Mitroff Consulting & Associates

	Executive Search
	Our Mission To deliver the highest level of client service attainable in retained executive search.

Each of our clients is unique. With our scientific, committed focus we are available and accessible at any time, seven days a week, to both clients and candidates, to facilitate successful completion of an assignment. Our approach is effective, highly flexible and customizable. Many inappropriate hires occur when employers or search firms “cut corners”. At Mitroff Consulting, we have developed a system which is efficient and timely, yet does not compromise quality. We provide our clients with full due diligence. Most importantly, our approach assures success for any industry or functional area.

The critical significance of each assignment is never lost on us, neither from the client's perspective nor from the candidate's.

We believe that clients can not afford to make a bad hire. While mistakes are very costly, it is possible to train and develop aptitude within an executive, but near impossible to “fix” someone’s attitude. Hence, Mitroff Consulting emphasizes the potential candidates fit not only with their skill set match to the position specification, but equally important, the potential candidate's cultural and attitude fit to that of the client.
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Our process begins with meeting all relevant members of the client’s team. This is to learn more about the uniqueness of the business and to make sure that we have a clear understanding of all the expectations. We encourage the involvement of as broad a constituency as possible to maximize this understanding and to accurately profile the final candidate. We pay attention to the little things as well as the overall large picture.

We then finalize the position specification and create a target list of prospective candidates and sources. We review this information with the primary client contacts. Our intent is to identify any potential contacts who should be either "high priorities" or avoided altogether from the client's point of view. We do this within the first few days of initiating the assignment to maximize efficiency, minimize any frustration and avoid confusion.
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Through intelligent networking and sourcing, we identify a large, targeted universe of candidates. We conduct in-depth telephone interviews to determine the initial potential fit of the candidates with the position specification.

We then conduct in-depth personal interviews with candidates. This allows us to gain more insight into the candidate's background and fit with the client's needs. Utilizing our years of experience, we evaluate for fit and offer insights into each candidate's background. We also suggest questions for you, the client, to use in candidate interviews. During this process, we are generating interest on the part of potential candidates in the client’s company.

The client is kept informed with weekly progress reports which detail the contacts made, the results of those contacts and candidates who have been or will be interviewed and presented to the client. The candidates are especially screened for their potential cultural fit within the client’s organization.

We prepare and submit to the client confidential written reports detailing the candidate’s background, the results of the in-depth interview and compensation history.

For those candidates who are going to be advanced, we personally conduct extensive referencing and the collective comments are reported back to the client.

Compensation negotiation can sometimes be an awkward process. Therefore, we provide compensation negotiations between the finalists and the client as required.

Following the placement, we provide follow-up services to assist the employee and client in the transition. This is conducted on the first day of employment, and then again after the first month, first quarter, six months and at the end of the first year of employment. Should issues surface, we are prepared to assist in the resolution.

We pride ourselves on earning the trust and repeat business of our clients.
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Mitroff Consulting provides our clients with a comprehensive profile of the “ideal” candidate matched to the specific position we have been retained to complete. We utilize state-of-the-art personnel assessment technology supported by scientific and behavioral research to enable managers to select the highest caliber candidates and to maximize the career potential of our clients' employees. Our profiling reports empower managers to effectively match the behavioral tendencies of candidates and senior management with the behavioral requirements of specific positions. The profiling reports we provide our clients are comprehensive, detailed assessments of the candidate and provide our client with specific suggestions to query the potential candidate on and describe how the candidate fits and does not fit the precise requirements of the specific position our client seeks to fill. We provide insights as to the candidate’s respective strengths (and weaknesses) and how well he fits the position.

For every position there are behaviors that enhance performance and behaviors that hinder performance. The Job Profile we use identifies the behaviors that correlate to effective job performance in a specific position. The “ideal” Job Profile is generated from the responses of the company’s “job expert” to the Job Profile Survey. The “job expert” can be a successful incumbent, or others who understand the difference between effective and ineffective performance in the position being profiled.

We also provide an in-depth Custom Job Analysis process that thoroughly researches a specific position. This rigorous analysis results in valuable insights regarding the traits and behaviors necessary to excel in a particular job. As a part of this process, clients also receive custom-written Behavior-Based Interview Questions designed specifically for their company.

The Candidate-to-Job Matching Report provides the company’s interviewers with custom-generated Behavior-Based Interview questions that probe the unique challenges faced by each candidate. The report graphically compares and contrasts a candidate to the "ideal" profile created during the Job Analysis process. The Candidate-to-Job Matching Report shows how much "flex" the candidate would need to exert in order to perform the essential duties of the position. In other words, the report indicates just how much the candidate would have to adjust his or her natural behavioral tendencies in order to mirror the behaviors of the position’s top performers. Our profile will provide our client with detailed information as to how much extra energy the candidate has to expend to match the job – i.e., a safeguard against burn-out.

Our comprehensive profiling assessments are accurate and very helpful in building the management team and avoiding “mishires”.

We maximize the potential that not only will our client have the right employee on the correct "bus", but the right employee will be sitting in the "correct and best seat on the bus" for their career goals as well as the employer's goals. This increases employer and employee satisfaction, reduces job burn-out and minimizes stress-related Workers Compensation claims.

We can provide clients with an analysis which maximizes lines of communication, resolves conflict more effectively, builds more productive teams and motivates the company’s people to achieve their potential. With the “New Hire Integration Report”, we provide our clients with a report which introduces the new employee to each of their managers, peers and direct reports. It is designed to maximize the new hire's ability to “hit the ground running”.
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