The Marketing Director job search can be difficult. Quality talent is rare and in demand. So finding the right senior hire often means working with recruitment and headhunting firms. Before you pick a recruiter to help you find your perfect Marketing Director, you need to know what you’re getting into.
What’s Your Experience Recruiting Senior Marketers?
When using a recruiter or headhunter, you should be sure they’re experienced in finding quality candidates for roles similar to yours. This is essential when recruiting for senior roles.
Clients often ask us what our experience headhunting for marketing roles is. We understand that when you want someone to recruit for an important position, you want to make sure they have proven experience doing this successfully.
We have a wealth of experience conducting executive searches for Marketing Directors and other related senior positions. As whole market headhunters, we approach each headhunt with no preconceptions. That means that we show no bias in our recruitment, and conduct every search process from scratch.
How Quickly Can You Find A Marketing Director?
When you’re recruiting for a senior role like a Marketing Director, quality is vital, but so is speed. You don’t want to be waiting months to find the right person, especially if there’s a position in your business that needs filling.
This is why speed is an important attribute for recruiters. The key is finding a balance between quality of results and speed of delivery.
We aim to deliver results in a time-frame, whilst not compromising on the quality or quantity of candidates that we produce. This ensures you still receive the best candidates possible, and do so in a fair time-frame.
Our service is based on transparency. We keep in touch with our clients frequently, as well as providing each client access to our online portal. This means that our clients are always kept up to date with the progress of the headhunt, and how near to completion it is.
What’s Your Process For Recruiting A Senior Marketer?
Every headhunter has a different research and search process. You should know exactly what your recruiter is doing for the price you pay. Where is your money going and what do you receive? How do they find and produce the best candidate for your business?
Ask about the recruiter’s search process, as well as the specific search process for a Marketing Director. Do these differ? Try to get as much detail as you can.
At Executive Headhunters, we employ a detailed, bespoke headhunting process for every client.
This includes a thorough initial research phase, followed by an extensive targeted search phase as well as a shortlisting and screening process.
What’s Your Knowledge Of My Industry?
Your recruiter should have a strong knowledge of your industry as well as the role you’re recruiting for. This can sometimes be an issue, as many recruiters will have knowledge of one or the other. You want to find a recruitment firm that knows both well.
It’s often not enough for a recruiter to know the industry if they don’t have experience recruiting for that role, and vice versa.
As a whole of market headhunter, we have a broad knowledge of all industries. We headhunt for senior roles in almost any industry, and over the years we’ve formed a strong knowledge of these industries.
Not only this, but our initial research stage is detailed. At the beginning of every headhunt we devote time to research your industry from scratch. This allows us to gain a good base of knowledge to work from. It ensures we don’t rely on old information.
Why Should We Trust You To Find A Marketing Director?
Of course, you’ve got to consider why you should pick that recruiter over any other. Don’t make the mistake of rushing into a decision, have a look around and make an informed decision. After all, hiring a recruiter or headhunter for a senior role is a big investment. You can’t afford to make a bad decision.
Ask your recruiter why they specifically will be better than anyone else at finding you a Marketing Director. There’s so many recruiters available, picking the right one isn’t always easy. Make sure you know exactly what your business is looking for, and tell this to the recruiter. They should be able to explain to you exactly why they’re ideal to cater to your specific needs.
How Do I Know You’re Reliable?
Reliability is one of the most important qualities of a high-level recruiter or headhunter. If your headhunter isn’t reliable, you’re taking a big risk working with them. You need to be sure that you can count on your recruiter to find you the best candidate possible and give you value for money.
At Executive Headhunters EMA Partners UK, we’re proud members of the AESC, a group encompassing the world’s most elite executive search firms.
This means that we uphold only the highest standards for headhunting. AESC membership guidelines are strict, meaning every member business is reliable in their delivery of high-quality service. Essentially, AESC membership is a seal of quality and reliability for headhunting.
Are Any Companies Off Limits For Your Marketing Director Job Search?
Recruiters can’t always source their candidates from absolutely anywhere. Often there are restrictions on which companies a recruiter can take candidates from. This often has to do with which businesses the recruiter has worked with in the past. Make sure to find out what restrictions might be in place with the recruiter or headhunter you’re in contact with.
You should make sure that the headhunter doesn’t have restrictions against recruiting from businesses that would be a good target for you.
So if you’re looking for a top tier Marketing Director for your Engineering firm, you’ll want to make sure that you pick a recruiter that’s able to poach talent from top Engineering businesses and firms in related sectors. We’re always upfront about any restrictions or practices we may have in your field.
What If The Candidate Isn’t Good Enough?
We understand that you want security. For senior roles, simply finding a candidate isn’t enough. You need to find someone that’s perfect for your business. Someone that’s going to stick around and drive your business forward. The key to high-quality recruitment is finding that perfect candidate the first time around.
However, very rarely unfortunate circumstances arise and even the perfect candidate might not end up staying with your business. So what happens then? Are you left needing to shell out for the whole recruitment process again? You shouldn’t be.
Firstly, finding the best headhunting agency for you is vital, as it reduces the chances of needing to rehire. Aside from this, make sure your headhunter has a contingency plan in place in case these unfortunate circumstances arise. This also serves as a guarantee of quality, and ensures you won’t just get charged and handed a poor candidate.
We offer a replacement guarantee service that ensures you receive the right quality of service, and that you’re protected in the unlikely case of any unfortunate events.
It’s A Big Decision: Make The Right One
In your Marketing Director job search, you need to have as much discussion as possible with each potential recruiter to get the best idea of which one is right for your business and your opportunity.
We understand that these initial discussions are vital. That’s why we offer a free insights session for those looking to recruit for senior roles such as Marketing Directors.
This session gives us a chance to get to know each other. It allows us to answer any questions you may have, and outline exactly what we can do to help find you to perfect candidate for your role.
