My firm's philosophy is to "treat both candidates and clients as honored partners within the search process." Below is an email example that we recently utilized to keep our candidates informed on where they stood in the interview process. Keeping candidates firmly in the loop is the best method to earn trust and [...]
Recently a client asked my firm whether his growing organization warranted a Director or VP level in Human Resources. I asked the experts this specific question and turned to The Austin HR Roundtable that was established in 2013 with approximately (25) Directors and VP HR leaders. Here were three robust responses: "Director—primarily a department [...]
The pre-offer step of the executive hiring process is crucial to help transition your candidate and client to the offer stage. My firm makes the point to the candidate at this stage to state that although we work for the client company, our role is to be a trusted, neutral bridge between the candidate and [...]
A client and my firm recently collaborated on a process that proved efficient and safe related to hiring during this pandemic. Here are the steps we took: Our firm interviewed candidates via Skype or Apple FaceTime and we selected five candidates to present to our client. We convened with the client executive team [...]
Especially during a hot job market, one of the most important duties of a recruiter is to keep your top candidates "warm" on the opportunity. On most executive searches, there is a lag between initially recruiting top candidates for the position and then presenting them to the client for their evaluation. Plus the client/candidate [...]
Once the client wants to proceed with an offer to a selected executive candidate, I have the green light to engage the candidate to understand what they need from a compensation standpoint. The start of this discussion should include an understanding with the candidate: Although I am paid by the company client, my job [...]
Just thinking back today about how business flows in and the crazy twists and terms of obtaining an executive search from clients. I have been in this crazy and fun business since 1997. I remember it was 1998 and I met with a VP HR in the Nebraska area. The meeting went ok and [...]
I have a great story related to the value of networking for your career. Let's go back to 2005. I am having a first lunch with an executive to attempt to obtain some future search work with her. Over the years we lost touch with each other. My bad. 2018 rolls in and I [...]
When my firm is ready to discuss best candidate profiles after the first 30 days of our search efforts, a candidate grid is a useful method for this client discussion. The grid is a good icebreaker to start the candidate discussion. It displays how each candidate presented fits the qualifications that the client is [...]
Laszlo Block, CEO of Humu, helped Google become one of the best workplaces in the world as the former head of People Operations. He recently shared his advice on building a standout resume and attempting to understand if you are the right culture fit for the company you are interviewing with. On creating a resume [...]
