Alternatively the SME can register with an on-line database of candidates, locate suitable people based upon their expertise and experience, make direct contact and form their own shortlist. This alternative is far less expensive, quicker and allows a more hands-on approach by the company's top management. When the company has picked those it feels are most suitable, it chooses its candidates. This reveals the full details of the candidates, their CVs, contact details and two references. The tariff originally purchased determines the number of full 'selections' that can be made.
Candidates can also register online, without charge, to offer their services as potential nonexecs.
There is always a demand for good people with appropriate skills, the right experience and the wish to put their expertise to good use within a company. The fees paid to nonexecs naturally vary according to certain parameters but are not exorbitant as the media would have us believe. It can be as few as three or four days per year to as many as 36. The requirement is naturally determined by negotiation and depends on individual circumstances. In a recent survey the average number of days worked by nonexecs was 18 per year, although non-executive chairmen average considerably more.