Friday 27 May 2016

How Executive Search Consultants can keep you out of trouble

There is a thin line of difference between Executive search consultants and contingent recruiters as apparent with the way they work. Recruiters send you a myriad of selected candidates and help you narrow down on best talents, however an executive search firm will analyze your business, access potential leadership vacancies and fill the gap with a successful leader in order to shape up your business.



Keeping this difference in mind, it would be good to analyze what exactly your business needs. Is it executive search consultancy, contingent recruitment or in-house recruitment that you need? Do you want to take your business to the next level? If yes, then consider the risk of hiring passive candidates. These candidates aren’t looking for a new job, but are very influential in their respective roles. Only an executive search consultant offers you a service more than a job posting and selection by showcasing their state-of-the-art talent mapping and industry analysis skills, more than 10 premium clientele history and excellent searchers in their team. They are adept in CXO hiring, Auto OEM hiring, logistics hiring, freight forwarding hiring, apart from talent acquisition services. The automobile and ecommerce industry has seen a dramatic growth in C-level as well as mid-level hiring through expert recruitment consultants. Most of these are recommended by HR outsourcing firms.



Executive search consultants go beyond the CVs of candidates and bring you long-term work partners, being a recruitment partner themselves. Only 3-4 talented individuals will be selected out of a pool of 300 applicants to make it to the other side of your table. How precious is your time? They understand business requirements and act as an addendum to your clientele.



  • How they can get you out of trouble?
  • They will be honest about your growth rate per year and then provide a solution.
  • They define requirements and never make the mistake of wrong CEO hiring.
  • They build a strong candidate pool who is able to become “more” than grow “for” the company to grow “with” the company kind of people.
  • They Assess finalists using their excellent behavioral interviews.
  • They provide an executive feedback in which the whole briefing and debriefing process takes place, negotiation is done and search is closed.
  • Finally, they make the practice of “valuing people management” true to its core.


Proven research revealed that, the risk of unsuccessful hire can be catastrophic as CEOs are liable to spend only 18 months in a given organization. Replacing them becomes more than a task. The business might start crumbling down if leaders are not good enough to drive the vision. Executive search consultants help you mitigate potential risks, be it be legally or a lack of leadership.


How will you know you made the right choice?


  • They will show you the strengths and weaknesses of your business and work on them.
  • They will have a respectful demeanor (abide by professional ethics). You can expect a prompt response always.
  • They ask intelligent questions and not where candidates/ business owner want to see themselves in 5 years down the line.
  • They are great learners, hence their curiosity is robust.
  • They will mix with you as a friend but build your brand as a professional.
  • They are always in contact with you and discuss any glitches upfront.
  • They give you impartial feedback in order to grow your business.



Last but not the least, a good executive search firm will always find you when you are a successful name. This fact is unavoidable. To know where you and your business stands today, you might want to analyze your current position with these questions below:



  • How many people can endorse you and your brand?
  • How many can trust you both offline and online?
  • Will your colleagues and competitors recommend you?
  • How much do you network and that too, aggressively?



Successful entrepreneurs are always aggressive “go getters”. They love to socialize and keep a track of what’s happening around them. If all or most of your answers are in the positive, then expect a queue of Executive search calls, looking out for the “upcoming” star in the market.


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