HELPING GREAT COMPANIES ADVANCE GREAT LEADERS

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A Great Hire Starts At The Top of The Chain

We help companies hire world-class HR Compensation leaders from the start...hire your next

Compensation Manager | Compensation Director | Compensation Executive

Our Expertise:

By focusing on only HR compensation recruitment, TalentSmiths can build an even deeper knowledge of the industry and it’s landscape. We are the leader in HR compensation Recruitment. We are a firm solely focused on your executive Board of Directors needs in the areas of executive compensation pay programs, performance and succession, to name a few, and we are eager to speak with you about your specific HR compensation recruitment needs.

CUSTOM WORKFORCE STAFFING SOLUTIONS:

WE ONLY DO ONE THING AND WE STRIVE TO DO IT REALLY WELL!

At TalentSmiths, we believe that if you focus on just one niche, you can perform with a high degree of excellence. We focus on solely HR compensation recruitment.

We understand that any organization is only as good as it’s people. That’s why we strive to find HR compensation professionals that are a good fit for your organization’s needs. Filling positions with HR compensation professionals that are a good fit equates to happier, more productive employees and longer tenures of employment.

We strive for sustainable and long-term solutions to our client’s compensation needs for permanent placement, and short-term solutions to our client’s compensation needs for contract or contract-to-hire placements. We use innovative methods to fill our positions with the best-available candidates.

● CONTRACT-TO-HIRE:

With your Contingent Search, you maintain the ability to fill your position with internal staff or TalentSmith’s recruitment efforts. You have full access to our database. Candidates may be presented to you and represented by us to other clients.

● CONTRACT:

With your Contingent Search, you have full access to our database. Candidates may be presented to you and represented by us to other clients. With a competitive fee structure, we enable organizations to provide HR compensation coverage in a cost-effective manner. We’ll show you the value that our contractors can add.

● EXECUTIVE SEARCH:

With your Retained Search, your critical position, (confidential search), will provide guaranteed results. You have full research through our professional network; secondary research including exclusive searches and industry publications, etc. In this position, real-life industry experience and knowledge is critical. Candidates will be presented to you exclusively.

● DIRECT HIRE:

With your Engaged Search, you experience an individualized search process where your position(s) are filled no matter how difficult the search. You have full access to our database. External recruiting through our compensation professional network. Candidates may be presented to other clients simultaneously.

HOW DOES TALENTSMITHS RECRUIT HR COMPENSATION PROFESSIONALS?

We have a number of vehicles we utilize in pursuit of recruiting HR compensation professionals, which include (but are not limited to) the following:

Cold calling / Warm calling

Cold calling is the tried and true strategy for sourcing candidates, which is why we still use it today in addition to our warm calling. Using an effective warm call lead generation strategy, we are able to determine exactly which HR compensation professionals meet the job’s criteria and their likelihood responding positively. This can drastically shorten the time wasted cold calling candidates who aren’t qualified and decreases the overall cost of sourcing.

Email distribution

At TalentSmiths, we source the majority of our candidates through our email distribution efforts. We get your HR compensation job opening in front of thousands of compensation professionals within minutes.

Passive candidate networking

It’s not an uncommon occurrence for us to learn of an organization’s need of an HR compensation professional and for us to already have a short-list of compensation professionals looking for a career jump into that exact position.

Referral bonus-based sourcing

We make it very well known to the compensation professionals we recruit that even if they are not interested in a position we represent, if they refer someone to us who takes one of our positions we will gladly remunerate such referrals with substantial referral bonuses. Such bonuses can be paid directly to the referring individual themselves or to a non-profit organization that they designate. We do this because after all – compensation people – are all about financial incentives!

The reality is that the very best HR compensation candidates are not looking at job boards or trolling LinkedIn; they are busy in their jobs and lives and we believe we must intervene and present them directly with a proposition of new employment over the phone. We do this en masse all day, every day

WE HAVE THE RIGHT SOLUTION, NO MATTER THE NEED

RETAINED SEARCH | ENGAGED SEARCH | CONTINGENT SEARCH

RETAINED SEARCH: 1/3 payment up front, 1/3 payment at F2F interview, 1/3 payment upon placement

ENGAGED SEARCH: up front payment, remainder payment upon placement

CONTINGENT SEARCH: payment upon placement

Ask yourself these questions to determine which search process will best fit your hiring needs

● Do I need Contract Staffing, Contract-To-Hire Staffing, or Direct Hire Staffing?

● How soon do I need to bring my employee(s) on staff?

● What is the salary range of my desired employee?

● Is my position a critical or professional need?

● How many employees do I need?

How We Work:

From Contract Staffing, Contract-To-Hire Staffing & Direct Hire Staffing we’ve got you covered with the best-available Compensation Leaders.

Why search the job boards for your next hire? TalentSmiths realizes job board promotion has already failed and we do not think you should use us in order to do the things you can easily do yourself. We are not in any way anti-job board (perhaps we are averse to the extortive fees they often charge), but we just do not think it is the most viable method of sourcing HR compensation professionals. We prefer to directly reach out to people rather than just hoping they are looking at job boards. Take a high level look inside TalentSmiths to see how we work.

5 Insights into the TalentSmiths Process:

CONSULTATION: Free opportunity for mutual vetting, as we need to gather some basic information about your specific search needs.
SITE VISIT: In most cases, we will come to your office to conduct a new client site visit in order to adequately promote your company and your community. Questionnaires can be completed in lieu of a site visit.
SOURCING CAMPAIGN: In promoting your opening we put ‘your best foot forward’. Social media methods, broadcast emailing to warm-calling allow us to embark upon the most comprehensive and effective nationwide recruitment campaign.
INTERVIEWING: We will mutually determine with you which candidates we have referred that warrant further inquiry into their candidacy for your position in the form of first a phone interview and an in-person or Skype interview.
OFFER/NEGOTIATION: We will assist in crafting an offer for each candidate we refer who you desire to employ. We often encourage you to take a very agile stance with respect to candidate offers, since all HR compensation professionals are not created equal and therefore some might be worth more than others.
CLOSING: We are closers! We know that more than anything else time kills deals and the longer a prospective candidate sits on an offer, the less likely they are to actually accept your offer.

This is just a rough outline and we would be happy to go into greater detail over the phone. Reach out now by calling 817-778-0810 or by completing the contact us form below in order to schedule your free consultation with one of our experienced recruiters. Let us know what you need.

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THE COMPANY THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH:

We are focused on helping the world’s best organizations develop the world’s best leaders by giving you access to world class talent acquisition advisors that are seasoned in the niche field of compensation. Understanding that individual leaders with courage and resolve form the strength of an organization, your leaders are the grit of the company. TalentSmith VALUES grit. TalentSmiths VALUES leaders. We can partner with you if your organization also DOES VALUE GRIT of your leaders.