Why hire a recruiter who specializes in Natural Products Industry jobs?

Posted by Ginni Garner on Apr 17 2013

natural products headhunterTop executive talent isn’t easy to locate, yet bringing the right person into your natural products company can make all the difference in the organization’s future trajectory. Finding the right executive is a task that’s worth the investment of time and effort.  Yet, many employees today are doing double or even triple job duty because of cutbacks in staffing, and have no time to help sort through resumes or interview candidates.

If your team is not eagerly diving into the hiring process, then your best bet is to seek out an executive recruiter, or headhunter as they’re often known, to help you find the most qualified people for your position. Let’s look at five ways the headhunters' natural industry expertise can aid your search:

1.    Specialist in the natural or consumer health products niche. Ever try to explain your business to someone who knows nothing about it? It can be very frustrating. Imagine that same exasperating conversation occurring with a recruiter who knows nothing about your industry or company; you must educate him on the market, competitors, business challenges, regulatory issues, key mergers and acquisitions, etc. Your better move is to find which headhunters' natural products skills will work best for you.

2.     Assistance in clearly identifying your needs. Knowing what kind of executive skill set your company needs is absolutely necessary to a successful search process. This is where the headhunter's natural products industry knowledge can benefit your company greatly, through a defined needs assessment process that helps you clarify what key requirements are necessary so your new executive will fit with your company culture and will bring a skill set that may be lacking.

3.     Screening of applicants. This is a critical part of the hiring process, and one that can quite frankly be a time-consuming chore. Headhunters specializing in the natural and consumer products industry have developed an extensive database of contacts across the sector and know where to find potential candidates for you to consider. They care of the resume review, background and reference checks, and initial screening interviews, ensuring that any candidate put forward for you to interview meets your specific criteria.

4.     Commitment to a long-term relationship.  Clearly, no recruitment firm will tell you that they’re only going to do a half-baked job finding the right candidate for you. But the fact is that many job searches are difficult and time-consuming, and too many recruiters lose interest and patience, especially if their client (you) changes job requirement parameters in the middle of the candidate search. It’s very important to find a recruiter who’s interested in being your partner for the long-term and who observes the highest ethical standards; such recruiters do in fact exist, and they have long-standing successful relationships with companies all across the natural products industry.

5.     Confidential partnering. You gain the insight of the headhunter's knowledge of companies, compensation structures and management talent in the natural products industry when you work together to find the ideal executive. A top-notch recruiter serves as your sounding board and confidential advisor to help you make an informed hiring decision. She can find the answers you need if you have lingering questions about a candidate’s background, real job performance history, or leadership skills.  

Executive recruiters who really understand your industry help you minimize the chance of a costly bad hiring decision, and will search all over the globe for your ideal candidate. Sanford Rose Executive Search specializes in global consumer healthy products executive recruiting. Contact us to learn how our specialized methods ensure the best candidate for your open position.

How can we help you land your dream executive?

 

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Topics: jobs, candidate, headhunter, needs assessment, natural products industry

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