Search Process
Developing a Recruiting Partnership-Business Objectives and Position Role and Responsibility
We seek to understand a hiring need, not just as a job to fill, but as a unique position that makes sense to the current state of the organization, the needs of the hiring authority, the department, the management team as well as the candidate. Without a clear and shared understanding of the role and responsibility of a position, the recruitment process is not a solution. We specialize in helping our clients make successful recruiting decisions and helping plan the searches. We understand that each search is different and customize our searches to best suit our client's needs.
With our client's input, we are able to identify companies with relevant potential candidates and define the geography for a search. Our specialization in life sciences gives us perspective on competitors and tactical strategies.
Position Description:
Clarifying the role and responsibility and having it balance business needs and candidate selection criteria.
A position description draft can be created by us with information gleaned from our client as well as current market data
An overview of the client organization
The basic functions, responsibilities and accountabilities of the position
All requirements including education, experience and personal profile
Soft skills assessment as well as cultural fit
Compensation:
We conduct salary surveys and coach our clients on current compensation issues as well as benefits.
The customizable search process
There is no one simple solution to recruiting.
Our years of experience and our industry insight have resulted in a multitude of novel recruiting methods and tools that we employ on every search.
We maintain a constantly expanding state-of-the-art database with up-to-date life science professionals in every functional area. We identify relevant candidates through a variety of avenues, including but not limited to publications, patents, conferences, and functional organizations.
Candidate Submissions
When we find a qualified candidate who is interested in a client's opportunity, we learn everything about the candidate to ensure a proper match.
We provide our clients with a thorough and comprehensive synopsis of the candidate's background and experience along with the resume or CV. In addition we explore our candidate's accomplishments, skills, management style, family commitments, relocation issues, compensation (current and expected) and an assessment of the fit with your company and its culture. We thoroughly check references on final candidates, and if there are lingering concerns from the client, we will continue checking until we have all the answers we need to make the right hiring decision.
We are also counselors in the areas of compensation and relocation package and assist our client in the negotiation as needed.
Negotiation
We discuss compensation with candidates very early in the search process to prevent last minute surprises. Our clients know where each candidate stands with regard to compensation and if necessary, relocation, prior to interviewing them.
Closing out the search
At the end of each search, we close out all candidates that were submitted to our client. This ensures that the candidate experience is positive. In addition, we provide a final report delineating all candidates contacted during the search, their status, etc. Often our clients make subsequent hires with no extra fee from candidates we sourced on a given search.
