Professional & Executive Searches
Graham Huckins & Shepherd is not a professional search or personnel placement firm. We recognize there are many businesses and organizations throughout this region that provide those services.
Nevertheless, for any number of reasons, our clients often call upon us to assist them with personnel placement matters. A client may
- Be too busy to coordinate and conduct a thorough search,
- Feel inexperienced in handling personnel matters, or
- Wish to conduct a search for a key personnel position in strictest confidence.
Our partners provide a wide variety of functions in this area. We can
- Design and draft advertising copy for a position
- Place the advertisement in appropriate trade, professional, regional and community publications
- Collect and review resume responses
- Communicate with each respondent
- Conduct initial interviews
- Administer any necessary performance skill tests
- Recommend finalists for the position to client management
- Coordinate final interviews
- Conduct required due diligence on the chosen candidate
- Assist in developing an appropriate offer of employment, and
- Communicate the decision with all unsuccessful candidates.
In undertaking personnel-related services, our principal motivation is to assist our clients. Our goal remains to identify the most qualified and best-suited candidate for a position that will support and strengthen their business operations,.
Clients look to us for this service because of our keen familiarity with their operations and personnel. We also share the insights gained from our extensive interaction with other clients, operations and personnel matters. Given this longstanding experience, we appreciate our clients’ confidence that we are eminently qualified to participate in this process critical to the health of their company.
