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INDUSTRIES, EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Candidate data security and consultant mobility.

Executive search firms run on confidence: clients trust you with confidential mandates, candidates trust you with their careers. The technology underneath has to match. We deliver secure, reliable IT for executive search and talent advisory firms across Australia.

WHAT WE RUN FOR SEARCH FIRMS

Managed IT for executive search, run by one team.

Systems that keep pace with the deal

The tools your consultants work in, email, documents and your candidate database, stay fast and available when a search is moving, with the software providers managed for you.

Candidate data kept confidential

Confidential candidate and client information is protected, with controls that stop a shortlist or a reference reaching the wrong hands.

Nothing leaves by accident

Controls that catch the misdirected email or the over-shared link before confidential information walks out the door.

Your candidate database protected

Your candidate and client database kept running, connected and secured, so consultant history and relationships are never lost or exposed.

Back up and running fast

Firm, candidate and client data safely copied and quickly restored, so a lost laptop or an attack never stalls a live mandate.

Consultants mobile and secure

Laptops and phones set up so consultants work securely from anywhere, with the ability to lock or wipe a lost device instantly.

Help at deal speed

Real engineers answer when something breaks during a live search, not a ticket that sits while a placement slips.

Secure client and candidate portals

The application portals and career sites candidates and clients see, hosted and secured to the same standard as everything else.

WHAT WE TYPICALLY DELIVER

The executive search technology baseline

PLATFORM

Secure by default

A secure baseline across sign-in, email and devices, with strong sign-in protection and every consultant device managed.

DATA

Candidate confidentiality controls

Confidential candidate and client information protected, with controls on what can be shared externally and your candidate database secured.

COMPLIANCE

Security and privacy handled

Your security lifted to a recognised standard and aligned to the privacy rules for personal information, with candidate data classified, retained and disposed of under a documented policy.

MOBILITY

Consultant devices managed

Laptops and phones set up ready to go, encrypted, and able to be locked or wiped instantly if one is lost, so consultants stay mobile without the risk.

CLIENT-FACING

Secure candidate portals

The application portals, content sites and career pages your candidates and clients see, hosted and managed to the same security standard as everything else.

RESILIENCE

Backup and tested recovery

Regularly tested restores of email, files and your candidate database, with agreed recovery times for the periods a live assignment cannot afford to lose.

WHY IT MATTERS HERE

The two failure modes that hurt search firms most

1. Candidate data leak. An over-shared link, a forwarded email, or a stolen laptop without encryption. Any one of them can end a mandate, sometimes a firm.

2. Consultant downtime. Executive search runs on consultant velocity. An hour of unplanned downtime during a live search is a real commercial cost. The fix is reliable systems and a help desk that actually answers.

ALWAYS ON

Your systems, watched around the clock.

Your systems are monitored day and night, and every warning is checked by a real engineer, not ignored. When an account looks compromised the response is timed in minutes, not hours, because a leaked candidate is a mandate lost.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Common questions

What IT and security does an executive search firm need?
Confidential candidate and client data protected end to end, a candidate database kept fast and available, consultants able to work securely from anywhere, tested backups, and security lifted to a recognised standard with the privacy rules for personal information built in. BaseHost runs all of it as one accountable team, monitored around the clock.
Can you support our candidate database and CRM?
Yes. Even where another vendor makes the software, we are your single point of contact and work directly with them to keep it running, connected and secure, whether you use Invenias, Bullhorn, Clinch or another platform.
How do you keep confidential candidate data from leaking?
Controls that catch a misdirected email or an over-shared link before it leaves, careful control of what can be shared externally, tracked access, and encrypted devices that can be locked or wiped instantly if one is lost.
Our consultants work everywhere. Can you keep them mobile and secure?
Yes. Laptops and phones are set up so consultants work securely from any location, with strong sign-in protection and the ability to lock or wipe a lost device instantly, so mobility never becomes a risk.
Are you Melbourne-based, and do you support firms interstate?
BaseHost is Melbourne-based, in Brighton, and has supported Australian businesses since 2004, and we support search firms right across Australia. Day-to-day work is delivered remotely with around-the-clock monitoring and senior-engineer support, and on-site help is available across the country, next business day, when hands-on work is needed. Interstate firms get the same team and the same guaranteed response times.

WHAT WE SOLVE FOR EXECUTIVE SEARCH

IT that moves at deal speed and never leaks.

Confidential candidate data, privacy obligations across jurisdictions, secure ways to share shortlists and references, and a deal cadence that moves on its own clock. We have supported boutique firms and global brands. The systems must move at deal speed, never leak a candidate, and never be the reason a placement falls over. That means the right access controls, careful handling of data, a clear record of who did what, and a support team that understands why a call at 7 PM on a Friday matters.

Your competitive edge is your network and your discretion. Our job is to keep both protected without making you think about IT. When a partner sends a candidate document to the wrong client, we want a control that catches it. When an account is compromised, we want the response timed in minutes, not hours.

Run a search firm? Free 30-minute review of your setup.

Free 30-minute review with a senior engineer. We look at your security setup and how confidential candidate data flows through your firm, and hand you the findings, whether or not you work with us.