Candidates can expect honesty.  We believe it is the foundation of building trust and our ability to assist you.

Candidates can expect that we will listen and not waste their time.  We will only call when we have a potential opportunity that seems to fit the criteria you are seeking.  We will not waste your time presenting situations that are not a fit.  We will always take our direction from you.  After each interview , we will fine tune our search based on your feedback.

Your search will be conducted with the highest level of confidentiality.  Your resume will NEVER be submitted without your permission.

We will strive to become the Best Listener in your life and our Goal is to become your Lifetime Career Agent.

You can expect to be considered for all of the Consultants’ clients in our office.  We work as a team so you can expect to be considered for any of the opportunities in our office.  This opens up your options to everybody’s clients in our office not just the person you originally meet.

You can expect us to share as much information as possible about the position and company.  We will try to give you as many details about the situation as we can.  This includes why we believe the situation fits what you are seeking and any areas that it may not fit for you to consider to determine your interest in pursuing the situation.    We will also share with you “insider information” on our clients to provide you with a competitive edge.

We will help negotiate the best possible offer.  We will serve as a facilitator to try to get the offer to an acceptable level that both our candidates and clients are comfortable with.  We will conduct a lot of this before our clients present a formal offer to try to deal with any negotiations up front.  This will give you confidence that you received the best offer possible and help you avoid going through the uncomfortable process of trying to negotiate directly with your future employer.

We will help you clarify any concerns and manage the interview process.  Most of our candidates are more comfortable addressing concerns with us than their potential future employer.  We can help deal with any sensitive issues in the most diplomatic way possible and offer you our professional expertise based on our knowledge of the employment marketplace.

Once we place you in a position, we will follow-up with both you and your new employer to help insure the smoothest transition possible.

These services will all be provided at NO cost to you as all of our fees are paid by our client companies.

What our clients can expect from Accounting Career Consultants:

Clients can expect honesty.  We expect honesty and we give it in return.  We believe it is the foundation of a successful placement, process and relationship.

Clients can expect our fifteen step search process:

Step 1.             Needs Analysis – At the beginning of the search we will work with you to gain a thorough understanding of your needs to help us in screening candidates and saving you time. 

Step 2.             Determine how to Present Opportunity – We will get information about how you view your company and position to make sure that we are sharing a consistent message. 

Step 3.             Create Company / Position Sizzle – With that information we will put together a presentation and information that helps us sell your position and your company to a candidate. 

Step 4.             Research Companies to Recruit From – We will try to define specific backgrounds, industries, companies and perhaps even people that you would like us to target with our recruiting efforts. 

Step 5.             In-Depth Candidate Interviews – We will interview every candidate for approximately an hour in person (when feasible). 

Step 6.             Present Qualified Candidates – Once we have screened and prequalified the candidates’ interest in your position, we will review their background with you to set up interviews. 

Step 7.             Prepare Candidates for First Interview – We will give the candidates detailed background information about your company and position prior to their interview with you.  This will allow you to cover more ground in a quicker time period and they will be more knowledgeable coming into the interview. 

Step 8.             Prepare Client for First Interview – We will give you a summary of what the candidate is looking for in a situation and why your position fits what they are seeking. 

Step 9.             Debrief Candidates – We will get detailed feedback from the candidates as soon after the interview as possible. 

Step 10.           Debrief Client – We will share the candidates’ feedback with you and discuss your thoughts to come up with a game plan on how to proceed. 

Step 11.           Reference Checks – We will try to speak with typically 2-5 professional references whenever feasible.

Step 12.           Consult Around Counteroffer Issue – As more and more companies are giving people counteroffers when they resign, we address this issue at every step from the initial interview through the point of resignation to help screen out tire kickers who ultimately want to stay with their current companies. 

Step 13.           Make Offer and Get Acceptance – We will share the offer with the candidate to gain acceptance.  If there are any concerns, they are more likely and comfortable to address and try to work through them with an independent third party involved instead of their future boss.  

Step 14.           Follow-Up with Client and New Hire – We will stay in contact to try to share feedback and help insure a smooth transition particularly during the new employees first year. 

Step 15.           Earn a Reference Letter – We hope that at the end of the search process, we can add you to our list of satisfied clients and that you will be comfortable writing a letter of reference for us to share with future potential clients based on your experience. 

Clients can expect us to use a variety of sourcing methods to identify the best talent for their position.  Although a high percentage of candidates that we place are either referred to us because of our reputation or repeat candidates who have contacted us again because of their previous experience, we use a variety of sourcing tools to identify top talent.  We have a database of nearly 50,000 accounting and finance professionals, we network/make cold recruiting calls, we have an internal internet researcher and we use a variety of job boards and have a national network of affiliated financial staffing firms that can help us recruit for you around the country.

The level of resources we can commit to a search will mirror the cooperation, responsiveness and commitment level of our clients.  We will prioritize the clients who give us the highest level of commitment, cooperation and responsiveness.

A commitment that our clients’ calls and emails will be responded to promptly, ideally in 24 hours and no more than 48 hours.  Outside of extenuating circumstances, we will do our best to respond to you in no more than 24-48 hours.

When requested, we can help with assessment testing and background checks.