Leadership
Licensed Executive Search Advisor
Recruiting for critical talent gaps or roles is a vital process in the growth and development of any organization. In this Learning Path you will learn the success factors of the leadership recruiting process, whether you're running the search yourself or managing a search firm.
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Presenters Presented By
Holly Fawcett
SocialTalent Expert
Holly’s extensive experience working with global TA leaders has shaped how the world’s leading enterprises achieve hiring maturity. Her experience in this space is unparalleled, making her one of the most sought-after advisors on talent maturity and transformation in the world.
Roopesh Panchasra
SocialTalent Expert
A 20 year veteran of the Talent Acquisition industry, Roopesh Panchasra currently leads the Global Executive Talent Acquisition teams for all Uber businesses worldwide. He previously worked in senior leadership positions at companies such as SAP, Workday, Expedia, and VMware.
Simon Mullins
SocialTalent Expert
SocialTalent is so proud to have Simon within our faculty of industry experts. A celebrated thought-leader, their practical training is designed to ensure that every learner is engaged, informed, and has that lightbulb moment!
Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the Learning Path you will be able to:
Develop and implement effective leadership recruiting strategies, leveraging the success factors of the leadership recruiting process and utilizing search firms when necessary.
Plan, prepare, and execute executive search assignments, utilizing practical market intelligence and engaging with senior and executive talent throughout the process.
Apply a structured approach to framing executive searches, focusing on collaboration with stakeholders, effective research segmentation, and enhancing the candidate experience.
Demonstrate expertise as a talent broker by influencing succession planning, communicating compelling stories, and understanding the complexities of executive compensation.
Missions in this Learning Path
This mission by Simon Mullins, Chief Facilitator at Executive Search Information Exchange (ESIX), covers the different facets of what it means to be a leadership recruiter inside the corporate recruiting world. Learn the success factors of the leadership recruiting process, how to properly use search firms, manage hiring managers and the interview process. This mission will also cover candidate and prospect relationship management, including pipelining.
Executive Hiring is not rocket science, but there is an art to executive search. The subtle differences from standard requisitions when hiring for very senior and executive roles come from the seniority of the stakeholders, the consequences of making the wrong hiring decision, and the long courtship of candidates when headhunting. In this mission, you'll learn how to plan and prepare for an executive search assignment, the data and insights required to support hiring strategy, and techniques for engaging senior and executive talent.
The early investment of time for any executive search project is critical to its success. In this mission, Roopesh Panchasra, Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition at Uber, will go through these early-stage components and show you a structure that you can use as you begin any executive search to help get off to a positive start.
The role of an executive recruiter goes beyond managing open searches to find great external talent. In this mission by Roopesh Panchasra, Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition at Uber, you will learn about how to influence succession, how to tell a compelling story and tackle the complex world of executive compensation
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