Often completed before an executive search, leadership hire, or difficult-to-fill position.
THE REVIEW AT A GLANCE
WHO USES THIS
Best for organizations that:
WHAT WE COMMONLY FIND
Patterns that often explain why a role stays open:
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
What the market said about the role across location, work environment, compensation and motivation, in plain language.
What people in this role earn today, what they expect to make a move, and where your package stands.
Why people leave, why they stay, what they value most and the objections they raise about roles like yours.
What is most likely keeping the role open: pay, role design, expectations, reporting structure, location, positioning or availability.
Designed to help leadership understand:
We walk through findings, risks and next steps with your leadership team and answer your questions.
Because the review is built on real conversations, you'll also know whether qualified people in your market are open to talking, before you commit to a search.
WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT
Before recruiting starts, leadership receives intelligence drawn from real candidate conversations, compensation feedback, market conditions, and hiring patterns.
The goal is not simply to find people. The goal is to make better hiring decisions.
INVESTMENT
| Growth Bottleneck Assessment | Market Intelligence Review | BuildFit AI Pilot Program | Growth Infrastructure Program | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaders asking | What is actually slowing us down? | What is the market telling us? | Why are our hiring decisions inconsistent? | We know what needs fixing. Who will help us do it? |
| Primary goal | Internal clarity and priorities | External clarity before you hire | Better hiring decisions | Better organizational performance |
| What you get | Findings, priorities and a 90-day roadmap | Market report, compensation snapshot and recommendations | Full BuildFit AI access and structured, consistent hiring on every role | Hiring, systems and workflow improvements put in place |
| Timeline | About 3 weeks | About 2 weeks | 90 days | About 60 days |
| Investment | $5,000 fixed | $3,500 fixed | $20,000 fixed | $50,000 fixed |
Start with intelligence. If you engage Mainframe Solutions for an executive search or the Growth Infrastructure Program within 30 days of receiving your report, the full $3,500 is credited toward that engagement.
The credit applies only to new executive search engagements and the Growth Infrastructure Program, not to searches already underway, the Growth Bottleneck Assessment, BuildFit AI™ pilots or other separate projects.
No. It’s market intelligence. Some clients use it before a search, some use it to fix the role and hire on their own, and some use it to decide whether a search makes sense at all.
No. The review shares what the market said, not who said it, and conversations stay confidential. If you move forward with a search, it starts with the market work already done. If we introduce a candidate and you hire them within one year, standard search terms apply.
Yes. It’s designed for roles that have been open too long, keep turning over, or have already gone through a search that didn’t work.
Because many hiring challenges get easier once compensation, expectations and market realities are clear. A search built on the right role and the right package is more likely to succeed.
The assessment looks inside your company at what is slowing growth. The review looks outside at what the market is saying about a role. Many clients use both.
Yes. The review clarifies what the market expects; BuildFit AI helps your team evaluate every candidate against the same definition of success.
Yes. Confidentiality terms are part of the agreement, and your information is used only for your review.
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
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Before you post the role again or invest in a search, understand what the market is actually telling you. A short conversation is the easiest way to see whether the review is a fit.
