7 key steps to consider with Gold Coast executive team recruitment, restructures and redundancies
Executive Career Advice
October 6th 2020
Are you planning for executive team recruitment on the Gold Coast? Before you decide to create any new positions in your company or make positions redundant, it’s important you have an effective strategy in place to ensure the process is a success. Here are our top 7 steps to consider for executive team recruitment, restructures and redundancies.
Planning
Redundancies and restructures within a company disrupts an entire business and everyone working in it. Make sure you allocate time carefully and have the entire staff working together towards the same goal to avoid a disastrous impact on the business.
Communication
Once a plan is in place, it’s essential that you maintain open communication with all staff members. Keep everyone in the loop so they don’t feel vulnerable and either let their work slip or quit. You risk losing your best staff if you fail to communicate your plans with them.
The Next Step
So, you’ve got a detailed plan and made it known that you will be recruiting new levels of staff and using an executive recruitment firm to accomplish this. The next step is to ask your valuable members of staff to formally apply for positions of interest.
Get All Your Ducks In A Row
Once your executive recruitment firm has provided you with a shortlist, interviewing can proceed. Every staff member who has applied needs an interview to ensure they continue to feel valued and that their application is being treated correctly and fairly.
Executive Recruitment Interviewing
Executive recruiters offer a unique objective view of your industry and the key qualities and requirements needed to excel as a leader. They reduce the risk of hiring the wrong person which improves retention and save additional hiring and retraining costs. The best executive recruiters will also back themselves and replace the position for free with no additional cost if the candidate is unsuitable in a specified time period. Often one of the biggest risks organisations face when hiring senior leaders is that they have a limited view from within their own company. Seeking external council from a specialist executive recruiter from beyond their firm, industry and existing networks can only be of benefit.
Inform Unsuccessful Staff Members
If your chosen applicant is from another company, you’ll need to inform the rest of the staff that their applications were unsuccessful and provide valid reasons for this decision. You may need to offer the staff member a redundancy and, depending on their job level, an outplacement package to ensure they know their work with the company has been greatly valued.
Onboarding For Your New Staff Member
In the final step, you can communicate with all staff about their new team member and start the onboarding planning and process. This is an important step as it allows you the opportunity to demonstrate the professionalism of your business to the new team member and assist in a smooth transition into the company.
Executive Recruitment Specialist Gold Coast
If you need a professional recruitment firm that specialises in executive team recruitment on the Gold Coast, choose Jeff Wood Executive Recruitment. We have over 30 years’ experience in placing exceptional talent into executive level positions from Northern NSW to Brisbane. Call us today for a free consultation and expert advice.
