Rigorous Search Progress

ZurickDavis' expertise is in expanding your recruitment pool by tapping into the "hidden" market of talented individuals turning in creditable performances elsewhere, perhaps for a competitor or another industry leader, and not seeking or even considering a career change. The highest caliber executives rarely respond to advertisements or circulate their resumes on the open job market.

Here are the features of our search process, with Deliverables:

Organizational Assessment

  • Meetings with our client to gain appreciation for our client's unique culture, values, vision, mission, strategic positioning, goals, challenges and interests. This forms the benchmark against which to consider candidates.
  • In-depth discussions with our client about the organization, position and candidate. This includes learning about the skills, experience, personality type, motivation, management style of the desired candidate and any other issues relevant to the search.
  • Position Analysis Report
    , a Deliverable, which documents these discussions.
  • Position Specification
    , a Deliverable, summarizes the opportunity. It is designed to generate interest in the position among prospective candidates who might not otherwise be considering a professional career change.

Identification Process

  • A highly customized research process to identify the best target organizations and individuals. Professional contacts, databases and industry/organizational breakdowns are utilized for the purpose of prospective candidate identification.
  • A proprietary e-mail broadcast gives ZurickDavis unprecedented market reach in accessing prospective candidates.
  • A thorough telephone canvassing of the appropriate target markets to generate candidates.
  • Candidate Sourcing Report
    , a Deliverable, that will contains resumes and background information on the "Long List" of prospective candidates generated through the Identification Process. These prospective candidates will have been screened by phone.

Evaluation Process

  • Rigorous face-to-face interviews of all prospective candidates who emerge, including preliminary references. This ensures that the candidates we present to you will be only those who are a fit to your needs.

Selection Process

  • Dossiers
    , a Deliverable, on each final candidate who we believe meet the criteria for the position.
  • Meeting with our client to select the candidates to be interviewed.
  • Interviewing Guidelines
    , a Deliverable, consultation and/or facilitation of interviews with final candidates.
  • Rating Form
    , a Deliverable, is customized for use by our client in comparing candidates.
  • Focused, in-depth reference analysis and education/credential verification on finalists.
  • Mediating, facilitating, and negotiating as appropriate in the final stages.
  • Reference Report
    , a Deliverable, which includes Education Verification and Credentialing.
  • Relocation assistance/facilitation, as appropriate.

The most important deliverable, of course, is the chosen candidate. Our standard procedure includes 15-30-90-180 day follow-up contacts with the hired executive following the search, then yearly thereafter.

A Client Satisfaction Survey is completed by a 3rd party within 30 days following the placement of each candidate.