Our search process...

The briefing - Each new search assignment begins with a meeting, or series of meetings between the client and some of our team. It is important for us to gain an open and detailed understanding of your requirements before we represent you in the market, and these meetings are as much about gaining a broad strategic perspective, as they are about the finer points of the specification, the role and requisite cultural fit. Following this briefing we issue a formal proposal, which includes our understanding of your needs, strategy and a timetable for the search. Some clients have very precise views as to which institutions or areas they would like us to explore. Others will give us a broader mandate, possibly to cover more than one industry, sector, or geographical area in our research.

Research and approaches - Whilst Calvert Percival maintains an ever-growing live database, our search process is primarily 'new project' driven, tailored specifically for each client. The target areas and institutions that have been agreed are, where necessary, thoroughly mapped and in any case we speak with numerous industry sources - key players we know well - to gain the widest appreciation of the market in question, identifying the strongest possible candidates. Only then will we begin to approach people, initially by telephone, screening them and gathering as much information as possible whilst gauging their interest, both in the client and in the specific role. Those candidates who appear to be most suitable are then met for interview and we produce a short list of the most recommended contenders .