EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Optimum Talent Executive Search focuses on working closely with clients to identify and recruit superb senior level talent. Our reputation and track record of success over our 35 year history reflect our commitment to understanding our clients’ needs, their culture and criteria for success as well as our relentless thoroughness in identifying “hidden” candidates who are not actively in the marketplace.
Founded in the late 1970’s, originally created as Baker, Harris & Partners, the firm broadened into an international footprint as the Canadian division of A.T. Kearney Executive Search, subsequently EWK International and now under the name Optimum Talent Executive Search.
- Highly accountable senior search professionals with over three decades of experience
- Rigorous competency and research based approaches
- Broad geographic reach gives access to exceptional candidates around the globe
- In-depth knowledge of approaches to sourcing qualified diversity candidates
- Consulting approach results in a true partnership with clients
- In Canada, our firm operates nationally with fully bilingual capabilities
Our approach to search starts with a detailed understanding of the role and how it fits with the clients’ needs, focusing on core competencies to define key success factors in the organization and use those to refine the criteria required to be successful in the role.
We take the time to engage with key stakeholders to develop a 360° view of the assignment. In working closely with clients to fully develop the role and its impact on the organization we then can move to quickly identifying candidates who have both the leadership and technical qualifications to be successful in the near and long term.
Our Practice
- C-suite executives, general management and senior level functional roles (finance, law, HR, communications, IT, marketing and sales). We also have specialized expertise in Board recruitment.
- Our flexible approach has allowed us to successfully work with companies ranging from startups to Fortune 100 organizations, and to tailor our process to their needs.
Key for Success
- Our close attention to details has meant that 75% of our clients have worked with us for over 5 years and 80% of our business comes from clients who have conducted multiple searches with us.
- Our placement rate is 98% and the vast majority of our successful candidates stay with their hiring organizations for many years. We understand that we are an extension of our clients and manage their reputations as carefully as we manage our own.
- Member of AltoPartners, an international alliance of search firms with offices in 30 countries around the globe.
- We and our partners are members of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and adhere to their professional guidelines and code of conduct.
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