Akhil Yerneni and Claire Carter are both partners at the Executive Search firm, Anderson Quigley. In this episode, Akhil and Claire demystify the role of an executive search firm in relation to both permanent and interim roles for HE professional services and academic staff and, amongst other topics, offer advice on how and when to work with firms to maximise engagement.  This episode is kindly sponsored by the Academic Registrars Council (ARC). ARC is the national forum of senior managers responsible for the academic administration of student matters in publicly funded universities and colleges of Higher Education within the UK.