ExecConnect helps regional employers win top executive talent through immersive candidate experiences
August 24, 2026
ExecConnect, a Charleston-based recruitment enhancement firm, is bringing its proven high-touch executive candidate experience to organizations throughout the region. By helping executive candidates and their families build meaningful connections to the community before making a relocation decision, the fi rm is helping employers transform their recruitment process, reduce relocation concerns and improve acceptance rates among top-choice candidates. The expansion builds on a successful partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where ExecConnect has helped transform and strengthen the network’s executive recruitment process.
Unlike a traditional relocation service or tour, ExecConnect creates a highly personalized Charleston experience shaped around each candidate’s priorities and family needs. Through an extensive and diverse local network, candidates receive curated introductions to neighborhoods, schools, cultural offerings and community connections, helping them evaluate both the career opportunity itself and whether Charleston can feel like home.
“Recruiting exceptional executive talent requires more than presenting the right career opportunity. You need to help candidates and their families feel confi dent in the life that comes with it,” said Hanna Porter, managing director and founder of ExecConnect. “Our partnership with MUSC has shown how meaningful that support can be at the fi nal stage of recruitment, and we’re excited to bring this proven approach to organizations across the region.”
Nationally, nearly 70% of candidates in traditional recruitment processes decline offers due to concerns about relocating for family reasons. ExecConnect helps employers overcome this barrier by empowering executives and their families to make confi dent relocation decisions, leading 98% of candidates to be somewhat likely or very likely to relocate after experiencing ExecConnect.
“ExecConnect has become an invaluable extension of our recruitment process,” said Dr. Patrick J. Cawley, Chief Executive Offi cer of MUSC Health and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs of the Medical University of South Carolina. “Their
personalized approach has enhanced the way we engage physician and executive candidates and their families while strengthening our ability to secure top-choice executive talent. We’re excited to see their proven model expand beyond MUSC.”
Companies interested in learning more can contact the ExecConnect team directly to discuss how the program can be tailored to their recruitment process. For more information, visit execconnectsc.com or call 803-367-1967.
ABOUT EXECCONNECT
ExecConnect helps Charleston-area companies attract and retain top executive talent by giving candidates and their families an immersive, personalized introduction to life in the Lowcountry. Since 2023, the fi rm has partnered with organizations, including the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), to reduce relocation hesitancy and increase offer acceptance among top-choice candidates. Learn more at execconnectsc.com or follow ExecConnect on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
