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The right hire can change the trajectory of a business.

Every candidate we put in front of you has been sourced, interviewed, reference-checked and matched to your work culture as well as the specific requirements of the position.

Mandates we run

  • CXO and board-level appointments
  • Functional heads — Sales, Operations, Finance, HR, Legal
  • Plant, project and site leadership
  • Business unit and P&L leadership
  • Senior specialists and technical experts
  • Confidential and replacement searches

Confidential and replacement searches handled discreetly.

Why Top Hire

What you get from a firm that stays small on purpose.

A large agency measures itself on volume. We measure ourselves on whether the person we placed is still doing well a year later.

A limited number of engagements

We deliberately cap how many mandates we run at once. You are not one of forty open roles on a recruiter's dashboard — you get senior attention from the first briefing to the joining date.

Access to people who are not applying

Through a wide network of contacts built within the industry since 2016, TOPHIRE has access to a large pool of potential professional candidates. Our exhaustive search helps match the client–candidate profile.

Vetted before you see them

Sourcing, interviewing, reference checking and culture matching all happen on our side. Every profile that reaches your inbox has already been through it.

Culture fit, not just skill fit

We match candidates with clients both in terms of the work culture and the specific requirements of the position. A technically perfect hire who cannot work with your team is not a hire.

Domain expertise across sectors

We possess the domain expertise to understand the critical issues facing your business, and we offer proven modules and comprehensive services that streamline process and reduce complexity of operations.

India-focused reach

We provide customised recruitment services across India, with a practical understanding of local talent markets, industry expectations and hiring timelines.

Services for employers

Three ways we support a hiring organisation.

Search is where most engagements start. Often the more useful conversation is about how the role should be structured, or who inside the business could grow into it.

Executive Search Consulting

Finding the right fit for a role — leadership or otherwise — can be tough, and we understand this. We aim to find the right connect, not the fastest one.

  • CXO, functional head and senior specialist mandates
  • Confidential and replacement searches handled discreetly
  • Structured competency interviews before any profile reaches you
Explore executive search

Business Consulting

We help people with end-to-end business growth strategy, advisory and solutioning — on how they can start and expand their business.

  • Growth strategy and market-entry advisory
  • Organisation design and manpower planning
  • Process streamlining to reduce operating complexity
Explore business consulting

Leadership Consulting

We believe every individual has the capability within to become a leader — irrespective of career stage, life stage or hierarchy.

  • Leadership assessment and capability mapping
  • Succession planning for critical positions
  • One-on-one coaching across career and life stages
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Search process

From your first call to their first day.

We will come back to you the same working day. If your requirement is urgent, call the office directly — someone senior will pick up.

  1. 01

    Understand the mandate

    We start with a proper briefing — the role, the reporting line, the team it sits in, the compensation band and, just as importantly, the culture a person has to survive in. A search that skips this stage produces resumes, not hires.

  2. 02

    Search and shortlist

    We work our network across the industry rather than posting and waiting. Every candidate is interviewed by us, reference-checked and matched against both the work culture and the specific requirements of the position before you ever see the profile.

  3. 03

    Interview and evaluate

    We coordinate the entire interview process end to end — scheduling, feedback collection, follow-ups — so your team spends its time evaluating strong candidates instead of chasing calendars.

  4. 04

    Close and onboard

    We manage the offer conversation, the counter-offer risk and the notice period, and we stay in touch after joining. Our commitment is equally to candidates, who rely on us for unbiased feedback and career advice.

Industries

Sectors where our network runs deep.

If your industry is not listed, call us anyway — we regularly take mandates in adjacent sectors, and we will say so on the first call if our network does not reach yours.

Specialist services

Financial Services and Consulting

Financial services, advisory and consulting organisations

Search-ready
Consumer & growth sectors

Media and Advertising

Media, creative, marketing and advertising organisations

Search-ready
Specialist services

Physical Security

Guarding, electronic security and physical risk operations

Search-ready
Specialist services

Forensic Investigation

Fraud examination, due diligence and forensic investigation teams

Search-ready
Consumer & growth sectors

Research and Marketing

Market research, insights, brand and marketing functions

Search-ready
Consumer & growth sectors

Education

Schools, higher education, training and learning businesses

Search-ready
Consumer & growth sectors

E-commerce

Digital commerce, marketplaces and online retail operations

Search-ready
Industrial & infrastructure

Power and Energy

Power, energy, utilities and allied infrastructure

Search-ready
Industrial & infrastructure

Infrastructure

EPC, construction, real estate and project delivery

Search-ready
Specialist services

Legal

In-house legal, compliance and regulatory roles

Search-ready
Industrial & infrastructure

Automobile

OEMs, component manufacturers and dealer networks

Search-ready
Specialist services

Banking & Insurance

Banking, insurance and allied financial institutions

Search-ready
Industrial & infrastructure

Telecommunication

Telecom, connectivity and communications businesses

Search-ready
General information

The practical questions, answered upfront.

Everything here is agreed in writing before a search begins, so there are no surprises at invoice time.

With a proper briefing — usually a 30 to 45 minute call. We want the role, the reporting line, the team, the compensation band and an honest description of the culture a person has to survive in.

A shortlist of candidates we have personally interviewed and reference-checked, with our written assessment of each against your brief — not a forwarded pile of resumes.

Our fee is paid by you, the hiring company, and is agreed in writing before the search starts. Candidates are never charged anything.

Replacement terms are agreed upfront as part of the engagement letter, so there is no argument about it later. Ask us for the specifics when we discuss your mandate.

We will give you a realistic timeline at the briefing stage based on the seniority and specificity of the role — and we will tell you early if the brief and the market are not matching.

Yes. Replacement searches and searches your own team does not yet know about are handled discreetly as a matter of routine.

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