As the higher education leadership landscape has become more complicated, particularly through retirements, there is greater difficulty in finding the best candidates for non-presidential positions, which has resulted in more facilitated searches. Candidate recruitment is the most visible work, but equally important is managing, enhancing, and bringing expertise and experience to the search process. Search consultants do extensive background work so that the search committee can do what only it can do: evaluate candidates and make decisions. The art of identifying and persuading the right candidate to consider the position, which is what search firms excel at, adds great value to the search process. Bringing all the constituency groups together helps set the stage for successful transition to new leadership.