Driving Inclusion Through Greater Employee Value

Identifying Hard To Find Specialist Talent

Finding the right people for senior and interim roles is a significant challenge facing organisations in the education sector. Particularly in recruiting clinical and research specialist roles, there may often only a handful of people that meet the person specification. We thrive in these search situations and welcome projects where others have struggled to find the right candidate. Our delivery team are experts in their fields and are at their best when sourcing talent that really puts their sector knowledge to the test.

We work closely with our clients to define the right brief, understand the specialisms needed and identify, outside of our existing network, where such skills may be found. We also actively encourage client stakeholders to be involved in assessing candidates when interview shortlists are being drawn up. Knowing that know that niche talent is a scarce resource which needs to be looked after sensitively and at pace, we carefully manage conversations with candidates and clients throughout the search process.

Thinking Laterally To Broaden The Talent Pool

Executive searches for specialist senior-level education roles requires lateral thinking. Our cross-functional team brings together specialists in the public and private sectors.

Where a lack of diversity is hindering successful recruitment, we remove this dilemma by thinking differently about where we look for candidates and what skills they bring to the table. We go beyond the usually narrow parameters for niche roles and look far wider for suitable candidates. To do this, we tap into our extensive network of contacts to identify people who might not appear in more conventional recruitment searches.

Our ethnoculturally diverse team and its commitment to diversity gives us strong credibility with candidates. Clients gain competitive advantages using our pioneering insights and data on diversity and inclusion that help them transform how they recruit.