One of the Most Crucial Stages in a Search Assignment is the Beginning.
Action Steps
While it is difficult to adequately summarize the full range of activities undertaken in a proper executive search assignment, the principal steps are:
- Client · Management Team: Consultation and Role Definition
- Research · Recruitment · Positioning: Strategy Development · Phase I Execution
- Research · Recruitment · Positioning: Strategy “fine-tuning” · Phase II Execution
- Initial Candidate Interviewing and Long List Development
- Secondary Candidate Interviewing · Short List Presentation
- Initial Client Interviewing Commenced · Referencing Commenced
- Secondary Client Interviewing · Finalist Candidate Selection
- Final Referencing Completed · Final Offer Terms Agreed · Offer Presentation · Discussion · Acceptance!