Signals
Hiring signals
Agents watch the industries you recruit into for the changes that mean a company is about to hire.
★ Lead acquisition for executive search / By HOG ★
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Sausage is the executive search cut of HOG, built for search firms, retained search consultants and headhunters. It alerts you when a company is about to hire at the top, finds the person who owns the appointment and tells you who in your book to call. Then it can make the approach on LinkedIn for you. All of the meat, and your records are stored on your own machine.
All Meat
§ 01 — The Problem
You don't need another CV database. You need the mandate. By the time a leadership role is advertised, someone else has it. Hearing first is the whole job.
- I.
Thou shalt hear it first.
A company growing, raising, reorganising or losing people. Sausage watches for the changes that come before a senior hire.
- II.
Thou shalt find the one who hires.
Knowing a company isn't knowing who owns the appointment. Sausage finds the hiring manager or the head of talent, and a way to reach them.
- III.
Thou shalt keep thy mouth shut.
Senior hiring is sensitive. Sausage stores candidate records, client names and search notes on your own machine, not in our database.
§ 02 — The Platform
Pick from the wall.
What a search consultant needs to win a mandate and start working it, with agents doing the legwork so your people can get on with the conversation.
Sausage Flash — Sheet No. 13 —
Owner
Hiring decision makers
Find the hiring manager who owns the role, or the head of talent who owns how the company buys search.
Briefing
Who to call today
A short morning list of the companies worth a call now, ranked by how fresh the hiring signal is.
Approach
LinkedIn outreach
Approaches written for one person, not ten thousand. Sausage sends them from your LinkedIn account, or drafts them for you to send.
Search
Role searches
Open a search for a role and Sausage gathers candidates for it, starting with the people in your own book.
Book
Your existing book
Import past clients, hiring managers and candidates from a spreadsheet or Zoho. Records are stored on your own machine.
The Fry Up
Sell something besides search? Add Bacon and work both sides of the plate.
Order the Fry Up →§ 03 — The Signals (go on, take a shot)
Knows when a big chair empties.
Growth
A company growing fast needs leaders to match.
Raise
New funding usually means new senior hires.
Reorg
A reorganisation opens roles at the top.
Exits
Departures leave chairs to backfill.
§ 04 — How It Works
From signal to the chair.
- 01
Set your patch
Tell Sausage the industries you recruit into and bring in your book.
- 02
Hear it first
Agents flag the companies showing a live hiring signal.
- 03
Find the owner
Sausage finds the person who owns the hire and how to reach them.
- 04
Make the approach
Sausage messages them on LinkedIn for you, or drafts it for you to send. A human closes.
§ 05 — Questions
Executive search, straight up.
What does Sausage do?
Sausage is lead acquisition for executive search. It watches the industries you recruit into, alerts you when a company shows signs of hiring, finds the person who owns the appointment and tells you who to call.
Who is Sausage for?
Executive search firms, retained search consultants and boutique headhunters.
How is Sausage different from an applicant tracking system?
An applicant tracking system waits for people to apply. Sausage goes looking, for the companies about to hire and for the person there who owns the decision.
Does Sausage help fill the role too?
Yes. Open a search for a role and Sausage gathers candidates for it, starting with the people already in your book.
Can Sausage contact people for me?
Yes, on LinkedIn. Sausage writes an approach for that one person and sends it from your own LinkedIn account. If you would rather read every message first, it drafts and you send.
Where does Sausage keep my data?
On your own machine. Candidate records, client names and search notes are stored locally, not in our database. Research and drafting send prompts to an AI model, and those can include contact details.
§ 06 — Place Your Order
What'll it
be, big shot?
Tell us who you sell to, who you recruit for, or both. We reply within one cigarette break (working days).[Dummy.]
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