Korn Ferry: a SafestHires case study

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm that helps clients design talent strategies, build leadership pipelines, and execute executive searches across industries and geographies. Their Australian practice was retained to conduct an executive search for two US-based candidates, a placement that required fast, reliable due diligence on a tight timeline.

The project called for a Financial Risk Search that would surface civil records and bankruptcy history for the two candidates. This is a specialized search that many background screening providers do not offer as a standard product, and the client's existing vendor was unable to deliver it. With the executive search moving quickly, the team needed a provider that could step in, understand the requirement, and execute without delay.

Bridget Gartland, a Project Coordinator at Korn Ferry, discovered SafestHires through an AI search and reached out to see if we could fill the gap. We responded quickly with clear, practical information and a straightforward process that gave the team confidence we could handle the urgency of the situation.

SafestHires onboarded the client and completed the Financial Risk searches for both candidates in the same day. The reports cleared the path for Korn Ferry to move forward with the placements, keeping the executive search on schedule and preserving the client relationship.