BDCP - Executive Search and Selection

The premium service we offer, and are perhaps renowned for, is in resourcing key appointments. Our methodologies embrace both executive search and selection based on recruitment advertising. We are regularly complimented for our creative wordsmithing, seen both in our refreshingly direct copywriting and also in our client and candidate briefs – which we know to have added value for performance management and personal development reviews.

Assignments which have been successfully concluded are drawn from many sectors and cultures:

An executive search for a Group Engineering Director for a US corporation in the automotive industry.

Recruitment, also via the search route in target companies, of a UK General Manager in an international direct marketing company.

The appointment of a Divisional Managing Director, and Group Finance Director, to the Board of a listed plc.

Recruitment of a qualified Accountant to work at a senior level within the regulatory unit of a leading professional institute, by way of "open" advertising.

The continuous supply of general, Marketing, Market Planning and Sales Managers for companies in communications, electronics, prestige motor retailing and the stationery/paper industry.

(…..by which we mean successfully completed – all customers, clients and candidates, that is, satisfied, their expectations exceeded in the first few months of working together)

A major advertising-based programme of recruitment to source five key senior appointments in the HR directorate of an expanding, ambitious financial services plc just outside the FTSE100 – Change Leaders, a Compensation & Benefits Specialist, a Leadership Development Consultant and Regional HR Executive.

The design and implementation of an assessment centre based selection project for the Sales Training Manager of a large insurance group, himself appointed to manage the change to a regionally based team of twelve Development and Training Consultants, while maintaining and strengthening his central training delivery group (which we also facilitated by recruiting three new team-members).

A creative appointment within the management team of a well-known plc: by advertising both internally and externally, and using a competency-based selection process, we identified an employee whose light was under the proverbial bushel and who won the race and has been a satisfied and satisfying Payroll Manager at a time of major change.

An ambitious programme to change the face and pace of a specialist team in the Finance function of a major financial services group. This has been a research based executive search project which has continued for twelve months and is still ongoing. Early success came from plaudits from sources, contacts and prospects impressed by our care in briefing them comprehensively before meetings.

And finally……a couple of projects which were sadly shelved by companies in manufacturing and insurance at the shortlist stage, when headcount suddenly and unexpectedly came under severe scrutiny in costs reviews while underlying acquisitive ambition was continuing. Success here was measured by sharing openly with clients and candidates what was going on throughout these reviews – at least one candidate was moved to write "in the ethos of continuous improvement……my reaction was distinctly tempered by the promptness and tone of your response. After having progressed applications recently to two of the 'leading' executive search organisations it is painfully obvious that those Consultants and Personnel Professionals working to acceptable quality client response standards such as you and I are in the minority. I have retained your business details for when I next initiate an executive search assignment."
Our values are reinforced!

Our services are highly professional, totally confidential, and include a commitment to the fair and equal treatment of all applicants and candidates. It also accords with best practice. Its key elements are:

Project management - from initial briefing to candidate appointment, we partner clients and share the responsibility for project tasks as agreed.

Fast, responsive service - we establish the shortest practical time scale at the outset, and work flexibly outside normal working hours in order to satisfy agreed objectives.

Resourcing strategy design - following incisive and challenging questioning of client business objectives and organisation culture, we recommend the Resourcing strategy which seems appropriate - executive search, advertising based selection or database search, or any in combination.

Creative advertising - if recruitment advertising is the selected resourcing strategy (with or without divulging client identity), we capture the unique context and content of the appointment.

Candidate brief - we write a profile of the business and organisation, describe the challenges of the role, and list the credentials of the preferred candidate and the key elements of the reward package.

Candidate care - we invite prospective candidates to have a confidential, informal discussion by telephone before they commit to registering their interest formally - and we speak with them in the privacy of their homes in their private time if they prefer.

Structured interviewing - we evaluate individual skills and characteristics against the selection criteria we have agreed, including competency based assessment; psychological assessment is also available if required.

Confidential presentation - we present to clients a written evaluation of prospective candidates we recommend following first interview, and their self-marketing documentation, and discus their credentials objectively but openly.

Open feedback - there is a firm commitment to capturing and discussing perceived interview performance at both consultant and client interview stages, and to sharing it openly with learning in mind for all parties; we let applicants and candidates know how they are progressing through all stages of the resourcing process.

And finally... - this includes taking references telephonically or in writing, helping to negotiate smooth transition to appointment; we also take great care to check progress against expectations in the early months of employment.

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