History & Overview

The conclusion of World War II gave birth to the employment agency and career counseling fields. As the need for more precise recruiting techniques grew, the retained search industry came into being in the late 1950’s. Today, it is a billion dollar industry, serving both large and small organizations in virtually every employment category.

We hope to remove some of the mystery and misconceptions surrounding executive search versus other recruiting methodologies. We will review our step-by-step process, in conducting an assignment and conclude by spelling out the guarantees we provide to our client organizations.

Competitive advantages to utilizing executive search services

• Since we operate on a negotiated retainer, we become a committed and accountable resource just like your legal and accounting firms.  We communicate with you regularly throughout the engagement and you will know precisely where we stand from start-up until successful conclusion.
• We are not “resume gatherers.”  We selectively focus on industries, companies and key positions to create the optimum “target list” of potential prospects. This is a highly concentrated and directional activity executed in concurrence with our client’s recommendations.
• We work side by side with your line management and Human Resource leaders.  As business owners and executives ourselves, we want to completely comprehend our clients’ business and culture.
• Unlike agencies or internet recruiting, we are totally committed to your assignment and commit a portion of our total resources to bring each assignment to an early conclusion.
• For the Human Resources Department, we become a dedicated outsourcing partner, freeing you up for internal, confidential work that can not be handed off to others.

Our Executive Search Process

• Initiate every search by meeting client management teams; reviewing job descriptions, annual reports, company marketing data and any other source material that allows us to best represent your firm in the marketplace
• Confirm all of our operations in a detailed Memorandum of Understanding including staffing, timing, fees and guarantees.
• Begin research into competing or allied organizations where prospects are potentially employed.
• Utilizing prospect lists, we begin the sourcing, identification and recruiting of likely prospects.
• Move into the active interviewing phase.  Our general goal is to develop 3-5 key prospects per search.
• Perform write-ups on candidates to be interviewed, and handle all scheduling and related matters with client organizations.
• As finalists are identified, we move into our reference-checking phase, including academic verifications and other professional vetting that the client may request.
• Participate with client and candidate during the active negotiation phase to assist in bringing matters to a positive conclusion with a confirmed start date of employment.
• Monitor the client/candidate relationship throughout the first year.

Our Guarantees

• We provide an unconditional one-year guarantee on every concluded executive search assignment.
• We will not approach, recruit from or respond to employees of our clients until at least two years after our last completed engagement.
• Every engagement receives my personal involvement.  I conduct all final interviewing, client presentations and negotiations. With over 40 years of professional business and executive search experience, I help to provide the confidence you are seeking when selecting a strategic business partner.