An innovative new approach to sourcing executive talent
An international executive talent sourcing service is the latest division of BizWiser Emerging Markets. Talent Search Solutions has evolved due to current clients’ needs in this area and a special trust and confidence in the BizWiser team.
We focus on the talent resource requirements of the marketing communications industry. Partnering with marketing, advertising, media and research agencies worldwide, we introduce them to top-level talent.
You’ll find that we’re genuinely passionate about global talent sourcing and matching and have the best tools and people to find the perfect fit for you. It’s what we love doing, and we thrive on different cultures, countries, challenges and talent.
How we work is simple and hassle-free:
- We search for talent across the globe – from CEOs, GMs and Account Directors to Creative Heads and Media Heads.
- We search hard to find talent. We fully embrace our extensive network connections and social media to find the best available talent in the market for the position you are looking to fill.
- We take trust seriously. Everything is in strict confidence, and we are discreet in our search process.
- We take the time to understand your business. We ask lots of questions to adequately understand your culture, environment and the position involved.
- We already have a wealth of quality talent on our books, which we explore further to meet your needs. We know their skills, portfolio, hobbies and interests. That’s so we can match them with your company’s culture. A successful match is not always about skills – it depends very much on personality and how people fit in with specific teams.
How we GOT started in talent search
For many years, we have worked with global clients across Africa and South East Asia. In this way, we’ve built excellent relationships with senior executives who have experienced many talent resource challenges and frustrations.
A number of them asked us to help them find senior candidates for various positions within their companies, given …
- Our extensive network of connections and contacts
- Our intimate understanding of their business and
- The trust that we have developed with them over the years.
The success of this interaction led to the birth of a new offering within BizWiser’s portfolio, namely Talent Search Solutions.
Our talent search offering
Talent Search Solutions addresses a dire need within the marketing, advertising, media and related research industries, especially with our focus on senior positions in these areas:
- General Management (Managing Directors)
- Creative
- Advertising Strategy
- Digital Marketing
- Media
- Research
- Software
- Experiential Marketing.
How we work
It’s important to note that we’re not a conventional placement agency:
- We do not take a set percentage of the employee’s annual salary, as per the standard practice
- We have a different operating and financial model that’s proved to be very cost-effective for our clients. This model has also been most successful in sourcing excellent talent worldwide
- We offer no guarantee for any individual placed as a result of our services.
Our talent search process
When you decide to work with us to search for a new executive, here’s what you can expect.
Our operating model includes three phases, as follows:
PHASE 1
Clarify your needs:
Understanding your business and the type of individuals that would thrive in your company’s culture is critical. During an in-depth teleconference or face-to-face meeting, we discuss the requirements of the position. If there’s no job description, we can help you prepare one.
- Your brief and job specification
- Collaboration with you to manage expectations and gain a clear understanding of your company’s background, structure and management style.
- Elaboration of the skill set and type of talent and personality who would be the ideal fit in your company.
- “Deal breaker” guidelines as supplied by the client.
Identify suitable potential candidates:
We gain access to top candidates by the following means:
- Searching our comprehensive database of potential candidates
- Making use of a full range of recruitment advertising avenues
- Approaching critical contacts in the marketplace
- Keeping up-to-date with social media trends.
- Circulate details of the job opportunity to BizWiser’s select network of contacts, as well as to crucial industry insiders
- Develop an advertisement (approved by you) which we place in targeted reputable international and local publications
- Conduct a “talent search “on selected reputable global and local websites
- Review all CVs gathered
- Select a shortlist of candidates for discussion with you.
PHASE 2
Our extensive interviewing process allows us to select your preferred candidates from a group of people whom we have qualified against the following requirements:
- Technical
- Creative
- Personality
As part of the vetting process, we can arrange for psychometric testing and other assessment methods.
- You give us feedback on the first shortlist of candidates and request us to progress with your selected candidates
- We arrange personal interviews with these candidates using either Skype or face-to-face meetings, depending on candidate location
- To guarantee their credibility, we carry out thorough background and reference checks of your potential new employees
- We liaise with former employers and put forward recommendations to you
- We compile a comprehensive customised appraisal report on each of the candidates for discussion with you:
o Biographical data, qualifications, career background, remuneration, availability
o Summary of references
o Strengths and challenges of the candidate’s personality and skills competence
- We ensure that all the critical criteria of the job description are met.
PHASE 3
Once you have selected your final candidates from the shortlist, we arrange and attend follow-up interviews together with you:
- We put together a final customised candidate appraisal report that will then be discussed with you before you make the final choice
- We manage your offers of employment to make sure that you secure your new executive at the right remuneration level.
Competitive Implementation and Negotiations
So often, the most comprehensive and innovative strategies and plans are not put into action properly. We can provide expertise and wisdom in this area and excellent relationships with the principal media owners. In this way, we can give you strategic guidance to implement your channel plans more effectively and efficiently, achieving the results you expect, namely:
- More exposure and placement relevant to the target market
- Maximum discounts, savings and added value.
Customised Mentoring and Coaching
We’re proud of the successful mentoring programmes that we’ve conducted in many emerging markets. These have been for:
- Marketers
- Advertising agencies
- Creative agencies
- Media agencies
- Media owners
- Research companies.
Our coaching workshops have resulted in the emergence of many industry leaders!
We’ll work closely with you to review your needs, then develop a tailored programme to address your requirements.