the MINDSET process
Mindset matters. That's why we look beyond skills and experience and explore the attitude, temperament and self motivation of the senior talent we shortlist. Our in depth process helps to determine whether these candidates have the right mindset fit with your company culture and with the specific demands of your senior role.
Benchmark profile
Our clients complete our online mindset profiler to establish a strong benchmark profile of the ideal candidates attitude and behaviours. This along with a detailed skills and experience brief and a cultural immersion session forms our search criteria.
executive search
We are expert exponents of pro-active headhunt orientated search. We have particularly strong experience of tackling senior, strategically important and hard to fill positions where the pool of potential candidates is small, highly specialist and hard to reach.
in-depth assessment
Shortlisted candidates are invited to access our selection portal, My-Mindset. They answer tailored competency based questions, upload an elevator pitch video, and complete a behavioural assessment. We map this against your benchmark profile.
1 year Guarantee
We conduct thorough due diligence on your chosen candidate gaining references from previous line managers, clients and from their previous direct employees. We then offer a full 12 month replacement guarantee on the successful hire.
Book an online DEMO to learn how our innovative process and platform can help you make the right long term senior hire
INNOVATIVE PLATFORM
Mindset Search is an executive level search and selection business that embraces new techniques and technology to enhance the candidate experience and surpass client expectations.
Our award-winning combination of advanced technology and cutting-edge methodology produces, in-depth candidate assessment, streamlining the recruitment process, reducing costs and commercial down-time, and increasing new employee retention.
My-Mindset holds all the information pertaining to your executive search in one interactive location. Employers and candidates are provided with their own secure account so information can be easily uploaded and viewed. Your Mindset Search project manager interacts through the portal to ensure all parties have the information they need.
Our clients use our behavioural profiler tool to create a benchmark person profile for each role. Candidates create and upload their own content, including an elevator pitch video, so they can highlight specific elements of their skills and experience that they feel are most important whilst behavioural assessments, video interviewing and competency questionnaires provide in-depth candidate analysis.
Behavioural profiler
Create a benchmark profile for your role
Hire with certainty
In depth assessment of each candidate
Increase retention
New employee retention after 12 months
Underwrite risk
Full 12 months replacement guarantee
Consultancy focus
First and foremost we are experts in senior recruitment but we tend to operate in the knowledge economy with Professional Services firms being our typical clientele. We have developed a deep understanding of the consultancy mindset across a range of specialisms.
Management Consulting
Management Consulting companies of all kinds including Strategy, Advisory, Change, and Procurement Consultancy’s.
ECONOMIC Consulting
Senior economists across competition, policy, regulation, litigation, macro, micro, financial, health economics and specialist applied economics.
Technical Consulting
International Development, Technology, Risk, and Engineering across a number of sectors such as energy, transport, environment and logistics.
In-house Consulting
Corporate strategy teams and internal consultancy capability that innovate and implement change in todays fast changing business environment.
THE senior TEAM
You need a certain mindset to undertake thorough search and selection. You will be in good hands working with our senior team who combine attention to detail with tenacity and the strong desire to create a positive impression on everyone they interact with.
Tony Talbot
Angela Darlington
catherine aldred
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