Executive Search
We help you find the best people, build successful teams, and generate value for shareholders through excellence.
Practice areas
Aerospace
Advanced Materials
Energy
Semiconductor
Medical/Life Sciences
Power Distribution
Sports
Process
Key stepsto successful hire
Setting the right foundation is critical for a successful search. We kick off every project with an Intake meeting with the key stakeholders to clearly define project goals and deliverables and the follow up with a collaborative Project Plan. As we dial this in on the first assignment we create a dependable, repeatable process for all future assignments.
Key components
Key components discussed during an initial or follow up Intake meeting
Project Timeline
Discussing your project timeline expectations and work our way back from ideal start date to determine whether time allotted is realistic.
Interview Process
Discussing your project timeline expectations and work our way back from ideal start date to determine whether time allotted is realistic.
Project Updates
Discussing your project timeline expectations and work our way back from ideal start date to determine whether time allotted is realistic.
Team Work
Discussing your project timeline expectations and work our way back from ideal start date to determine whether time allotted is realistic.
Recruiting collaterals
Job Description
Have we clearly captured not only the job responsibilities, but also the job requirements? Are these clear and measurable, and have we accurately captured “must have” requirement vs “nice to have” preferred experience?
Deeper Dive
Would a detailed written candidate survey designed to capture how the candidate’s experience ties into our job requirements enable the hiring manager and HR team to make the most informed up/down interview decision?
Screening Tools
What information beyond the resume will we capture in candidate email prescreens and phone screens to enable the hiring manager and HR team to make the most informed decision whether to advance the candidate in the process?
AIJSearch Team
Michael Novak
Carin Carstens
Madison Uffelman
ATC Aerospace
Elena Perez de Lema – VP, Finance
We have relied upon AIJ Search for many years for our most critical hiring needs.Most recently, we needed a Director level candidate to fit a very unique gap within our leadership team, and this assignment was a huge challenge because the role we were looking to fill did not exist within other companies. Mike and I worked closely together to navigate this ambiguity, and from there his team was successful in sourcing a viable candidate pool.We are very happy with the candidate hired. Over the past few years, Mike and his team have successfully helped us fill other roles including VP Finance (my role), Supply Chain Director, and Product Manager.We expect to turn to Mike and his team for our future leadership needs!
Carbitex
Junus Khan – Founder and Chairman
AIJ Search helped us hire a Principal Engineer at a critical point in our company’s growth curve.Carbitex engineers, develops, manufactures and markets uniquely flexible carbon fiber composites that unlock performance benefits never-before possible. At the point of commencing the search 3 years ago we were an emerging company seeking to hire a senior level engineer to elevate the Carbitex engineering team’s depth of carbon fiber expertise.As a fast-growing company developing branded and patented flexible carbon fiber products we demanded a very unique skillset which required a nationwide search for the perfect candidate, who not only had very strong experience with the design of high-performance carbon fiber, but who could also help us with prototyping, production scale-up, product testing and project management.A mis-hire for a key technical role within a high-performance environment can be catastrophic, and our wish list was unique.AIJ Search helped us ensure we hired the right candidate, who fit our wide breadth of needs plus aligned well to our fast-paced, high growth environment and company culture.3 years later, our company has scaled, and we are very happy with our hire, who has helped drive our success and bright future. We expect to work with Mike and his team for future critical hiring needs.