Executive Search Versus Traditional Recruitment - WalkWater Talent Advisors

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Employees are one of the most important aspects
of any company, which decide a significant part
of the success of a business. This is why
companies moved forward to recruit third parties
to help them hire candidates, rather than
approaching candidates on their own by searching
through resumes, or posting advertisements for
vacant positions.
But again, recruitment strategies have not ceased
here. Companies are now moving further ahead to
hire specialized executive search firms, when
they want to hire candidates for important
positions like managers, directors, CEOs, and
other senior-level ranks. The reason behind
hiring such specialized firms is that there is
too much competition around, and every company
wants to be at the top. Now, this becomes
possible only when you have the finest candidates
working for you. Specialized executive search
firms are especially aimed at finding such
qualified candidates from a large pool of
professionals.
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• What differentiates executive search firms from
  traditional recruiters?
• If youre still unsure whether you should invest
  in hiring executive search firms, lets help you
  know 5 basic aspects that make such specialized
  firms much more qualified than general
  third-party recruiters.
• Recruiting an individual for a senior-level role
  is a very challenging job! One wrong hire may
  mean a high risk for your business, let alone
  time and money wasted behind the hire. General
  third-party recruiters may be able to find a
  good candidate, but an executive search firm is a
  better bet because they are focused on finding
  only such high-level candidates, rather than
  diverting their attention to search for every
  kind of big or small role.
• Executive search firms have a large pool of
  candidates to search from. General third-party
  recruiters will only search for candidates that
  are actively seeking a job. But, executive
  search firms also look for the perfect match in
  candidates who are already happily working
  elsewhere. If they
• think the candidate is a perfect fit for their
  client organization, they will put in efforts to
  enthral him into coming in for an interview, even
  though the
• candidate isnt looking for a job change.
• When you hire executive search firms, you can
  rest assured that it is going to be a highly
  customized process. The search firm will first
  invest their time into understanding your
  business, your working culture, and your
  requirements. They will then look into their
  entire database to search for the most fitting
  candidates, and try to bring them to you. General
  third- party recruiters wouldnt want to invest
  so much time into understanding you better all
  theyll do is take a look at the job profile, and
  try to match it with the resumes they have from
  job-seeking candidates. This doesnt always
  prove to be a genuine recruitment.
• A general recruitment agency will get in touch
  with only job-seeking candidates to see if they
  are interested in your package. If not, they will
  move to other candidates. But, an executive
  search firm will put in all possible efforts to
  persuade a suitable candidate to come in for an
  interview, even if they arent much interested in
  your recruitment package. Persuading a suitable
  candidate to come in for an interview is already
  a huge task done!
• General third-party recruiters have a specific
  methodology that they follow to fill up a vacant
  position because they have all sorts of client
  organizations they want to place candidates in.
  They are more interested in simply filling up
  the vacant positions so that they can receive
  their payment. But, an executive search firm is
  dedicated at finding the perfect

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fit for you. Rather than just filling up a
vacant position with the help of a specific
methodology, they will make it an effort by
planning up a customized strategy based on your
organizational requirements and functioning.
Thus, all your specific needs are taken care
of. Theres no reason you wouldnt want to hire
an executive search firm now when you want to
hire senior-level candidates, is there? Although
a little expensive, but the results are
certainly worth it! And, when you plan on doing
so, make sure to consider WalkWater Talent
Advisors, one of the top executive search firms
in India, who are well-known for the optimal
results they help their client organizations
achieve. The results achieved are made possible
with the immense efforts they put in to
understand their clients, use their best
resources, do a thorough research, and bring in
the most suitable candidates for every kind of
senior-level job.