The VET Recruiter / Animal Health Executive Search

Recruiting highly skilled talent is a critical part of the Animal Health talent management cycle.

Our executive search firm helps Animal Health, Animal Nutrition, Animal Science, Pet Industry and Veterinary companies identify, recruit and land executives in the following functions.

• Board of Director and Advisory Board positions
• Executive Management
• C-Suite Positions

We place Executives in the following functions:

• Research and Development
• Regulatory Affairs
• Marketing
• Sales
• Operations
• Business Development
• Manufacturing
• Supply Chain
• Human Resources

Our executive search consultants have extensive experience in the Animal Health Industry. Our combined 28 years of executive search and recruiting experience helps our clients find the most talented executives in the marketplace. We are Animal Health thought leaders and workplace/workforce experts.

For Animal Health companies and organizations looking to hire top talent in the employment marketplace, Animal Health executive search services are an excellent option for identifying, recruiting, and hiring the very best candidates. No matter the economic conditions, top talent is always in demand. Think of it this way:

• During recessionary or down economic times, the number of top candidates in the market are the same. There are not fewer top candidates just because there is a recession.
• During down economic times, top talent is less likely to explore other employment opportunities for two reasons. First, their current employers are doing everything they can to keep these professionals, and second, these professionals are more likely to “hunker down” and not explore other opportunities.
• During good economic times, top candidates have multiple employment opportunities from which to choose, and as a result it is more difficult to get their attention and also keep their attention.

As a result, Animal Health companies must be proactive in their efforts to find and identify the best professionals for their open positions. However, finding them is only the beginning of the process. They must also actively recruit these professionals to consider both their opportunity and their organization. However, a challenge arises when companies do not possess the time, resources, or the expertise necessary to fill their important, high-level positions with the type of candidates they want to hire.

This is where Animal Health executive search services of The VET Recruiter can help. The VET Recruiter can give you a competitive advantage over other Animal Health employers in the marketplace that are also trying to hire top talent to meet their staffing needs.

For more about The VET Recruiter’s Animal Health recruiting services for employers, contact us today!

The VET Recruiter’s Animal Health Executive Search Services

In today’s marketplace, hiring a top professional in the Animal Health is not easy. Superstar candidates are difficult to find, and they’re even more difficult to recruit and then successfully hire. That’s why using the services of an experienced Animal Health executive search firm with a track record of success is an intelligent strategy. By partnering with The VET Recruiter, we can help your organization to reach its hiring goals (and reach them more quickly).

With this in mind, The VET Recruiter offers a wide range of Animal Health executive search services, including the following:

Retained Search

The VET Recruiter handles retained Animal Health executive search, which means that we are capable of filling your most critical roles in a confidential fashion. We have been placing high-level executives in the Animal Health industry since the 1990s, and our record of success is evidence that we have the experience to get the job done.

Contingency Search

In addition to retained search, The VET Recruiter also handles search assignments on a contingency basis. There are two main points of this service. First, we provide full lifecycle Animal Health executive search process, from identifying top talent in the marketplace to negotiating the offer of employment so that the best candidates join your organization as employees. Second, we take a proactive approach to our process, specifically the identification, engagement, and recruiting of those professions that your organization most wants to hire.

Contract Recruiting

The VET Recruiter can also provide contract candidates as part of its Animal Health executive search services. As mentioned above, we are a full lifecycle executive search firm, which means that we are uniquely positioned to meet your most challenging personnel needs by helping your organization to fill its most critical open positions.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

The VET Recruiter can manage your organization’s entire Animal Health executive search process, starting with the identification and recruiting of talent. Once again, our team of experts possesses the knowledge and expertise necessary to fill your most urgent roles with highly qualified candidates. Our competitive edge is our highly proactive approach, which saves time and in the long run, saves money for the organization hiring the candidates that we present.

Consulting Services

The VET Recruiter also offers Animal Health executive consulting services, and we do so in two ways. First, we consult with Animal Health companies and organizations regarding the best ways to hire the top professionals and retain their best employees. Second, we offer consulting services to professionals who want to maximize their careers and reach their full potential.

Succession Planning

Speaking of retention, because of The VET Recruiter’s expertise in the areas of both recruiting and retention, we can help your organization with succession planning for its executive team members. After all, the only thing as important as hiring the right candidates is keeping those candidates as employees and also ensuring that they’re filling the right roles within your organization.

Our Animal Health Executive Search Process

The VET Recruiter utilizes a proven Animal Health executive search process. Our process serves as an effective means to identify, deliver, and place high-caliber talent with employers in the Animal Health and Veterinary industries. Below is a synopsis of the process that we provide for employers.

• Assess the client’s needs.
• Search to find appropriate candidates for the critical position.
• Introductions with prospective candidates
• Phone interview preparation
• Face-to-face interview preparation
• Offer of employment negotiations
• Coaching of candidates on best practices with resigning their present position with their current employer
• Beginning employment with our client’s organization
• Follow up after the placement.

At The VET Recruiter, our goal is to present targeted candidates who we have interviewed and evaluated according to our client’s direct and unique specifications. In order to achieve this goal, we adhered to and observe critical elements associated with the Animal Health executive search process. Two of the most important elements are as follows:

Communication

We strive to open lines of communication between employers and job candidates throughout every step of the Animal Health executive search process. That’s because we know how important time is during the process. The more quickly that all parties can communicate, the more quickly that an employer can find the right candidate, engage that candidate, and ultimately, hire that candidate as an employee.

Timing

While time is certainly important, we at The VET Recruiter also believe that timing is also critical. Since that is the case, we make it a top priority to keep our clients informed throughout the process. We recognize that communicating the correct information is only the beginning. The information must also be communicated in a timely fashion. That way, the communication benefits everyone involved, and it becomes a win-win situation for all parties.

The VET Recruiter strives to offer the highest level of Animal Health executive search services to employers that are hiring in today’s marketplace. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our recruiting process.

Our step-by-step process can be summed up as follows:

• Coordinate the job description and alignment with our client’s parameters.
• Interview the hiring manager for clarification of needs.
• Research to locate the logical talent pool.
• Check our existing databases for leads.
• Source to narrow our research results.
• Qualify candidates by initial telephone interview against the necessary job essentials.
• Sift the potential finalists from the wishful thinkers, window shoppers, tire kickers, and the underqualified.
• Perform in-depth interviews with potential finalists.
• Conduct reference checks, if requested by the client. (Most clients prefer to perform their own reference checks.)
• Arrange and coordinate the interview schedule.
• Prepare and counsel nominees for interviews by spelling out employer needs, culture, organizational fit, hiring authority, personality, etc.
• Debrief candidates after each interview, answering questions, etc.
• Debrief client hiring authority after each interview, assessing strengths, weaknesses, incompatibilities, etc.
• Coordinate with the hiring manager on possible offers to be made and set the stage for acceptance.
• Participate with the employer in providing the necessary information required for negotiating an acceptable offer.
• Reconcile any differences with successful candidate to smooth the way for offer acceptance.
• Assist successful candidate in cleanly terminating their current position.
• Work with spousal placement, if necessary.
• Follow up after placement to assure new employee integration.

The Animal Health executive search process at The VET Recruiter is second to none. We have continually honed and improved our process over the course of the past two decades, all in the interest of providing the highest level of service and most solutions to our clients. And we look forward to doing the same for you!

For more information about The VET Recruiter’s Animal Health recruiting services, click here to request a FREE consultation. You can also click here to get a quote regarding our services for employers.