Friday, February 13, 2015

Roles Of Education Executive Search Firms

By Katina Brady


A specialized job designed to choose and hire an individual who will take on a senior leadership position for a specific organization. These searches normally bypass usual recruitment strategies and tactics such as Internet postings and classified advertisements. The majority of the time, organizations choose to have these searches performed by agencies.

Under normal circumstances, the HR department basically does the hiring any time a job vacancy should be filled in. On the contrary, many think it is not ideal for the HR to be so involved when hiring a decision maker because he or she may make decision about the department in the long run. The qualifications necessary for the recruitment of production workers and mid-level managers are different from the qualifications that a decision maker should have. Therefore, it is no longer surprising to know that different education executive search firms are requested by companies to conduct the search.

These agencies come in 2 basic types. There are agencies that do such searches on retainer basis. There are also those doing such searches on contingency basis. Portions of their fees are received by retained agencies at periodic interval while the process is ongoing. They may also get their entire fees even before the selection of a senior leader. Contingency agencies normally receive their fees when a candidate was already hired. These agencies often have exclusive agreements though. This implies that such agencies do not compete with the other contingency ones.

These agencies have maintained and established networks of decisions makers they have been working with for them to easily distinguish the ones with potential and this made them successful. These agencies get in touch with all the decision makers in their network if there is an opening necessary to be filled in. No matter where the candidates are located, these agencies will go out of their way just to locate those who have the necessary qualifications required for the job.

Many times, these agencies focus on currently employed individuals. The reason being that a senior leader worth hiring is likely already working for someone. These agencies differ from the usual employment agencies because their mission is not to look for openings for individuals, but they look for individuals to match openings.

The interview procedure is similar as well as different from the traditional procedure after the identification of candidates. Such agencies will certify the candidate's required qualifications for the job to be done. They assess the qualifications of the senior administrator differently from production workers or department heads.

The qualified candidates will be questioned and evaluated more than once in several settings. The whole senior leadership team may conduct the interview in one settings, then the Chief Executive Officer of the company may conduct a different one in another time.

Depending on the organization, candidates might be required to formally meet the organization's directors. It is still the task of the board to handle the final hiring although it is the task of the agencies to find the candidates. In case, the candidates are not acceptable, the search process will continue.




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