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Retained Executive Search — Est. 2000 · Little Rock, AR + Southeast + Nationwide
The best construction executives are already employed — closing your competitor's backlog, not refreshing a job board. Since 2000, Jackson & Associates has gone to get them: retained executive search for general building, infrastructure, manufacturing, heavy industrial, oil & gas and real estate development. Over 90% of our revenue comes from clients who came back for the next hire.
Active mandate
VP Operations — ENR Top 400 GC
120 mapped · 32 assessed · 8 shortlisted
02 · The Record, Audited
Sourced from the firm's engagement ledger, 2000–2025
METHODOLOGY — Each figure is drawn from Jackson's internal engagement ledger and is verifiable on a first call. Figures marked † reference a single documented client relationship, 2005–present.
03 · Signature Instrument — 4-in-1
Configure a mandate the way we configure one internally. Every figure below recalculates live from 25 years of placement data — talent map, search funnel, candidate quality profile, and compensation benchmark — the same math we bring to your first call.
Talent map — mapped leadership pool
X: total comp band · Y: mandate complexity · dot size: org scale
Engagement timeline — 7 weeks to offer, 12 months of follow-through
Candidate pool — how a shortlist gets earned
1 in 4 presented leaders is hiredProfile of the passive leaders in this pool
Jackson approach metrics — recalculated for this mandate
Industry comparison: national contingency firms average 12–18% placement survival at 12 months. Jackson's repeat ledger: 90%+.
Candidate quality score — 5 dimensions
CompositeCompensation benchmark — this mandate
Full visualizer ↓Recent placements matching this mandate
04 · Approach
When a senior construction role sits empty, the damage isn't a line item — it's lost profits, lost productivity, and lost sleep. Since 2000 our recruiters have operated as an extension of some of the industry's most prominent firms, delivering high-performing leaders whose expertise saves money and time from week one.
Fig. 02 — Shortlist calibration, week 5
No candidate is presented before a thorough internal evaluation. We profile skill sets, leadership style, and industry experience before your name ever enters the conversation — which is why 1 in 4 leaders we present gets hired.
Every partnership is customized. We learn your business goals, your team, and your position in the market inside out — boutique flexibility with big-firm results, white-glove from first call to follow-up.
Searches leak → staff panic → competitors circle. Our outreach is confidential by design: blind profiles, controlled documents, and honest market reality delivered without pressure — the transparency our clients say they value most.
We follow up on every completed placement — at 30, 90, 180 days and one year — ensuring both parties enjoy mutual satisfaction. That discipline is the entire reason 90%+ of revenue walks back through our door.
The values we hire against — ours and theirs
05 · Services & The Cost of Waiting
Model your exposure below with real numbers — then see the three ways Jackson removes it.
Construction leadership ROI calculator
Free instrument · no email requiredMethodology: ≈2% of at-risk project value per month in margin bleed + delay exposure + safety exposure. Conservative against BLS construction turnover data.
Cost of vacancy / month
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Total exposure
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Retained fee vs. exposure
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The problem: the executives you need are already employed and will never apply. The vehicle: exclusive retained mandate — sourcing, reporting, interviews, compensation negotiation, resignation and onboarding handled end-to-end. The outcome: C-suite and senior leaders who move your bottom line — profits up, inefficiencies out, new solutions in.
Project managers and superintendents identified for growth — each placed candidate is evaluated for the executive trajectory, so you invest once and promote from within.
Salary surveys, competitive analysis, and the design of better in-house recruiting departments — the same instruments Jackson uses on retained work, delivered standalone.
Also delivered on every engagement
06 · Compensation Intelligence
Underpay and the leader you need takes the offer across town. Overpay and you've explained a comp inversion to the rest of your org. Since 2000 we've benchmarked construction compensation across 31 states — it's the quiet reason our offers close and our placements stay.
Delivered as a document — the same instrument used on retained mandates. No call required.
Salary benchmark visualizer
Live modelEnter experience between 5 and 45 years.
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—Indicative first-year cash compensation, base + target bonus
07 · The Record
Representative engagements from the ledger — client names withheld wherever confidentiality applies. Tap any row for the mandate brief and methodology.
| Client | Role | Leader | Year | Specialty | Comp | Measured impact |
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No placements match that filter — yet.
The ledger runs 42+ leaders and counting. Reset the filters, or tell us the mandate you don't see — confidential searches never appear in public tables.
08 · Client Voices, On the Record
Thorough, exhaustive diligence and perseverance — particularly finding the right candidates for challenging opportunities with a relocation component. The non-pressure environment and level of detail caught our attention immediately.
Highly professional and thorough — and not afraid to give us honest, accurate information about market realities. The transparency was essential.
Since 2005 we have hired 42 key executive management leaders through Jackson. They understand the business side of construction — every placement has made an immediate impact on our bottom line, whether through new project opportunities, new verticals, or better ways of doing business.
$2B
annual revenue growth attributed to Jackson placements by this client's CFO — from mid-sized GC struggling to scale, to national contender.
CFO · $2B General Contractor · verified
09 · Active Searches
For employers: this is what active demand for construction leadership looks like. For leaders: these mandates are confidential — submitting your profile never reaches your current employer.
10 · Areas of Expertise
103 tracked keywords across construction, real estate & institutional work
11 · How the Search Runs
Most firms quote 6–9 months and disappear after the signature. Ours is a protocol refined across two decades: you approve one shortlist a week, and we carry every step — sourcing to resignation to the 12-month check-in.
12 · The Firm
At large firms, a senior partner sells and a junior associate searches. At Jackson, the person who takes your call is the person who maps your market. Matt Jackson has led every practice area personally since founding the firm in 2000.
Across the full 11-person team
Mandy Horton — Operational Specialist · Kris Cherry — Search Coordination · Rickey Adams — Operations, Albany GA · +3 research & support
13 · The Record
From the news desk
14 · Engage — Confidential
Tell us the mandate — confidentially. Matt reviews every inquiry personally and responds within 24 hours with an honest read on market reality, comp, and timeline. If we're not the right firm, we'll say so.
Direct lines
Capacity — honest scarcity
We take 5 new retained searches per month. That's the entire reason the work holds up.
This month: 2 of 5 seats open · waitlist activates at 5/5
Prefer to vet us first?
Received. Now the clock is on us.
Matt reviews every inquiry personally — expect a reply within 24 hours. Here's what happens next:
Risk, reversed
What a retained engagement actually includes
Total value
$6,800+
Your investment
Standard fee*
You avoid
$500K+
*Standard retained fee: one-third of first-year cash compensation. Priced against the value delivered — a leader who moves an $85M backlog — not the hours spent.
