Results
The candidate we placed had worked and studied in the UK and the USA, where he studied for his MBA. After two years in the role at, he was subsequently promoted to Country Head, Zambia and Malawi, and most recently to the pivotal role of Country Head, Haiti, still with the same organisation. Armstrong Craven’s commitment to the client centres on a process that is transparent and provides outstanding value for money. Research-based headhunting produces a better outcome than traditional headhunting as we take a whole-of-market view, and it comes at a significantly lower cost to the organisation. In this case, the bank recruited its new Senior Investment Officer for Madagascar through a complex global search with a cost saving of approximately £15,000, compared to traditional search methods.
The added-value to the client went beyond cost savings. For forward-thinking organisations, talent planning has become an essential part of human capital management. That’s why Armstrong Craven provides clients with all the data collected on their behalf during the search process, as part of a collaborative approach to talent identification and pipelining. The insight report shared with clients on conclusion of a search contains profiles of other individuals identified in the marketplace along with details of their salaries and career history. The organisation now possesses information on a global resource pool of project finance professionals with Africa-specific knowledge, information which could prove invaluable to their business in future. This unique transparency in market information shifts the emphasis from recruitment fees as an irretrievable cost, to a long-term investment in hiring the right talent.