Executive Recruitment and the Job Market news
Why do senior managers change jobs?
The responsibilities of a senior manager have diversified over the past twenty years. Previously, it was enough to be a good high-level manager, but today, you also have to be a good coach and have in your toolbox many essential soft skills. In a business world where increasingly large organizations are evolving, these relational skills…
Recruit a Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
What is the role of a CEO? In an organization, the President and CEO fulfills two important roles at the highest levels of the hierarchy. On the one hand, this manager implements the strategic decisions of the Board of Directors (CA) and on the other hand, he ensures that the various managers fulfill their respective…
Recruit a Vice President of Sales
The Vice President of Sales is responsible for managing all sales of a company and its subsidiaries. This is a senior executive position at the highest levels of the company, located immediately below that of the president. The distinction between a sales manager and a vice president of sales is based on the nature of…
3 Good Ways to Use a Psychometric Test
Psychometric tests are not unanimous. Useful for some, of questionable utility for others, they have been used in executive recruitment for quite some time. For headhunters, they are above all complementary tools because these professionals have developed an enviable expertise in structured job interviews. Let’s see why psychometric tests can be useful for recruiting executives.…
Recruit a Vice President of Operations
The Vice President of Operations is responsible for managing all operations of a company and its subsidiaries. This is a senior executive position at the highest levels of the company, located immediately below that of the president. To become Vice President of Operations, an executive must have more than 10 years of experience in a…
3 ways to avoid the “no show” at a job interview
In recruitment, the “no show” is the absence of the candidate at his job interview. On the day of the appointment, the selected candidate does not show up, without giving a reason. And that’s panic. Still, the hiring process seemed to be going smoothly. After extensive research, the headhunter and candidate had agreed to an…
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Director of Operations
The main employers of an operations manager Manufacturing industryLogisticsE-commerce, banking and financial servicesIT and ITHotel sectorRetailImmobilier The skills of a director of operations Master supply chain managementHave experience in the fieldBe a good motivatorUse management and workflow softwareKnow how to communicate wellIntervene at all levels of the companyBe positive and focused on concrete solutionsKnowing how…
Marketing Director
The main employers of a marketing director ManufacturingRetailPharmaceutical and medicalPowerHotel sectorImmobilierFinancial services and insurance The skills of a marketing manager experienceLeadershipMedia knowledgeWriting marketing plansTeam MotivatorGood presenterStaying in tune with societyMastering the digital transition The functions of a marketing director A marketing director is a leader capable of organizing, leading and motivating a team of professionals…
Mechanical Engineer
Personal experience and additional training in marketing, operations management and The main employers of a mechanical engineer Consulting engineering officesResearch and development centersAerospace industryManufacturingPulp, paper and paperboard millsTechnical building management (related to mechanics)Federal and Provincial Governments The skills of a mechanical engineer Be rigorous and organizedBe criticalBe imaginativeManage and track multiple projects at onceKnow how…
Sales Manager
The main employers of a sales manager Retail tradeconstructionManufacturingEngineering and ManufacturingBusiness services (banking, finance)Information Technology (IT) and InformaticsMedical technology and health The skills of a sales manager Have great interpersonal skillsInspire a teamKnowing how to motivate people individuallyDemonstrate strategic thinkingKnow how to recruit talent in salesBe open to new technologies The duties of a sales…
6 differences between headhunter and recruitment agency
Employers who want to hire staff within their organization use specialized external companies such as recruitment agencies (also called employment agencies) or headhunters. Why do they choose one or the other? What are the main differences between recruitment agencies and headhunters? Do they do the same job and provide the same services? Here are some…
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How much does a headhunter cost?
What is a headhunter? The headhunter is a true professional and his activities are part of the professions related to human resources (HR) management. For an employer or for the HR department of a company, choosing a headhunter means finding a business partner who helps the organization meet its needs in terms of human resources.…
Recruiting: a new player in the recruitment of middle and executive executives
After eight years working for a well-known recruitment firm in Montreal as Director of Recruitment and Division Director, Industrial and Construction, as well as at Loblaws, Olivier Parent announced that he founded his own executive recruitment company: Recruscope. The expert will be able to put forward his personal vision of recruitment and better meet the…
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10 Strategies for a Successful Job Interview
This article is for candidates who are interviewing, hr departments on duty, and employers who are recruiting in-house. The job interview is a must for everyone in the field of recruitment. Let’s review together 10 classic questions and the why of these questions. As we are talking about executive positions where leadership is an essential…
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How to answer a headhunter’s phone call
November 30, 2021 You’re in the office and you’re coming out of a meeting. Your phone rings. You do not recognize the number and you take the call. The person then identifies as a headhunter. You know this term but are not sure what exactly it is about. This call is a bit out of…
3 Essential Questions for Your Career Plan
Published on November 17, 2021 Ambition and motivation are the foundation stones of any successful career. But this is not always enough, especially in our time when everything changes rapidly. Over a long period of time, there are always detours, but also advances followed by setbacks, periods of acceleration and slowing down, or even on…
3 ways to showcase your soft skills
Published on December 1, 2021 Soft skills are an important hiring criterion The work that a middle or senior manager does in a company is not only based on technical or academic skills. It is often a question of orchestrating the different components of the organization in a project where many people are engaged. Today,…
4 keys to a CV that stands out
Writing a resume requires a lot of care to attract attention, even more so if you’re an executive. “A lot of care” doesn’t mean “a lot of pages.” On the contrary, even if your CV is a bit of a story of your professional life, conciseness is the rule to follow. Like any writer who…
Find a headhunter to recruit better
As an employer, you want to attract talented executives who will ensure the deployment of your business strategies. But how to convince these extraordinary personalities to choose your organization? That’s kind of the subject of this article. Every organization has the ideal executive candidate in mind… and each executive has in mind the type of…
How to calculate and improve your retention rate
Keeping your employees in a company means offering something that competitors do not offer or offer to a lesser extent. This is based on the same attractiveness factors that promote the recruitment process. In other words, employees usually stay in a company for the same reasons they entered it. Employee retention is often the other…
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5 Factors That Promote Employee Retention
Motivating and retaining employees is a very broad topic. Employers and their leaders are obviously the best people to meet the challenges they face in their particular situation. But since labor scarcity is a recurring hot topic, it’s good to get back to basics. Being able to calculate the retention rate of its employees is…
LinkedIn profile: how to get noticed by a headhunter
Headhunters are always looking for new talent for their customers. High-performing executives are in high demand. To be noticed by a headhunter, you have to put yourself in his place. He spends a lot of time on LinkedIn and he has a specific position to fill quickly. He searches for such candidate profile and will…
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In search of the resilient framework
In today’s environment, employers and headhunters have a vested interest in working even more closely together than in the past in the process of hiring a new executive. The recruitment of high-level managers faces several challenges. Here are some ways to enrich this valuable collaboration. The weight of demography According to an article published on…
The virtual job interview: tips from a headhunter
A few years ago, this was the exception. Today, this is the norm. The virtual interview is the tool preferred by the headhunter to contact a potential candidate to try to fill a position. For the candidate, this one-on-one 2.0 is often done from his telework space or elsewhere in his residence. It can also…
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Executives: Tying the threads of tight negotiation
A recruitment firm can help you tie the threads of a close negotiation with an interesting potential candidate. In the current context, this is more essential than ever! A bit like real estate Currently, filling executive positions can be similar to what is happening in the real estate market. The game of supply and demand…
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What is changing in pandemic recruitment?
It would really be putting your head in the sand like the proverbial ostrich to pretend that the world of work is not affected by the pandemic. The global economy is experiencing a major crisis that is clouding everyone’s crystal balls. You read the same news as me, the negative impacts are real on the…
The essential ingredient of a successful recruitment process
Companies considering hiring a senior executive or executive, whether a CEO or plant manager, or even an intermediary executive, do not do all the research work and subsequent efforts that need to be made to find the rare gem. Yes, even in the real pearl growing industry, you have to open a lot of oysters…
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4 questions to ask yourself to improve your home recruitment
It may seem surprising to you that a recruitment firm in Montreal offers you ways to improve your recruitment-house of middle and senior executives. But after all it is not contradictory. Both recruiters and companies have a lot to gain. For a company, if the right conditions are right, doing in-house recruitment can be a…
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5 Tips to Increase Your Chances of Hiring the Best Candidate
That’s it, your headhunter firm or your HR department has found you the three best candidates in the world for this middle management position that you’ve been looking to fill since… how long has it been already? For too long! He will be there in an hour, sitting comfortably in your office, a manager who…
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