Kirk Palmer & Associates The Best Industry Leadership since 1987
COMPANY PROFILE


Points of Difference
 An Industry Specific Firm
 Focused and Tenacious
 Straight Talk

Proven Principles to Deliver Results
 Becoming an Extension of Your Company
 Simultaneous Sourcing Strategies
 Probing Assessments
 Transparency
Proven Principles to Deliver Results

We become an extension of your company
  • We visit with you on site to understand your company, your goals, your people and your unique culture. We listen and learn
  • We work to understand the specified and unspecified job requirements
  • We focus on the Qualities, Attributes and Characteristics that will make someone successful in your firm
  • We stay close to you by listening and providing insight throughout the search
We deploy simultaneous sourcing strategies for each search
  • We continuously perform fresh research and develop “target company and candidate lists”
  • We call upon our vast industry network to quickly identify and vet candidates
  • We continuously mine our extensive database. First established in 1988, the database is updated daily and is rich with information
  • We collaborate as a team to share our collective knowledge, network and contacts for your search on a weekly basis
We extensively interview, assess and reference each candidate
  • We craft a thorough Company, Position and Desired Candidate Profile to insure that we are on track
  • We conduct probing, in-depth interviews. We evaluate individuals based on the candidate profile criteria jointly developed by you and our team
  • Thorough references give us a more complete picture
  • We go beyond the candidate’s reference list and utilize our trusted network to get a balanced view from supervisors, peers, subordinates and outside business contacts
  • We ask the right questions in the right manner in order to uncover limitations, weaknesses and areas for improvement
We keep it transparent
  • We provide status updates in a consistent, informative manner with predetermined and confirmed target deadlines/milestones so you know what we are doing every step of the way
  • We present an analysis of a candidate’s strengths, limitations and potential fit
  • We actively engage in partnership assessment discussions and provide candid and thoughtful feedback regarding the search challenges and market conditions
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