An executive search firm is a type of professional service firm that specializes in recruiting executives and other senior personnel for their client companies in various industries.
Executive search of agents and professionals typically have a wide range of personal contacts in their industry or field of specialty, specific knowledge of the area and typically operate at the most senior level of executive positions. Executive search professionals are also involved throughout the hiring process, conducting detailed interviews and presenting candidates to clients selectively.
It is also important that such firms operate with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality. is a specialized recruitment service which organizations pay out and recruit highly qualified candidates for senior-level and executive jobs and also find out and recruit other Highly specialized or Skilled persons in organizations for which there is strong competition in the job market for the top talent. Typically an executive search firm to research the availability of suitable qualified candidates working for competitors or related businesses or organizations. The executive search firm may act as an intermediary to contact the individuals and see if they might be interested in moving to a new employer.
FINDING THE JOB
The executive search firm may also carry out Initial performance of the candidate, negotiations on remuneration and benefits, and preparing the employment contract. Executive search for lower positions driven by there are less candidates for some positions even on lower levels than executive. Retained recruiters work for the organizations who are their clients, not for job candidates or for the employment, in some countries the recruiters are not legally permitted to charge candidates. In some counties the candidates may pay to the consulting career or consulting firms to assist them in their job search.
EXECUTIVE SEARCH
These agreements prevent a firm from approaching employees of their current clients as candidates for other. Since they act as management consultants working in the best interests of the clients for whom they conduct searches, it would be productive to simultaneously remove talented executives from those client companies. Search firms may decline assignments from certain companies, in order to preserve their ability to recruit candidates from those companies. Some large search firms may insist on guarantees of a certain number or dollar value of searches before they will put an entire company. It is often seen by Clients as an incentive that motivates delimited search recruiters to stay more active involved throughout the hiring process.