Our Approach

Executive Search is our primary area of service to our clients. We help you find the best people, build successful teams, and generate value for shareholders through excellence. Our executive placement experts find leaders who are as distinctive as the organizations they serve. We build deep relationships with the most talented individuals to ultimately build winning executive leadership teams for organizations we serve.

Close Working Relationships

At Classmate Consultants, we develop close and effective working partnerships with you to ensure we understand your strategic issues and search requirements. This relationship is based on listening, integrity and trust.

Our Search Process

In a world where CVs are available everywhere on the internet, we add value and insight to the identification of singularly viable candidates. Our work is founded on a comprehensive, disciplined approach that ensures finding suitable candidates who match above and beyond your requirements.

Our approach enables us to respond with a rapid and deep understanding of your needs.

• Hands-On Senior Service: Our consultants are hands-on partners. We work directly and closely with you to understand your needs and ensure a successful search.
• Needs Analysis and Statement of Requirements: We work with you to understand your needs and develop a Statement of Requirements to define the search.
• Prospect Identification: We understand where your ideal candidate is likely to be found and identify the right pool of executive talent. We access our network of industry connections for referrals and recommendations. This is highly customized research which finds candidates with the ideal fit.
• Prospect Research and Qualification: We investigate our prospects thoroughly and only approach those with the strongest potential.
• Presentation: We present only those candidates who are a viable and real leadership option for your firm.
• Placement Follow-Up: We stay with you and the candidate after selection and placement. We are available to provide any needed support.

We combine these elements to deliver an effective, rigorous and comprehensive approach to all our executive searches, and to ensure we meet your needs precisely.