A TOPHEADS career assessment
23 questions, about 8 minutes, following the stages of a search: from the consultant’s first message to the offer and after. At the end you will see the note a consultant would leave about you in their database. Answer by what you actually do.
The questions follow the stages of a search: from the consultant’s first message to the offer and after. At the end you see the note a consultant would leave about you in their database.
Seven stages: how a search works, truthfulness, working through the consultant, the interview, checks and documents, the offer and what happens after the search. Five questions are about how a search works, the rest about what you do.
Mike Torchinsky’s 25 years in executive search. Some answers also rest on research: Coverdill & Finlay (2017) on how headhunters work, and Cappelli & Hamori (2014) on how they search for executives.
An untruth and going around the consultant: these are what most often break a search. One such mistake lowers your level but does not close the door. The top level comes not from answers but from consultants coming back to you on their own.
About 8 minutes, 23 questions. Your level is free; the full breakdown opens with your email.
One of five levels, from “Don’t Call Again” to “Call First”, a score for each of the seven stages of a search, up to three things to watch, and every question explained: how it really works.
For the company: it commissions and pays for the search. But there is no deal without you, so as long as your interests match the client’s, the consultant is on your side.
Better not. The letter will most likely come back to the same firm, and you lose an advocate with the client and the reputation of someone who keeps their word. Tell the consultant you think you know the company, and carry on through them.