For companies, finding the right Executive Search and Selection partner is the first and probably the most crucial step in making sure their recruitment strategy pays off. When a company needs to fill a critical position, it’s time to look for a specialist executive search and selection firm, dedicated to work as a partner and to find the right person for the right job.

The executive search and selection firm needs to comprehensively understand the client's business philosophy, work culture and management style to find not only the rightly qualified candidate but also the candidate who will ‘fit in' best within the company. Picking the wrong executive search and selection firm can be disastrous as it can result in delayed or no recruitment or worse, recruiting an ‘anti fit' candidate which can really hurt the company.

Some steps a company must take before hiring an executive search and selection firm include meeting the recruiter/s who will actually work on their project, this will enable the company to judge to see if he/she has executive search experience and also educate the recruiter on what they are exactly looking for and what their company is all about.

The second important step is to set mutually acceptable terms of engagement or observe their executive search practice; this would include payment terms, deadline to search completion, replacement (attrition) policy, non-disclosure agreements etc. It’s best to clear out all doubts at this stage so that no complications arise mid way or at the end of the search. Thirdly the company must always be in contact with the recruiter during the search, sometimes to guide the recruiter in the right direction and sometimes to give much needed feedback to the recruiter's efforts.

The company must make the recruiter feel as if they are an extension of the company’s recruitment team which is one way of making the recruiter totally involved in the company’s project to give their hundred percent focus. Collingwood Search and Selection Ltd is an executive search and selection consultancy with significant experience in both UK nationwide executive search and worldwide specialist recruitment. A worldwide executive search firm and a specialist international selection consultancy based in Cheshire, Collingwood has over 12 years’ experience of partnering clients globally to recruit specialist, mid management and senior executive roles.
The most important points to keep in mind when choosing an executive search and selection firm are:

• Quality work for a reasonable price
• Good communication policies
• References and recommendations from other companies that have used their executive search and selection recruitment services
• An ability to do a proper candidate search for people who are suited to a job position and not just anyone and any resume
• If recruiting abroad it would be an added advantage to choose a worldwide executive search firm  that have comprehensive international executive search experience
  

Collingwood executive search and selection services tick all the right boxes and provide all of the above in their recruitment process and have significant worldwide specialist recruitment experience.  Collingwood are an executive recruiting firm dedicated to delivering assignments in the following sectors:- Medical Devices, Waste Management, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Products, Rail, CATV/Telecom, Aerospace/Defence and also in the following disciplines: - Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Research & Development, Human Resources and Board Level. We can get involved in candidate referencing where requested.