Executive Search

Our ability to seamlessly integrate the search process with the client organization and work as an extended enterprise helps us to source leaders with desired capabilities and who will best fit the organization culture and values. This with best in industry processes, know-how, database and network and the consultants with industry experience help us deliver leaders on time, every time.

Need Assessment : Every search assignment starts with first-brief meeting with client where we commit to deliver with professional excellence and promised timelines. The discussion starts with business impact of the leadership position in discussion. Our consultants are equipped to zero in on the essential requirements for the position depicting complete structure on the canvas. Every aspect of the role is carefully discussed and drilled down to fine tune the key specifications for positions. Once the deliverables are identified, the focus moves on to the behavioral traits the candidates will need to be successful in the leadership role. Consultants also analyze in great details the current and future challenges and critical incidences that is most likely to be encountered. Once all the important aspect is carefully understood, our consultants work on the detailed Job Specs and candidate profile which then goes for client approval. Also same consultant handles the single assignment end to end all aspects of the search through completion. Also looking at the pivotal role a consultant plays in search assignment; all the consultants come with rich experience, proven delivery background and expertise in Human Resources.

The SEARCH for the Best : This is heart of the search and USP at NuGrid. The consultants at NuGrid follow unique three way approach to reach best in industry and around the globe prospects for the job. This includes their own professional network and relationship, those of the NuGrid’s exhaustive database built over its rich experience and through systematic research. The Team work comes into play here. The pool of talent is discussed between the networks of consultants through the network of offices across all locations. Consultants are also equipped with knowledge inputs from research team which constantly monitors the career moves of the top leaders. The initial list of prospects is evaluated to identify few cut for job leaders. Our associates at NuGrid Research and Information Cell (NRIC) play an important part in the search by being continuously on button for the research support during an assignment. Further the team is strategically bifurcated in to a generic research team which keeps track of movements of leaders in organizations, information on trends in salaries / designations / new initiatives etc. The other team is directly assigned to the individual search and supports the consultants with search specific research.

Reaching out to candidates : This is the core and most critical stage in executive search cycle. Our consultants personally reach out to each and every prospect without engaging research team to do so. We strongly believe that consultants at NuGrid are best equipped to present the opportunity to prospects articulating carefully the backdrop and requirement of positions, nuances and also the cultural aspect of the client organization. Consultants also handle any queries from candidates with regards to client organization, the role in itself and the candidates’ prospects. The advice offered by our consultants stemming from their own experience and expertise is widely appreciated by the candidates. This becomes possible only because of seniority and insights of our consultants. The high quality of the dialogue between our consultants and candidates greatly increases the prospect of attracting the best talent to our client organizations. Our commitment to managing long-term candidate relationships further strengthens this bond and enhances our access to top talent for our clients.

Assessment & Referencing : It is important to have correct assessment model in order to zero in on the perfect fit candidate for the role. Our consultants stay away from re-tracing the candidate career profile which is already being presented in the resume. On the contrary consultants at NuGrid are equipped with refined interviewing skills based on rich experience & training, focus on competency based assessment. Each and every candidate for all the assignments are interviewed by NuGrid Consultant panel and the assessment is recorded and shared with clients. NuGrid’s presence in HR and leadership consulting comes handy; we have a competency based assessment model developed in-house by our consultants. This model focuses more on understanding how a task has been accomplished, how the problem was tackled etc. It also helps our consultants evaluate the candidate’s reaction in possible circumstances / culture in the client organization. The assessment then is validated through the extensive referencing from the candidates past organizations. Our referencing involves holistic approach wherein the reference is sought from Peers, subordinates, seniors, stakeholders, vendors and cross functional resources.

Closure : Finding the right fit in no way assures the closure of the assignment. In the environment where talent is in short supply and more so the leadership talent, the importance of final stages of search where actual closure takes place is very important. This is where the investment of our consultants in the relationship with candidates over the period of time comes handy. Candidates look up to our consultants for advice and judgment which in turn is function of the expertise and relationships they have developed over the period of time. Even in the course of single assignment, our consultants invest time to make the relationship stronger. Our consultants act as the perfect catalyst to the negotiation process to create win-win situation for both the parties.

Post closure commitment : What differentiates Consultants at NuGrid is their passion to see every candidate hired makes a positive impact which is beyond our Clients expectations. We also take personal interest in initial induction and on boarding of candidates to make sure the transition is seamless. It involves detailing to the finest level which includes assuring the signing amount is paid to candidate, workstation / laptop is allotted etc. On the other side we constantly follow up with clients to check on the performance and the fit. This diligent outlook is sum function of high professional standards and long-term outlook. This professional outlook and commitment ensures that more than half the assignments at NuGrid are repeat assignments from the clients we engage with.