At StrategicHire, our Practice Managers are seasoned professionals, and all have significant previous managerial experience in Fortune 500 organizations. As a result, we know the right questions to ask our corporate clients to accurately define their work culture and the ideal candidate. Our Practice Managers are also better at articulating to potential candidates the benefits and requirements of our clients.

Our candidate certification process addresses the first four steps of the hiring process. With each successive phase, we narrow our list of potential candidates, resulting in a pool of the best and most highly qualified professionals.

1. We begin by getting potential candidates "on our radar screen" through professional referrals, Internet searches, accessing professional networks and associations, and introductions via our Website.
2. Next, we conduct a telephone interview to discuss in detail each candidate's involvement in critical business functions and processes, and how they can help our clients.
3. We then conduct a face-to-face interview. At this stage, we focus on subtleties other executive search firms typically overlook, including candidates' work culture preferences, family situations, and other issues.
4. We conclude with a discreet but thorough reference check, speaking with managers and supervisors who have actually worked with the candidate to confirm our findings.

We consider candidates who have passed through these four stages to be StrategicHire Certified Candidates, and they join the ranks of our growing database. When a client has a need for a professional with specific work experience and knowledge, we can quickly provide the names of qualified, thoroughly screened candidates. All that remains is for our client to arrange an interview.