For Our Recruitment Clients...

To be successful and maintain long term relationships in this business, a search firm must have a fundamental understanding of your needs, your work environment and the unique challenges that will face the person you ultimately hire. Our success is reflected in the loyalty of our clients who turn to us each time they need to fill a key position. We believe we have a significant advantage over other search firms in that we conduct a very detailed screening and reference verification before you are ever introduced to a potential candidate. Recent reports show that 90 - 95% of all resumes contain either false or exaggerated information. Our candidate interviewing skills and reference questioning processes are invaluable in weeding out those applicants that are not suited for your position, saving your valuable time and money. Another advantage we have is our candidate pool. We are networking constantly and in the process become familiar with many quality prospective candidates. These are candidates who are currently working within their professions and not subscribed to any job posting boards. These are individuals who are not readily known by search firms but who are prepared to assume new challenges and leadership positions. Our value is evident through all stages in the hiring process, beginning with understanding your needs. UNDERSTANDING YOUR NEEDS Our process begins with having a thorough understanding of your organization and the open position. Our own experience within Agriculture and Civil Engineering assure us locating the best possible person for the job and for your organization. THE SEARCH We have built our reputation for success on a sound strategy for identifying, developing and presenting strong candidates for client review. Our strong candidate pool has been developed through years of serving both public and private sector organizations and developing new candidates through our extensive network of institutional contacts. Our marketing approach is directed, appealing and oftentimes confidential, but always presenting the client's opportunity in a most positive fashion. EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT Each candidate is first interviewed extensively clarifying resume statements, ensuring skill and experience level, identifying the level of interest for the position, assessing their management/interpersonal communication style and personality. This process is designed to bring about direct and revealing answers from the candidates which is then measured against reference information obtained for consistency. CANDIDATE INTRODUCTION AND INTERVIEWS To assist the client, you are provided with the candidate's resume, support documents or project lists, reference summaries, and a list of suggested areas you may wish to cover in the interview based on strength or weaknesses noted. We then schedule client interviews, assisting with interview preparation, if requested. After the interview, we immediately follow up with the candidates, bridging feedback and assessing any issues that may affect hiring and notifying candidates who are not selected. NEGOTIATION AND CLOSURE Once a final selection has been made, we will serve as an intermediary to bring about agreement and facilitate closure, if requested. This may involve a variety of negotiations ranging from salary and benefits to relocation and even assisting the candidate with resignation arrangements and a relocation referral service. Through our own interview processes, we have support services in your area ready to offer relocation candidates information regarding housing, schools and area economic statistics. This can prove to be a valuable benefit in negotiating delicate matters without building tension between the two parties. FOLLOW UP AND GUARANTEE Because the success of the placement is of paramount importance, P5 Consulting Services will follow up with both the client and candidate at regular intervals to ensure satisfaction. Candidate guarantees are extended and summarized in our standard contract. These valuable services are all included as part of the standard fee for service. If requested, P5 Consulting Services can facilitate background checks through a specialized agency. Billing for this service is directed to your company from the investigating agency and not routed through P5 Consulting Services.