ABOUT SS&A PROFILE OF GARY J. SMITH
SERVICES OFFERED ACTIVE SEARCHES

CLIENT SERVICES

EXECUTIVE SEARCH
(RETAINED ONLY)

A successful search represents thorough preparation, extensive sourcing, in-depth interview assessment, background review and the proper guidance to a positive outcome.  Every search we undertake is executed with these considerations in mind.

HIGH-IMPACT RECRUITING©

Every firm seeks to staff its organization with high-quality candidates in a timely, cost-effective manner.  We have developed a methodology to significantly increase your chances of doing this.  This is a complete program which includes:  the identification of your organization's success criteria (competencies), culture, and correlating candidate profile; classroom/role play training; live interviewing with audio-visual feedback and group/individual exercises.

HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING

We will provide your firm with an effective Human Resource Plan (i.e. one that is based on your company's culture and strategic business plan) by analyzing your existing organization, identifying key employees and backups for succession planning, implementing quantitative forecasting tools to plan for your firm's staffing needs, and providing the necessary model to effectively manage your firm's Human Resources Planning process.

STANDING BEHIND
OUR WORK

Due to many factors beyond our control (e.g. corporate reorganizations and restructuring, client's financial difficulties, etc.) we cannot guarantee the success of every candidate we place.  We will, however, guarantee that should a candidate we place terminate their employment with a client within 90 days of their starting date, we will promptly refund all fees paid (less expenses), or provide a free replacement for the terminating employee--at the option of our client.

Not covered in this guarantee, are those terminations caused by corporate restructuring or reorganization; or, downsizing due to financial or operational difficulties.

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CANDIDATE SERVICES

IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW ASSESSMENT

We believe a thorough interview assessment will provide both our consultant and the candidate with a better understanding of the individual's experience, objectives, success criteria, etc.   Beyond understanding your actual functional skills, we will assess your short and long-term objectives, areas of strength, developmental needs, etc.  We want you to feel confident that we understand your experience and objectives.  At the completion  of our initial meeting we will feed back the results of our assessment for your review.

CAREER PATH ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY

An output of our meeting will be the analysis and development of a career path strategy.  We are committed to helping you evaluate only those opportunities that will help you meet your long-term goals.

BECOMING A HIGH-IMPACT CANDIDATE©

After mastering the technique outlined in  Becoming a High-Impact Candidate© you will have the tools necessary to be perceived as an excellent candidate.  Through a series of exercises you will gain a thorough understanding of your personal value system and create your own, unique "success matrix"; i.e. the factors that impact your success (or failure) in organizations.  You will also receive step-by-step guidance through the entire interview process.  The result is that you'll find yourself generating job interviews and offers from those companies offering you the highest probability of achieving personal and professional success.  The methodology you'll learn is unique, and to our knowledge, not available from any other single, published source. Just click on this link and you'll be taken to a special web page where Becoming a High-Impact Candidate© is described in greater detail.

QUICK START PROGRAM©

Approximately the fourth week in your new position, we will provide you with our Quick Start© performance enhancement system.  This program will help you create measurable performance targets to be achieved during your critical first year of new employment.  By working to achieve these goals, you will enhance your ability to earn a significantly higher performance rating at review time, and potentially, a higher merit increase!