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The Optimal Recruitment Experience

As our client, you will have a dedicated Optimal Account Manager
with solid experience recruiting talent in your area of specialization.

As we launch our relationship, we will develop a thorough account management plan that will include:

Preferred contact method with the appropriate ​hiring mangers and HR professionals.

Analysis of current employment needs.​

Action plan to help achieve your hiring objectives.​

Ongoing communication plan, designed to ensure ​that future hiring needs are properly addressed.

Optimal has a successful track record of recruiting globally for the financial markets. Our mission is to be ​as efficient as possible, identifying strong and viable candidates for consideration without wasting the hiring manager’s time or the candidate’s. ​

We accomplish this through a four-part initiative:​

I. Planning

II. Sourcing

III. Managing the Process

IV. Wrap-up

I. Planning

Like you, we know that careful advance preparation saves time in the long run and ensures the best results. We find that these elements are critical to a successful search process:​

  • A thorough job description (Enables us to “ask the right questions”)​
  • Understanding your organization’s culture and leadership style (Helps us identify what will work best in your environment)​
  • An acute sensitivity to your hiring manager’s goals, initiatives, and time demands (Ensures that we will meet your expectations in a timely manner)​

Before we conduct the Optimal Search, we create a recruitment plan that’s unique to the open position you are trying to fill..

II. Sourcing

We find the best candidate(s) by selectively​ utilizing the following methods:​

  • Leveraging the extensive network of relationships that we’ve developed during our tenure in each sector.​
  • Searching our Database.
  • Mapping viable candidates at ​competitive firms.​
  • Obtaining referrals and recommendations from ​other talent in the same sector. ​
  • Posting job advertisements as appropriate on ​select financial markets’ Web sites.​
  • Posting job openings as appropriate on alumni job boards at the top business schools around the world.​
  • Reviewing and searching industry trade publications ​and financial directories.​

III. Managing the Process

As candidates are identified, we pre-screen all talent against your requirements prior to submitting CVs. ​

It’s our responsibility — not yours — to ensure that the CVs we send over match your requirements. Too many recruiters rely on hiring managers or HR staff to do their job.​

CVs for pre-screened and qualified candidates are also sent over immediately so you can secure the best talent as quickly as possible. ​

Once you have confirmed that a candidate is viable, we’ll set up the interview. Afterwards we’ll debrief with the hiring manager as well as the candidate, and provide timely feedback to all parties.​

IV. Wrap-up

At Optimal, we do not step away once the right candidate has been identified. Instead, we help you and the candidate complete the process by:​

  • Quickly addressing any questions ​or concerns ​
  • Offering industry insight about compensation packages​
  • Assisting with the offer process​
  • Communicating the risks of ​counter-offers ​
  • Helping the candidate resign appropriately from the current position
  • Follow up afterwards to ensure all is working appropriately! And our clients and candidates are satisfied with our work. 

Feedback

Feedback about CVs and candidates ​is critical to our highly successful process. By actively soliciting and applying that feedback throughout the process, we continuously tighten the search parameters. ​

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The result is “The Optimal Solution” Identifying the best candidate in the most efficient manner.​