Recruiting Consulting
Recruiting consulting for a clearer hiring strategy.
Get focused recruiting support for a defined project—from understanding a candidate market to reviewing a stalled search or adding capacity to your internal team.
Discuss a recruiting projectA defined question.A practical scope.Useful next steps.
Built around the hiring need
Recruiting expertise beyond an individual search.
Some organizations need recruiting expertise beyond an individual search. A hiring initiative may first require market research, a clearer candidate profile, a sourcing plan or a review of the process already in place.
Valley Search Group provides project-based support for companies evaluating recruiting strategy, entering new talent markets, expanding hiring capacity, building candidate pipelines or improving parts of the recruiting process. The work is defined around an identifiable recruiting objective.
When it makes sense
Start with the question you need to answer.
A defined consulting engagement can help when the organization needs research, a clearer recruiting approach or additional capacity for a hiring initiative.
- A new location, department or hiring initiative is being planned.
- Internal recruiting capacity is temporarily limited.
- Candidate pipelines are needed before positions open.
- A difficult search needs market research or a revised sourcing strategy.
- Compensation expectations or candidate availability need review.
- Recruiting or interview processes need an external perspective.
What we provide
A scope built around the recruiting objective.
The scope is established around your requirement and engagement. Expectations and responsibilities are discussed before work begins.
- 01Search strategy and candidate-profile development
- 02Market mapping, target-company research and hiring-market analysis
- 03Compensation research and candidate-market observations
- 04Sourcing strategy and candidate pipeline development
- 05Recruiting and interview-process review
- 06Supplemental recruiting capacity and defined project support
The process
From the business question to the next step.
- 01
Define the question
Clarify the hiring challenge, business objective, timeline, stakeholders and desired deliverable.
- 02
Determine scope
Establish the work required, information available, research needs, project boundaries and expected outcome.
- 03
Conduct the work
Complete the agreed research, process review, sourcing, pipeline development or project recruiting activity.
- 04
Deliver findings
Provide practical conclusions, market observations, candidate information or process recommendations within the agreed scope.
- 05
Support next steps
Assist with implementation or further recruiting activity when that support is included in the engagement.
The work in context
Questions a project can address.
Each engagement should have a defined scope, deliverable or recruiting outcome. Example questions include:
- Where can we find the experience needed for a new location?
- Why has this search stalled?
- How can we build a pipeline before hiring begins?
- Which parts of the interview process are causing delays?
- How can we support a temporary increase in hiring?
- Which organizations should our sourcing plan target?
Before the engagement
Focused on recruiting and the candidate market.
Scope, deliverables, responsibilities, timing and fees are established directly before work begins. Recruiting consulting provides practical research and hiring support; it does not provide legal or tax advice, certified compensation advice or general management consulting.
Areas of expertise
Specialized across business functions.
The position, required experience and engagement model determine the candidate market.
How is a consulting engagement structured?
The work begins with a defined business question and agreed scope. Deliverables, responsibilities, timing and commercial terms are established directly before the project begins.
Can you supplement an internal recruiting team?
A project may add sourcing, candidate-market research, pipeline development or recruiting capacity. Responsibilities and candidate communication should be clearly coordinated with the internal team.
Can consulting lead to a recruiting search?
Yes. Research or process work may identify a need for a recruiting engagement. Any additional search scope and terms are discussed and agreed separately.
What information is required to begin?
Describe the hiring challenge, the positions or functions involved, work already completed, available information, timeline and desired outcome. Identifying the decision the project should support is particularly helpful.
Are consulting projects confidential?
Confidentiality requirements, permitted information sharing and stakeholder access should be agreed before the project begins.
Let’s define the next step
What hiring challenge needs attention?
Tell us about the business question, work completed so far, available information, timeline and outcome you need.
Discuss a recruiting projectOr call 602-551-6065