New clients and candidates are always keen to know how long the headhunting process takes.
While no two assignments are the same, we offer the following outline as a rough guide of what to expect when you are dealing with Trojan.
Handling & Research (weeks 2-4)
- Agree the Brief, Target List, CIS & Trojan team.
- Research target companies; identify prospective candidates.
- Network with other Trojan sources to identify prospective candidates.
- Ongoing client liaison; review research, discuss findings.
- Agree initially short-listed candidates, contact them & obtain CVs.
- Agree candidates to be interviewed by Trojan.
Short-list (Weeks 3-5)
- Interview initially selected candidates.
- Produce interview reports; discuss findings with you in detail.
- Agree finally short-listed candidates i.e. to be interviewed by you.
- Identify candidates who fall outside the brief but who could prove useful for other positions.
- Debrief any unsuccessful candidates.
Completion (weeks 6-7)*
- Confirm interview process/protocol.
- Set up first client interviews.
- Carry out profiling/assessment of finally short-listed candidates.
- Second interviews arranged with client (as appropriate).
- Final candidate selection.
- Review full job offer with Trojan.
- Job offer to selected candidate (preferably made verbally initially; finalised in writing once accepted).
- Acceptance of job offer & agreement of candidate start date.
- Notify the unsuccessful candidates, giving them an appropriate de-brief.
* Excludes candidate’s notice period
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