WHAT WE DO

Service Offering

Targeted Recruitment

We provide a tailor-made approach to identify and attract top executive talent for our Client’s organisation.

A successful targeted recruitment process requires rigorous analysis, creativity, logic and sound judgement. Our team delivers the tools to identify, attract and develop extraordinary candidates and future leaders.

Our rigorous process, in-depth knowledge of the local market and industry, professional executive recruitment service, and deep networks gained through many years of experience is what distinguishes us from our competitors in executive search and leadership recruitment.

With the changing employment environments and talent requirements, some senior management and executive positions are harder to fill and require a targeted recruitment approach.

For more information on our Targeted Recruitment Solutions please contact one of our expert executive search consultants who can provide further information in this regard.

  • The primary objective of targeted recruitment is to ensure the process speaks to the organisation’s diversity and inclusion strategy and offers a broader pool from which to select candidates. The targeted individuals can be minorities, people with disabilities or candidates with scarce and specialist leadership skills.

  • A targeted recruitment approach serves to answer the following questions:

    • Type of individuals to be targeted (education, knowledge, skills and executive experience required)?

    • Where can these people be found (target companies and geographical location across South Africa and Africa)?

    • How can the targeted individuals best be reached through executive recruitment networks?

    • What recruitment message should be communicated about the recruiting organisation (the organisation’s background, its performance and its achievements)?

    Our targeted recruitment helps the hiring managers and organisations create a clear strategy and vision for leadership hiring and talent acquisition requirements.

    Our approach helps our Clients identify the most appropriate universe of executive candidates in the shortest amount of time.

    A targeted recruitment process is used to identify and engage with candidates who are not likely to apply to an advert or who are not active in the market. As a partner to our Clients, we ensure that our Client’s strategy and vision is communicated clearly with prospective candidates and that candidates are engaged in the process and are ready to be considered for senior leadership roles.

Talent Mapping

We are committed to partnering with our Clients in achieving their talent pipeline agendas through identifying, targeting and approaching select executive talent.

Our solutions include pipelining for senior management succession, leadership recruitment, talent refresh, expansion, diversity and transformation initiatives.

Our solutions are tailored to our Client’s unique requirements. Appreciating that each Client’s needs vary from a qualification, cross-functional or specialisation perspective, every project commences with an in-depth briefing to understand these essential parameters as well as to reach an understanding of the ideal culture fit.

Talent pipelining not only provides a universe of candidates but includes data and insights that aid in benchmarking executive skills, salary and a comparison between candidates.

For more information on our Talent Pipelining Solutions please contact one of our expert consultants who can provide further information in this regard.

  • Effective talent pipelining is an ongoing practice to keep a proactive finger-on-the-pulse of the external leadership talent landscape. Partnering with an experienced executive search firm will provide your organisation with an accurate and up-to-date barometer on market trends and talent psyche to assist in not only attracting the right skill sets, but to make critical business decisions.

  • For all projects our process overview is as follows:

    • Briefing, planning and project implementation;

    • Candidate attraction and engagement;

    • Candidate screening and assessment; and

    • Candidate selection and offer.

Assessments

An essential part of the executive recruitment process and are conducted between the initial interview and the final Client interview phase.

Psychometric assessments, including ability tests and personality assessments, are used to find out more about an individual. They also identify key areas where an individual may need support in their new role, their strengths, development needs and the future potential of the candidate.

This is an important tool to assist with succession planning, leadership development and executive talent management initiatives.

In a targeted recruitment process, assessments are used in conjunction with the detailed candidate interview, references and background checks to build up a broad picture of the candidate’s abilities, fit with an organisation and team, and work preferences.

Assessments broadly measure ability, personality and behavioural attributes. Assessments can also measure various skills from problem solving, communication, and manual dexterity to critical thinking and other executive capabilities.

Our consulting team can develop a battery of assessments to fit any role requirement.

For more information on our Assessment Solutions please contact one of our expert executive recruitment consultants who can provide further information in this regard.

  • Solving analytical problems under time pressure. These tests assess a variety of abilities including:

    • General problem solving;

    • Verbal comprehension;

    • Numerical reasoning; and

    • Verbal reasoning.This is an important tool to assist with succession planning, leadership development and executive talent management initiatives.

  • Candidates are asked to answer a range of statements about their personal preferences, attitudes and motives. There are no right or wrong answers, just as there are no right or wrong personalities.

    Assessments of personality can measure a variety of preferences including:

    • Personality;

    • Values;

    • Leadership style;

    • Motivation; and

    • Selling and influencing style.

  • In some instances, a candidate may be asked to complete behavioural exercises such as in-tray, roleplay, writing or presentation tasks. These exercises are often designed to mimic tasks that candidates may be required to perform in executive roles.

Bespoke Recruitment Projects

Appoint’s bespoke solutions are built specifically around the requirements of a project and not around industry norms.

These solutions focus on a Client’s core requirements and deliver on these specifics.

The Appoint team specialises in connecting executive talent with leading companies throughout Africa. We appreciate that every Client’s needs are not the same and we tailor our approach according to this.

Our team has the expertise, experience and industry network to deliver a powerful, seamless and carefully crafted executive recruitment solution in South Africa and across Africa.

We pride ourselves on the solutions we offer our Clients and have a proven track record of creating successful, long-term relationships between Clients and executive candidates.

For more information on our Bespoke Talent Solutions please contact one of our expert consultants who can provide further information in this regard.

  • Every project is unique which requires us to work flexibly and with a full and thorough understanding of our Client’s needs.

    We help our Clients to respond quickly to challenges. So whether it be to hire 10 people or 200+ people, our ability to deliver a bespoke executive recruitment solution gives unrivalled access to leadership talent.

    Throughout the process Appoint provides industry data, salary expectations and a team of forward-thinking experts, with over 50 years of executive search and recruitment experience with an advanced understanding of new world solutions, to guide and advise during each step of the project.

  • Good leadership and teamwork can influence all key business challenges and we help our Clients respond to these challenges even when timelines are tight.

    Our specific solutions include, but are not limited to:

    • Recruitment process outsourcing;

    • Talent pipelining;

    • Bespoke talent projects;

    • Benchmarking; and

    • Graduate recruitment.

  • The key benefits are as follows:

    • A scalable, flexible and customisable executive recruitment solution tailored to specific needs and challenges;

    • In-depth industry and functional experience and expertise;

    • Industry data, market intelligence and benchmarking;

    • Access to active and passive executive candidates; and

    • Customised time scales to fit the required timeframes.