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BlueSteps for Candidates

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Why Executive Candidates Should Connect with AESC Member Executive Search Firms

The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) is the professional association for the leading executive search firms in the world. By working through AESC member executive search firms and recruiters, executive candidates can ensure quality standards and ethics, confidentiality, and a strong commitment to diversity throughout the recruitment process, all upheld by the AESC Candidate Bill of Rights.

Karen Greenbaum

AESC President & CEO

Why Executive Candidates Should Join AESC’s BlueSteps Executive Career Service

BlueSteps members join a global and diverse community of leaders and increase their visibility to the 200+ executive search firms and 16,000+ executive recruitment professionals in AESC’s membership AESC member executive search firms and recruiters use the BlueSteps database of candidates to source and uncover new talent for the 100,000+ executive and board positions they fill for organizations each year. The majority of these roles are confidential and never advertised. By submitting their career information to BlueSteps, executives discover job opportunities they’d otherwise never know about and become instantly searchable by all executive search firms in AESC.

Benefits of BlueSteps Membership


  • Create a profile & get noticed by executive search firms placing executives like you.
  • Connect with recruiters who specialize in roles you want with our global directory.
  • Gain clarity on which step to take next in your career in a consult with an advisor.
  • Sharpen your career strategy in workshops with advisors & personal branding experts.
  • Stay ahead of the competition with expert career advice in webinars, guides, reports & newsletters.
  • Access executive job listings all in one place.
  • Benchmark your pay with our executive compensation tool.
  • Set & track goals that get you where you want to be.

Free Career Resources

From executive job search to polishing your professional brand, learn how BlueSteps can support your executive career by downloading our free resources.

  • Executive Career Webinars

    Get new insights on building your executive career from best-in-class executive recruiters & career coaches.

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  • Executive Career Guides

    Access how-to guides from global career experts to help you build your professional brand and advance in your career.

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