It's important for companies to find candidates with the required executive experience to fill open positions, and to take an active approach for the best results. Waiting for the ideal resume or right applicant to just turn up is a slow and ineffective means of sorting through applicants, since often many non-qualified candidates do apply. An active recruitment method, on the other hand, puts the searching company in charge. This however requires the experience, skill, reach and manpower.
Many candidates for an open position will respond simply because they want any job, not necessarily because they are the best fit for your particular offering. It's up to those in charge of the hiring process to single out the most promising individuals with the help of professional, experienced recruitment teams.
By looking for the "passive" candidates, the ones who aren't searching for jobs themselves, don't send out their resumes and don't apply for any opening, your company can find workers who both fit all of the criteria you have and aren't in immediate danger of being recruited by someone else. This will also help you avoid "settling" for someone who isn't really a good fit (or not fit at all) just because they responded fastest.
So, how do you take initiative and find that perfect candidate sooner? It helps to work with executive search consultants who have a plan in place and the experience for actively finding the best person for the job. In average of four to six weeks, YES Partners helps businesses move from a structured search strategy to a shortlist of (only) qualified candidates, culled from different industries and assembled in a way to make it easy to review later.
By presenting only qualified candidates, a hiring company additionally saves valuable time by not interviewing non-qualified candidates. Rather than finding out in interviews as to whether a candidate is qualified or not, the interviewer can focus on who is the BEST suitable candidate.
Often companies try to do it on their own first, and then turn to a Executive Search after several weeks of frustrations. To avoid wasting time on the wrong applicants, businesses should turn to a qualified search provider from the beginning. This offers businesses a chance to truly engage with a job candidate who is passionate about leading and appropriate for the role.
Finding people is easy, but finding the RIGHT people is not. YES Partners helps companies FIND the right people – for all company functions, across many industries and globally.
