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As an employer attracting and retaining key individuals enables you to stay ahead of the competition. We recognise that acting on behalf of an employer requires us to be an ambassador for their company and as such we need to promote the employer brand in the market.

Once we have taken an initial brief we are then in a position to recommend to our clients the most appropriate route to market. We have proven expertise in the identification of talented individuals, using a variety of routes to market including Executive Search, Advertised Selection, Expert Research and the provision of top level interim talent delivered on a UK and international basis.

From a candidate perspective we look to understand specific motivations to enable candidates to unleash their full potential in their next role. Understanding the candidate’s expertise and motivations and marrying that up with the right opportunity will enhance your career satisfaction.

EXECUTIVE SEARCH

We recognise that talented individuals are not always proactively seeking new opportunities, and require a targeted approach. We have found that focusing on individual skill sets rather than a job title enables us to ensure all relevant individuals are identified and our clients' briefs are satisfied within appropriate time-scales.

We ensure our clients are kept up to date with progress via regular conference calls, to ensure a consultative and transparent process throughout.

ADVERTISED SELECTION

We have developed relationships with many of the leading market publications, press and internet portals allowing Firstperson Executive Search and Selection to devise targeted advertising campaigns. Getting the right message to the target audience is key. Firstperson Executive Search and Selection will work with you in the writing of advertisements, selection of medium, negotiation of costs and placings, the development and hosting of web based micro-sites, and the handling of response, ensuring all candidates receive a positive experience within the process.

EXPERT RESEARCH

In our continued search for talent we have embarked on research exercises for our clients to help them further understand trends in the market place to assist us and them in uncovering key talent. We are able to provide full market maps to understand the chain of command and reporting structures within specific organisations. This information can be used as part of an executive search brief or to provide clients with intelligence used in succession planning exercises.

INTERIM

We have developed an extensive network of contacts who are operating at a Senior Executive Level as interims. These individuals have the ability to make an immediate impact to our clients' businesses, and are able to undertake specific business critical projects or ‘hold the reins’ during the identification of an individual.

INTERNATIONAL SOURCING

With the business environment becoming truly global, skills and interfaces reach across the globe. We have found that talent can be successfully sourced on an international basis for clients based within the UK. Business now operates with an international outlook, as such ways of working and skill levels have become comparable. We have embarked on a number of assignments where we have actively targeted internationally based individuals currently living in Europe, America, India and Australasia with a view to relocate them to the UK.

We have also had success recruiting candidates from the UK and relocating them for client operations abroad where they have found significant skills shortages in their home markets.

Firstperson Executive Search and Selection, Unit 6, The Sanctuary, Eden Office Park, Ham Green, Bristol BS20 0DD