Age of Searchers increasing?

I would agree that the average age of a searcher is increasing. It is no longer seen as something that only a post-MBA student can go after, anyone can do it. That said, my guess would be that the self-funded model will also become more popular. Normal people in the corporate world further along in their careers with more funds to pursue a search will not have or want to rely on the traditional method. Many younger searchers, especially if footing the bill of an MBA have no other option financially.

The beauty of all of this is that the options for a hybrid approach are endless.

Thanks for the tag Luke; in my case more situational. Introduced to search concept from a local HBS grad earlier in my career (~2008) while is I was in PE, socialized the concept with HNW indiviudals I knew at the time, all generally Energy focused (am in Calgary, CAN) and they didn't understand the model and garnered little interest. Ultimately sought operational exposure beyond PE, moved into Corp Dev then President in succession situation in a PE backed entity. Taking that experience, partnered initially to look to raise a bespoke PE fund for lower middle market buyouts, got a deal under LOI but didn't have interest in the fund concept, pivoted to search crowd to attempt close, great company, unfavorable sector. My sense is that in mid 40's I would be at the older end, but small sample set of people I have connected with through searchfunder, or locally, is weighted to###-###-#### But ETA in Western Canada still in it's infancy relative to Eastern Canada or the US. ETA only starting to make it onto syllabus for MBA's here.