much larger one, and every move is guided by people who have done this for 20 years.
Tailors every application and tracks each reply
Defines the benchmark candidate for each role
Scans job boards around the clock for roles that fit
Agent toolkit
Agents that watch every job board
Our agents search job boards and company career sites around the clock and bring back the roles that fit you best.
- Running 24/7
- Fit scored for every posting
- New roles the day they post
Agents that define the benchmark
For each role, agents study the posting, the company and the people in similar seats to build the profile of the candidate to beat.
- Role and company research
- Benchmark candidate profile
- Gaps mapped against your history
Experts who turn it into offers
Our strategists take what the agents find and make the calls only people can: your positioning, your introductions, your negotiation.
- Resume tailored per posting
- Recruiter introductions
- Interview and offer coaching
Free, one hour, live every Wednesday. Or book a private call.
The job search you knew is gone.
The executive search has changed more in five years than in the twenty before.
- A recruiter read your resumeSoftware screens it before anyone reads it
- You applied to open rolesRecruiters find you through search
- Your title spoke for youRoles ask for skills that didn’t exist yet
You don’t have to venture alone. FST is a team of experts who guide you through every part of it.
- Rating on Google
- 4.9
- Rating on Google
- Professionals placed
- 100,000+
- Professionals placed
Client stories
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Insights
Guides for your search, your severance and what comes next.
Labor marketDid your employer give proper notice of the layoff? WARN rules for employeesLarger employers usually owe 60 days' notice of a mass layoff or closing, and some states require 90. How to tell whether the law covered your layoff, what you're owed if notice was short, and how WARN pay affects unemployment.Read the article
Workforce planningDoes the WARN Act apply? Federal and state notice rules, with a calculatorFederal WARN requires 60 days' notice of a plant closing or mass layoff at employers with 100 or more full-time employees. Sixteen states add their own rules, some with 90 days' notice or required severance. The thresholds, the cost of missing notice, and a check for your layoff.Read the article
Labor marketHow long do you have to sign a severance release if you're 40 or older?Federal law gives you at least 21 days, or 45 in a group layoff, plus 7 days to change your mind after signing. What the clock counts from, what the release must tell you, and a date calculator.Read the article
Labor marketHow long will my money last after a layoff? A job-search runway calculatorSavings, severance and unemployment benefits, divided by what you spend each month. The formula, a worked example, and why the number matters more than it seems for people over 55.Read the article
Workforce planningHow to design a severance plan: formulas by level, minimums, caps and the rules that applyMost employers pay severance by a formula set by level and tenure, with a floor and a cap. What 600 US employers do, what public companies pay executives, and the ERISA, tax and release rules that shape the design.Read the article
Labor marketIs my severance offer typical? How employers set severance, and a calculatorMost employers pay severance by a formula: weeks per year of service, with a minimum and a cap, often by level. What the 2027 survey data shows, how to check your own offer, and what to ask for.Read the article- Every guide, in one placeSee all insights