Recruiting top management talent in the high-tech, biosciences, software and renewables industries has always been difficult and scarcity of qualified candidates in these markets – combined with the highest-ever levels of retention incentives and programs – is making it ever more challenging. Today, passive candidates are barraged with passive inquiries and the promise of social media and recruiting-based websites are falling flat. Securing industry-leading talent requires a robust network, aggressive candidate development and an efficient, committed recruitment process to achieve success.
We’ve spent two decades optimizing our value proposition for our clients to reflect those key elements that lead to repeated successes time and again – and our success rate features a telling statistic: nearly all of the hundreds of candidates we’ve placed (and the thousands presented) were passive candidates who only responded to a direct call or at the suggestion of a trusted network referral. The need for a committed, aggressive, well-connected recruiting effort that features the ability to locate and secure that kind of passive talent is now greater than ever – and it’s a key differentiator for success.
In creating and refining the best full-service process in management recruiting we looked at the most-common challenges reported by our clients – ranging from venture-backed startups to $20B Fortune 100 companies – and we established a process that solves them all:
Developing Great Talent
Developing Great Talent
We built an industry-specialized firm and developed a deep network and stellar research ability over two decades in those industries. We have the reach to not only target and locate, but personally address that talent for you.
Speed of Delivery
Speed of Delivery
Urgency – we understand it and it’s critical for us, too. We target accurately and over 70% of our placed candidates are presented to clients within the first three weeks of search activity
Transparency of Process
Transparency of Process
Accountability – we provide important status and candidate updates and offer weekly updates with client contact on-demand.
Cultural fit to your business
Cultural fit to your business
Paramount to success. We define these characteristics and qualities up front and don’t waste time with candidates that don’t meet the mark.
Flexibility, Changes to Profile
Flexibility, Changes to Profile
Requirements get refined. Recruiting is sometimes a non-linear exercise in calibration, but success is always the goal. We adjust to deliver what you need. It’s a partnership.
Value and Risk
Value and Risk
We are so confident in our success rate and ability to deliver results that payment is 100% determined by performance. We don’t charge additional fees – it’s direct, honest and equitable.
Quality of Result
Quality of Result
Our candidates stick and our candidate guarantee is the most robust in industry – for us that’s a baseline measure of performance.
Candidate pipeline generation
Candidate pipeline
Rarely does one hire fulfill a strategic plan. We offer the depth of management search expertise – from SVP to Sr Manager – to efficiently and effectively solve your time-sensitive functional staffing needs with outstanding results.
A proven process: repeatable, robust, transparent
- Consultative meeting: determining your needs and how we best work together to deliver results
- Understanding your company & culture: vision, goals and values
- Precise candidate profile, charter & role: alignment is key
- Sourcing strategy & targeting alignment: bringing our expertise to bear
- Candidate recruitment & vetting: full-service differentiation
- Presentation and Interviews: precise, to-the-point presentation and scheduling assist if desired
- Client & Candidate feedback loop: detailed planning for next steps and action items
- Candidate slate management: continuous adjustment and management by us, for you
- Reference checking: we assist to develop best sources and perform for any finalist as requested
- Offer & acceptance: expectations already set at this point, we drive to close with no surprises
- Resignation & on-boarding: we counsel throughout the resignation process toward a successful start
- Follow up: staying in touch with both you and your new hire to help the on-boarding process