And an effective search targets executives who not only are qualified for the position, but who possess the people skills and leadership traits that will work best within that culture. When a good search firm takes on a project, they will research all candidates extremely thoroughly, putting together reports that contain value-added details about chemistry, attitude and motivation, insights you won't find on a resume. Only candidates with the right business philosophy, judgement, management style, cognitive processes and ethics will be presented to you as finalists. Conducting a search on your own can be surprisingly expensive. After you've run a few professional opportunity ads, invested the staff-hours it takes to scan through resumes and interview candidates, you've probably spent what it costs to retain a search firm.
Time is money.
And like most cliches, this one is absolutely true. If you have an expertise requirement at the senior level, or if you need to replace a key management figure in your organization, every day is costing you. Conducting your own search not only takes valuable hours from each work day, but the effort can stretch on for many painful months. By comparison, we at Dinte guarantee a fully researched short list of 3 to 5 ideal candidates within 6 to 10 weeks. There are any number of reasons why you may not want to publicize an executive search, to the marketplace or even amongst your own employees.