The Shortlist™
The vetting of a recruiter. The speed of a search.
Exclusively for luxury retail sales talent in the United States and Canada.
Tell us the role. Our recruiting team delivers a curated shortlist of vetted, interested luxury retail sales professionals, sourced from the community we've cultivated since 2017 and scored by our proprietary BG Score™.
Flat fee. No placement percentage. No pile of applicants to sort.
What you get
A shortlist, not a pile.
A job post gets you two hundred applicants to sort yourself. The Shortlist gets you about 20 luxury retail sales candidates worth meeting: sourced, screened, and scored by our recruiting team before a single name reaches you.
How it works
A recruiting team, not a job post.
Tell us the role
Location, brand, compensation, must-haves, and what matters most to you. Five minutes, fully self-serve.
Our team sources
Recruiters who know luxury retail inside and out work our cultivated community on your behalf.
The BG Score™ vets
Must-haves checked first, then six weighted dimensions tuned to your priorities. Only candidates scoring 70+ make your list.
Your shortlist arrives
About 20 vetted, interested candidates in 2-3 weeks, with scorecards, ready to interview.
The BG Score™
Relevance you can actually read.
Every candidate is scored 0 to 100 on a published rubric. Not a black box, not keyword matching. This is the proprietary relevance engine behind every shortlist we deliver.
Your must-haves come first: location, minimum experience, required skills. Anyone who misses them never reaches you. From there, six weighted dimensions measure the two things that matter in luxury retail sales: where they've worked, and whether they can sell.
You set the priorities. If price-tier experience matters more to you than product category for this role, tell us. We tune the weighting with you before sourcing begins.
Score 70 or better, and they make your shortlist.
brands and retailers mapped, backed by a team of recruiters who know the luxury industry inside and out.
Your must-haves, confirmed before scoring begins
Try it: drag the sliders. Weight what matters most for your role and watch the score move. We tune the weighting with you before sourcing begins.
The community
Cultivated since 2017. Interested today.
The Shortlist isn't powered by scraping or ad spend. It's powered by the community of luxury retail sales professionals we've spent nearly a decade building relationships with.
They've sold your brands
Experience at the maisons and retailers in your tier, verified against our map of 100,000+ brands and retailers rather than a résumé keyword.
They know your categories
Fine jewelry, watches, ready-to-wear, leather goods, beauty: matched to the products actually on your floor.
They serve your clientele
Clienteling skill, portable client books, real sales performance: signals surfaced from our recruiters' conversations, not a job board form.
Sourced candidates convert better than inbound applicants, because every name on your shortlist has already said yes to hearing about your role.
Personal attention
A team on your side, start to finish.
Work closely with your account manager
From role intake to accepted offer, a dedicated account manager gives you personal attention: refining your priorities, reviewing the shortlist with you, and keeping every candidate warm while you decide.
One point of contact who knows your store, your brand, and your bar.
Interview coordination and reference checks, when you want them
The service also includes optional interview coordination and reference checks. Your account manager can schedule every interview and screen your finalists' references, so your team only shows up to meet great candidates.
Where it sits
The missing link in luxury hiring.
Job boards & LinkedIn
Post and pray. A flood of unvetted applicants to sort yourself.
The Shortlist™
A sourced, vetted shortlist delivered to you: recruiting-grade talent, self-serve simplicity.
Full retained search
We run the whole search end to end. High touch, high cost, longer process.
Hiring leadership or a hard-to-fill specialist? Explore our engaged recruiting services →
One service. One flat fee.
- A dedicated recruiting team sources your role. You never sort applicants
- About 20 vetted, interested candidates delivered in 2-3 weeks
- Every candidate scored 70+ on the BG Score™, weighted to your priorities
- Sourced from our cultivated community of luxury retail sales professionals
- A dedicated account manager working closely with you, start to finish
- Optional interview coordination and reference checks on your finalists
- Relevance guarantee on every shortlist
Launching Fall 2026 with limited slots. The Shortlist is delivered by people, so we accept a limited number of roles at a time. Reserve early to hold your place in the first cohort.
You're in Good Company
Posted alongside luxury brands and retailers on Brobston Group
Frequently Asked Questions
Which roles does The Shortlist cover?
Luxury retail sales roles only: sales associates through senior sellers and specialists at luxury brands and retailers in the United States and Canada. Hiring for leadership or another function? That's our retained recruiting practice.
Ready to meet your shortlist?
Reserve a launch slot, or inquire about the role you're hiring for.
Inquire About The Shortlist
Tell us about the role you're hiring for. Our team will follow up to walk you through the service and hold your place for the Fall 2026 launch.
