Find experienced, innovative talent faster and more affordably with trusted FOHE introductions.
Future of Higher Ed (FOHE) is the largest community of leaders innovating in postsecondary education and training. FOHE Talent helps hiring teams and recruiters quickly identify and reach relevant senior operators and executives across the sector.
- 6,000+
- FOHE members
- 2,000+
- organizations
- 30%
- C-level / founder
- 60%
- director+
The best experienced leaders rarely appear on the open market.
Senior, innovative higher-ed talent is hard to find through traditional recruiting channels. The strongest candidates are often passive, confidentially open to the right opportunity, or only discoverable through a trusted network.
By the time these leaders surface publicly, the most credible hiring teams have often already reached them. FOHE is the leading network of innovators in postsecondary education. We help you access this talent pool sooner.
A trusted path from role to warm introduction.
Share the role
Tell us what you're hiring for: target profile, function, seniority, location or remote preference, compensation range, and timing.
Get a curated, anonymized shortlist
FOHE surfaces good-fit members and returns profile previews.
Tell us who you'd like to learn more about
Flag the profiles worth pursuing.
We get the candidate's permission
FOHE privately asks each flagged member whether they're open to sharing their full profile and identity with you.
(Optional) Review full profile, then request intros
For members who approve, you see the complete picture and choose whether to move to an intro. Or skip this deep review and jump straight to intro, if you prefer.
Interview when mutual interest confirmed— pay only if you hire
When both sides opt-in, FOHE makes the introduction. You pay a success fee only if you hire or place a candidate.
Simple pricing.
Get Started. We waive the setup fee for your first role, and you only pay when it works.
Setup fee
Applies to employers and recruiters.
We waive the standard $750 setup fee for your first role. You pay nothing more unless you hire.
Setup fee per role for each additional search.
Success fee — only if you hire/place
Employers
You pay a 5% success fee only if you hire — for any FOHE-introduced candidate hired within 12 months.
Recruiters
30% of your collected placement fee, for any FOHE-originated candidate you successfully place.
No hire, no success fee. Success fees apply only to FOHE-originated candidates.
Hiring regularly?
For trusted recruiters and teams with recurring searches, FOHE may offer ongoing FOHE Talent access with multi-role intro requests. Ask us about partner access.
Pilot terms apply. Candidate introductions are subject to candidate approval. Success fees apply only to FOHE-originated candidates hired within 12 months. FOHE Talent is an intro and talent access service, not a guarantee of hire.
Built for teams hiring outstanding, innovative postsecondary education talent.
Edtech hiring teams
Hiring for specific GTM, partnerships, product, customer success, strategy, AI, and executive roles.
University innovation & AI leaders
Filling innovation, AI, online learning, workforce, enrollment, student success, or transformation roles.
Foundations & intermediaries
Running priority searches for program, strategy, partnerships, or portfolio leaders.
PE-backed education / workforce companies
Hiring senior operators and executives for specific mandates to scale teams and outcomes.
Corporate Learning & Development
Building L&D, training, and talent development teams that drive workforce skills and outcomes.
Executive recruiters
Running senior searches in education, workforce, philanthropy, edtech, and nonprofit leadership.
Frequently Asked Questions
Still curious? Share a role and we'll walk you through whether it's a fit.
Have a role where FOHE may know the right person?
Share what you are hiring for. We'll let you know whether FOHE Talent is likely to be a fit.
- · Trusted, permission-based introductions — not a job board
- · Anonymized candidate previews first
- · Candidate-approved warm intros
- · Success fee only if you hire