A global search firm cannot recruit out of its own clients. When those clients are the four largest miners in the country, that puts the deepest pool of Chilean mining talent off the table.
Retained search runs on an off-limits rule: you do not recruit out of your own client. It is the right rule. It is also, in a market this concentrated, a structural blind spot.
That is not a gap in capability. It is a gap in who is allowed to look.
We recruit for the roles where the judgement is regulatory before it is operational, and we have no such client list to protect.
In Chile and Peru who can do the role, with track record, current employer and tenure.
What the role pays in the market, not what the published salary guide says.
Availability signals, without approaching anyone yet.
Whether the role is fillable in the time you have, and what would need to change in the profile if it is not.
Fixed, closed price with no hourly billing. Guaranteed turnaround from receipt of complete background material. The full value of the package is credited against the following mandate if you engage us within six months. Delivered as a signed document plus a 60-minute presentation session.
Chief executives and boards that know they need the role and have not yet opened a search. Typical mandates: Corporate Affairs, Legal, Permitting and Environment, Communities, Country Manager.
Retained search is billed in three milestones and carries a 180-day replacement guarantee. The fee is set by the role.
A human capital plan is not solved from a single discipline. We work in alliance, with separate and traceable responsibilities.
Leighton Consulting. Workforce mapping, assessments and coordination between the parties.
Estribor. Staffing requirements, multi-year plan, competency architecture, governance and indicators.
Universidad Santo Tomás. Academic design and delivery, over a technical, professional and continuing education network with national coverage.
Estribor. Assessment and certification under its own governance, functionally independent from training.
Kingsley Gate. C-suite, senior management and specialised leadership, with a global network and a presence across Latin America.
Each party owns its layer and invoices separately. No member of the alliance commits prices or terms on behalf of another. See how the alliance works →
Nine in all. Clients usually start with the one that unblocks the next decision, not with the biggest one.
US$11,000 · 3 weeks. Susceptibility of direct impact, judicial resilience, minutes and agreements with redlines, and an inventory of the commitments still live.
US$14,000 · 3 weeks. Mining title, easements, water rights, environmental admissibility of the mine plan and an audit of the permitting schedule. What the technical report does not cover.
US$13,000 · 4 weeks. Headcount by phase, the critical profile gaps, the accredited training providers and the subsidy cut-off that decides when to start.
Cultural gaps and different regulatory frameworks are tremendously intimidating when investing in an unknown jurisdiction. Sound professional support provides an edge.
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