Education Executive Search Firms Responsibilities

By Katina Brady


For a company to select and hire one person to become a decision maker, a specialized job will be necessary. The common recruitment techniques are frequently bypassed by these searches including classified advertisement and Internet postings. Companies frequently request agencies to conduct these searches.

In general and under normal conditions, it is the job of the HR department to hire someone when there is a job vacancy. However, many think that it is not right for the HR department to be greatly involved when it comes to hiring an executive. The reason behind this is the individual may eventually make decisions about this specific department. It cannot be denied that the kinds of qualifications the HR department are looking for during the recruitment of mid-level managers and production workers are usually very different from those they should look for in a senior leader. These are some of the reasons why a lot of organizations performing these searches prefer to get the services of specialized education executive search firms.

These agencies are of two types. Those that run based on retention and those that run based on contingency. The first type get a part of their fees during the process, but at periodic intervals. Prior to the selection of a decision maker, they may already get their entire fee. The second type on the contrary can only get their fees if a candidate has already been employed. They frequently have exclusive contracts. The meaning of this is these agencies are in no competition with others.

These agencies are successful because they maintain and establish networks of senior leaders they work with so that they can identify those with potential for new openings. When these agencies search for a senior leader to fill a specific job, they contact all the senior leaders in their networks matching the qualifications they are looking for. As a matter of fact, they often go outside a region's geographic boundaries just to find their candidates.

The agencies frequently stay focused on the decision makers who are currently employed. A decision maker that is worth hiring should not be unemployed. The ordinary employment agencies are different from these ones because the aim of the latter is to locate decision makers to match vacancies and not to locate openings for them.

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.

The candidates need to meet the entire board of directors formally if this is preferred by the organization. Even if it is the job of these agencies to look for candidates, the final hiring decision is still the responsibility of the organization's board. The agencies will go on searching if there is no acceptable candidate.




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