Executive Recruiting Challenges - WalkWater Talent Advisors

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Executive recruiting is an absolutely demanding
job. It requires immense proficiency and
expertise to find the perfect candidate for the
required senior- level job. And, along the route
to finding the best, come a lot of challenges.
Outdated practices Every recruitment firm has its
own best practices and procedures to follow. But,
what if the practices being followed are all
outdated? Yes, this is one of the biggest issues
being seen outdated practices. The processes
and practices being followed by search firms
havent really changed in more than half a
century. What is required to solve this problem
is that there should be serious investment in
rigorous research expertise, to come up with a
new improved methodology. Lacking expertise Now
that rigorous search expertise is important,
another big issue faced is that the executive
firm lacks the research expertise required to
make search smarter. The key to make executive
search easier is to make it smarter. Thus, it is
important to harness the power of information and
data analytics, to enable much more strategic
executive recruiting. Moreover, it also helps to
avoid landmines
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that can blow up searches. This is why research
should always be taken up a notch, as research
is what identifies, profiles, and produces the
best candidates. The candidate market Executive
searchers should be highly skilled, talented, and
experienced in order to find the right
candidates for the job. That is because the
candidate pools for senior roles are relatively
small and are easily exhausted. Furthermore, the
candidates who are apt for a certain position are
already happily working elsewhere. It is
difficult to tempt them to come out of their
comfort zone to come in for an interview to
another company. Offering them something strong
to have them to reconsider is a skill and
talent. Executive search is certainly a
challenge, but in a good way. It definitely takes
a lot of creativity and strategy to hire the
perfect senior-level candidate for a job. And,
with the amount of data doubling up every
alternate year, there is magnanimous amount of
candidate information available across the world,
which is not found in resume databases or on
online professional platforms. Harnessing the
power of data can drive amazing results in
executive search. In other words, executive
search doesnt have to be so difficult, but
should neither fail so often. The search should
be made smart if you want to notice a seismic
shift. And, this is what WalkWater Talent
Advisors are experts at. They are one of the top
executive search firms in India, the countrys
fastest growing and innovative leadership search
and talent advisory firm, with a mission to be a
world-class institution and trusted partner,
fulfilling leadership needs of our clients,
globally. The WalkWater Talent Advisors team
brings a unique mix of strengths like intensive
client partnering, long-term collaborations, deep
domain knowledge, and global coverage, coupled
with a drive to excel, and a constant focus on
values all of which provides an unparalleled
customer experience.