Excellent! However, many travel companies still prefer to use outside search firms to identify candidates for their most senior positions. The reason? A ‘hire’ of this type is extremely critical to an organization (not to mention, often of a highly confidential or sensitive nature). It invariably takes a considerable amount of both your (and your senior management’s) time. Recruiting literature and articles report that locating a new executive or senior level employee typically takes six to nine months. Extensive time and money can be spent to make only a small percentage of potential candidates aware of your search. In addition, some HR departments do not have the in-depth knowledge of the specific area of responsibility you are trying to fill, so it is all too common in these situations that either no appropriate candidates are found, or far too many candidates are presented for consideration. Reference checking consumes even more time and money. Besides the time it would take you to accomplish all of this, the cost of the process if done in-house could easily match (or exceed) one year’s salary of the new hire.

SYSTEMETHODS handles all of the above for you. After a single, initial meeting with pertinent members of your organization to determine your requirements for the position you want to fill, you and your staff are free to concentrate on normal job activities, with few interruptions, until SYSTEMETHODS presents you with a short-list of qualified candidates for final interview.

And when the nature of a search does require that it be conducted delicately, utilizing an outside search firm such as SYSTEMETHODS ensures that this special process is afforded the benefit of enormous skill, sensitivity and caution - and the highest level of confidentiality.