Headhunting is a method of sourcing, locating, and attracting specific individuals who meet a particular job requirement. Headhunters persuade professionals currently satisfied in their roles to explore new opportunities. These sourced candidates typically possess industry expertise and can contribute value immediately.
Retained headhunting is the method favoured by leading companies to recruit high-calibre senior staff. The service involves exclusive engagement until assignment completion, with advance fee payments ensuring mutual commitment. Key benefits include client confidentiality, candidate trust, and superior time and cost efficiency.
Contingency recruitment is the traditional ‘no win, no fee’ approach, involving providing CVs from actively job-seeking candidates. However, it doesn’t provide commitment from either the client or candidates. Problems include minimal commitment, time spent reviewing irrelevant CVs, and no role-filling guarantee.
Experience, quality, speed, confidentiality, professionalism, and a targeted approach. MSC’s retained service attracts superior candidates unavailable through other methods, ensuring the best possible talent for your organisation.
MSC provides a 100% guarantee to fill any vacancy we accept through our retained service in a pre-agreed timeframe. If a placed candidate departs within 12 months (6 months for non-board roles), replacement occurs free of charge.
MSC Headhunting has offices in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. We operate globally across 190+ countries. As we say: we can find anyone, anywhere.
Clients return for our dedicated proactive service, meticulous project execution, timezone-aware availability, and consistent on-time delivery with high-calibre candidates. 90% of our retained projects represent repeat business.
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