About Our Firm

Our Approach

Meyer Search Consultants was founded with the belief that there is a better way to serve clients in conducting executive search assignments.  We are committed to providing a level of client partnership that far exceeds the service and quality level found with our competitors.

We approach each client engagement in a hands-on and customized manner.  Our success as a firm is due to the fact that we enjoy

the detective work involved in learning new businesses and functional areas.

Our approach to identifying the very best leaders for our clients is as unique as it is rigorous.  Our experience shows that many successful individuals with the desired competencies may not be actively looking for a job.  Advertising normally does not locate the best candidates.  Databases lead to recycled candidates that lead to mediocre results.  Clearly, a more creative and aggressive approach is needed to identify and validate the most desirable candidates that fit the leadership profile required by today's leading corporations and growing companies.

It is our practice to research appropriate organizations to locate individuals who meet the position specification and who have demonstrated patterns of accomplishment and success in positions, which closely match your requirements.  These individuals, as well as those from other networking sources, will be contacted on a direct inquiry basis.  The process is designed to yield a number of qualified candidates for our clients to compare and evaluate competitively against each other.

Our Process

No two executive search assignments are identical.  Although there are many common elements that exist between certain functional areas of expertise within a given industry, each senior-level search assignment must be approached and appreciated for the unique business challenges a particular client is experiencing within their competitive market as well as within the dynamics of their own

company.  It is this philosophy that guides our approach to carefully calibrating the many critical variables that ultimately influence the long-term success of each executive search assignment.

At the initiation of each executive search engagement, we invest as much time as necessary to meet with members of the Selection Committee and other important constituencies to gain a complete understanding of the specific business needs and challenges facing a particular client and the business environment that the successful candidate will encounter at the conclusion of the search engagement.  Furthermore, these critical meetings provide valuable insight into the specific responsibilities of a given position and the qualifications that the successful candidate must present.  Equally important, these initial meetings provide valuable insight into the subtle cultural and leadership qualities that will best serve the successful candidate.  At the conclusion of these meetings, we develop a customized Position Specification document that is used during the executive search to calibrate the ideal candidate for a specific leadership position within the company.  Additionally we create a Candidate Data Sheet to be completed by viable candidates.  The Candidate Data Sheet focuses on motivator for a candidate to make a change as well as questions focused on core competencies for job success.

One of the defining characteristics of our firm is the quality and rigor we apply to the executive search process.  We believe that relying exclusively on databases and recycled candidates only yields mediocre results.  A much more rigorous approach must be applied to the identification and validation of the leaders required by today’s leading corporations and emerging companies.  The entire search process from initial meetings to candidate start date can range in length from eight to fifteen weeks; dependant upon complexity and market conditions.

Finally, to help speed the time to completion for each executive search, we ask our clients to participate in weekly status meetings.  These update meetings are particularly important during the critical calibration stages of a search and significantly increases the decision making and consensus building of the Selection Committee.

The chart below demonstrates a typical Executive Search Process.  Our commitment to original research and candidate sourcing is an ongoing process throughout the term of any search assignment.