Are we returning to a candidate market again?

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For those of us who have been in the recruiting industry for some time, are you starting to feel a bit of déjà vu reminiscent of 1999? (and I don’t mean the Prince song) Back then, the economy was humming and companies were investing huge sums of money on ERP systems for the dreaded Y2K crash that never came.  On the recruiting front, candidates in select fields were in high demand and very short supply and they were receiving multiple offers with huge signing bonuses.  It was a free agency market mentality!

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Demonstrated Success in Finding Human Resources Talent for your Business

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Human Resources has been a focus practice area since the inception of our company. While we are not a one dimensional pure HR search firm, we have expertise in finding HR senior leader talent in many industries, across the U.S., and for all size organizations. We have the experience and expertise to identify true HR business partners for your senior positions.

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Functional Expertise is at a Premium

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Through our last 10 years of growth, we have continued to develop breadth and depth in various practice areas. While we do support most of our client base across the entirety of their business including most functional areas, we have recognized the need for dedicated functional expertise within our firm. Every search is a team approach utilizing resources for that expertise.

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Another Hiring Mistake?

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Did you really hire the wrong person or did your lack of assimilation and onboarding processes result in failure to launch?

We’ve all been there – you have just hired the “perfect” leader and six months in you’re scratching your head saying to yourself, how did I make such a hiring mistake? Odds are, you didn’t hire the wrong person but instead you didn’t onboard them successfully. Many organizations spend thousands and thousands of dollars investing in acquiring great talent only to find that their new leader assimilation and onboarding processes (or lack of) are causing new leaders to fail.

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Westport Intl: Client Driven to the Core

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When our team at Westport Intl talks about being client driven,
it actually means something:

We build our service and resources around our clients, resulting in:

  • Top performance metrics for our industry (westportintl.com/metrics/)
  • 85% of our search work is from repeat customers
  • More than 50% of our search work comes from clients whom we have had relationships for 5 years or more
  • Our internal resources and sister divisions are customized to deliver the needed services dependent on the client’s needs
  • We have built and maintained specialized functional practice areas in HR, Sales, Marketing, General Management, among others

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Westport Intl Announces New Line of Business – HR Practices

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Employee Engagement and Consulting Solutions

Are your bottom-line results where you want them to be? Are you maximizing your profit potential and shareholder value? If not, have you asked yourself whether your employees are fully engaged? Employee engagement is simply defined as the emotional commitment an employee has to the organization and its goals – the higher the commitment level, the higher the effort. Research study after research study has clearly shown a positive correlation between high employee engagement scores and high levels of service, sales, quality, safety, and retention thus directly impacting profit and shareholder returns. It’s simply the employee engagement-profit chain.

If you aren’t currently accurately measuring your employee engagement, Westport Intl can help.

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Unbundled Search – A New Offering

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Recently, our retained executive search practice began offering unbundled search solutions. We have done customized ongoing executive pipeline projects for clients for years, but unbundling the phases of the retained search process into distinct services is new. Part of this philosophy centers on partnering with clients and designing services that fit their needs.

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The world of talent acquisition is changing. A quick look at how:

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Westport Intl, our retained group, recently filled several searches for clients in HR, Finance, Marketing, and General Management. Our search group’s performance continues to be best in class in the retained search industry. We have several new announcements around the expansion of our search group:

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Westport Intl: Client-Driven Solutions

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Westport Intl is an innovative executive search and management firm, dedicated to building enduring client relationships to strategically recruit elite leadership throughout Europe, Asia, China, and the United States. An industry pioneer, Westport develops systemic best practices through leading technologies to cultivate cultural diversity, organizational upgrading, and functional excellence on clients’ behalf in an ever-evolving global market.

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July 2013 Newsletter

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Westport Intl, our retained group, recently filled several searches for clients in HR, Finance, Marketing, and General Management. Our search group’s performance continues to be best in class in the retained search industry. We have several new announcements around the expansion of our search group:

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