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1. What is involved in joining Private Equity Access as an executive?
Once you join Private Equity Access as an executive, we will ask you to complete a work experience profile and an interest profile. These profiles will allow us to intelligently match you to appropriate private equity deals as they come up. Your listing in our database will be available to the nation’s top private equity firms. In addition to being listed in our database, you will have access to our exclusive executive career resources. These career guides provide information on selecting and pursuing the right opportunities in the private equity industry. They have been developed exclusively for Private Equity Access members. You will also receive regular emails updating you on the latest trends in private equity to better refine your profile and your positioning.
2. How much will it cost to join Private Equity Access as an executive?
For an executive registration, Private Equity Access charges an annual fee of $149. Executive registration allows you build your profile and position yourself to access private equity opportunities. It also allows you to download our career resources to better position yourself for work within private equity. There is no obligation, and you can cancel your membership at any time.
3. How will I hear about private equity opportunities after I join?
Once your information is included in our database, you will immediately be accessible to the nation’s top private equity firms. When a firm feels that your profile matches their needs, you will receive an email detailing the firm that is interested and the deal involved. After you receive that e-mail, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the firm and their particular deal. You will easily be able to respond to that firm to let them know whether you are interested in pursuing the deal with them. Your contact information will only be provided to a private equity firm if you are interested in partnering with them.
4. How will you make sure I’m only matched with suitable opportunities?
Your work experience and interest profile will allow us to identify the opportunities that are well suited to your background. When a private equity firm provides the details of a new deal and the type of executive they are looking for, we will search our database based on those particular criteria. Our search process enables us to recommended you for those deals that match with your expertise and career goals.
5. Can I look for opportunities that are not full time, like consulting or serving on a board?
Yes. In your interest profile, we ask what types of positions you are interested in. These positions include portfolio company executive, board member, and consultant. We will not provide your information to a firm if the type of position they are looking for does not align with your interest profile selection.
6. Will private equity firms have access to my contact information?
A firm will only have access to your contact information if you agree to provide it. If you receive an email regarding an opportunity with a private equity firm, and you agree to partner with that firm, we will automatically forward your contact information to that firm. If you do not choose to partner with that firm, your contact information will remain confidential.
7. Can I remove myself from the executive database?
Yes, you may request to have your information removed from our database at any time. Your request will typically be fulfilled within two business days.
8. Can I proactively solicit private equity firms for openings I’m interested in?
No. Private Equity Access relies on an intelligent search to match the right executive to the right deal. As deals come up that suit your profile, we will contact you about these new opportunities. |
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1. What is involved in joining Private Equity Access as a firm?
Once your firm joins Private Equity Access, you will be able to search through hundreds of executive profiles to find the right individual to help manage your new deal. By inputting information about your deal and your criteria for an executive, Private Equity Access will intelligently search our database for executives that meet your needs. You will easily be able to contact executives that are a match for your deal, to track the executives you have already contacted, and to manage your inventory of active deals from your customized home page.
2. How much will it cost to join Private Equity Access as a firm?
To ensure that you are satisfied with our service, your first month of membership is absolutely free. You can have access to Private Equity Access for 30 days at no charge with no obligation. If you decide to continue your membership after the 30-day trial period, our firm membership fee is $299 per month. After your trial period, our system will automatically bill your credit card each month to make membership as streamlined as possible for your and your firm.
3. How do I conduct a search for an executive for my portfolio deal?
You can conduct an executive search for every deal in your firm’s portfolio. For each search, we will ask you to input information about the deal, such as industry, size, and location. Based on the information you provide, we will intelligently search our database of hundreds of executives to find the best individuals for your deal. Once our search is complete, we will provide you with a list of the top five executives that fit your deal based on the information you provided. Our interface makes it very simple to review the profile of each executive that fits your deal. Every executive is contained within your search results will be stored for you on your customized home page, so you will always have access to their profiles and a record of which executives you have already contacted.
4. Can I only search for CEOs, or can I also look for board members and consultants?
You can search for any type of role your deal needs. Our executives have all indicated whether they are interested in a board position, a consulting role, a C-Level executive position, or a VP role. That means that when you input what type of executive you are looking for, our intelligent search will target those executives that are ready to join a deal in that capacity. Private Equity Access will provide you with the right executive for the right role to perfectly fit your deal.
5. How do I make contact with executives that I’m interested in?
Private Equity Access makes identifying and contacting executives a seamless process for you and your firm. You enter the parameters of your portfolio deal and the characteristics of the executive you are looking for. Our intelligent search process will provide you with a list of five executives that are best suited to your opportunity. After you review the list, we will automatically contact the executives you are interested in by e-mail. Once an executive agrees to pursue your opportunity, we will email you and your firm with the contact information of that executive.
6. How do I keep track of the executives my firm has contacted?
Every executive that is returned to you as part of a search result will be stored on your firm’s personalized Private Equity Access home page. You can refer to that list of executives at any time when you login to our site. On the list, you will find the status of each executive: if they have been contacted and if they have responded. In addition, contact information will remain available for those executives that have agreed to partner with you firm.
7. How many searches can I perform?
Currently, a monthly firm membership includes searches for three (3) separate deals per month. As our service expands, we will begin to offer different levels of membership which can include additional monthly searches. |