Leaders in Sourcing Executive Talent For Companies in Belgium
Keller Executive Search is a leading headhunting and executive recruitment firm that offers comprehensive executive search and headhunting solutions in Brussels and Antwerp. We provide recruitment services to growing businesses and organizations looking for the right leaders. Our team understands how the ideal candidate can make a meaningful difference in the prosperity of a company. As such, we make it our goal to assist clients in finding qualified candidates with the necessary skills and experience to lead their organisations to new heights.
Belgium has a small, open economy and is a member of the European Union. Its business environment is highly competitive, with a strong emphasis on innovation and technology. The country is home to a number of international companies, including AB InBev, Delhaize, and KBC.
The Belgian economy is primarily service-oriented. The largest sector is financial services, followed by technology and telecommunications. The country also has a well-developed industrial base, with the chemical, automotive, and food and beverage sectors being particularly important.
Belgium has a tight job market characterized by low unemployment and high employment rates. However, Belgian employers are having difficulty recruiting skilled talent across multiple sectors, which is where an executive search firm like Keller comes in.
Keller prides itself on quick results, high-quality services, and staffing solutions tailored to the unique needs of each client. These features help us stand out as a premier executive search and recruitment agency in Belgium.
Our executive search team creates tailored solutions to suit every client’s needs because we understand that every business is unique. During an engagement, we can limit our search to local talents or expand it to include global candidates, whichever the client prefers. We also take local nuances into consideration that could affect the outcome of the engagement, such as management styles, organizational culture, and personalities.
Any candidate we wish to present to a client needs to have undergone an extensive assessment to ensure they are the perfect fit for the organization. This type of search can take plenty of time and resources away from human resources departments. In small- to medium-sized businesses, HR departments may not even have enough resources to perform the search.
Partnering with Keller Belgium ensures that companies do not have to expend their resources or put strain on their HR departments. Our team has all the tools and resources needed to headhunt executive talent on their behalf. We offer a suite of talent management services, including recruiting for interim management positions, compensation consulting, and leadership coaching.
A large part of what we do during a C-level search involves balancing various elements, such as local customs and leadership styles, to ensure that a talent integrates well into a company. These factors are discussed during the initial meeting with the client and relevant stakeholders.
After the hiring parameters have been established, our consultants will begin searching for the best candidates through traditional and non-traditional channels. We will also utilize our extensive networks and partnership with NPAworldwide for candidate referrals.
All talents who show interest in the position will be extensively assessed and evaluated. Our assessment involves background checks, credit checks, reference checks, and confirmation of past performances.
Candidates who pass the assessment are shortlisted and presented to the client. The organization can then conduct its own interviews and evaluations before hiring the new talent. Should they fail to find a suitable candidate, we will offer to redo the search within the same parameters as before.
One of our firm’s main selling points is our customized recruitment process. We developed this approach with the help of our talented recruiters and their in-depth experience and knowledge of the field.
Leveraging their industry expertise, we arrived at our current approach after recognizing the shortcomings of our previous one. As some of our consultants might recall, we initially used a standardized method that did not consider our customer’s unique challenges.
We came to the realization that change was in order after a failed placement for a major client. They had tasked us with locating top talent for an executive role, and we were confident that our approach would work as it had in the past. However, we soon realized we were wrong.
While the candidate we put forward was competent, they were poorly aligned with the client’s corporate culture. This resulted in friction between them and the other senior executives, leading to their ultimate resignation. This outcome revealed the limitations of our generic approach and spurred us to reform it to one that was more customer-oriented.
Since implementing this change, we have seen a marked increase in our rates of successful placements. We have also improved our standing among employers and are widely recognized for our personalized executive search services. Finally, we have embraced continuous learning and are committed to keeping abreast with the most recent advancements in the recruitment industry.
Keller assists businesses in Belgium with identifying and securing the best talent for strategic positions. In this way, we play a crucial role in contributing to our client organizations’ growth and success.
Every member of our team is a highly qualified specialist with the local knowledge and expertise to find the people your organization needs to excel, regardless of industry. Although we specialize in permanent recruitment, we are also capable of delivering professionals for temporary and contract roles.
Thus, you can trust Keller to source the ideal talent for driving your business forward.
Our executive search services cover organizations operating in all the major industries in Belgium, including chemicals and plastics manufacturing, metallurgy and metalworking, food, and pharmaceuticals. However, our expertise is not limited to these sectors alone. We are also well-equipped to assist in recruiting talents for roles in all other industries, including those with high demand but low candidate availability. Here are some examples of other disciplines we serve in Belgium:
Beyond accommodating businesses in various sectors, Keller can locate individuals for open positions at every operational level, including, but not limited to:
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Leveraging our access to a vast network of top executives and our in-depth knowledge of the trends and challenges in local markets, the team at Keller dedicates themselves to providing clients with the right fit for their company. We have many years of first-hand experience recruiting candidates and placing them in roles all over Belgium and the rest of the world with high retention rates.
Our consultants are also readily accessible at any point during the executive search process. This allows our clients to raise issues that may crop up during the engagement, so that our team can immediately address them without causing a delay in the search. Furthermore, our team goes the extra mile to send clients updates about the progress of the search.
At Keller, we value the safety of both the candidates and the client’s company. As such, we do not reveal more personal or sensitive information than what is necessary. We also do not publicly announce the search to prevent any potential backlash from stakeholders.
Finally, we have a commitment to diversity and inclusion and ensuring an objective search. This means we will never assess candidates on the basis of demographic factors such as gender, race, age, or religious beliefs. Instead, we focus on candidates’ professional and academic accomplishments and qualities that may affect cultural alignment, such as personality, management style, and work ethic.
We are dedicated to customer satisfaction and perform each search with the utmost attention to detail. However, we acknowledge that there is still room for error despite our meticulous approach.
As a countermeasure, we offer a guarantee on each of our placements that promises to replace any candidate a client is unsatisfied with. This includes when a recommended candidate fails to deliver on expectations, does not integrate into the company culture, or does not gel well with the other members of the team.
Provided that the client notifies us of the problem within the first 90 days of hiring, we will offer to redo the search at no extra charge. Please note that we will use the same hiring parameters as we did for the initial search to prevent unnecessary delays in these instances.
To book a consultation with one of our expert recruitment consultants, contact Keller today!
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