What does mean... ...for our Clients?

The Boland Group’s membership in IACPR signifies to clients that our firm adheres to the highest standards of ethics and best practices in the retained executive search industry. Membership in the IACPR includes the senior HR executives of blue-chip companies and leading players in the global financial services space, as well as the world’s leading retained search firms. The Boland Group is an active member of the IACPR’s “Best practices” project, and is currently involved in the drafting of the references section. The Boland Group’s active participation in the small search firm roundtable translates to immediate value for clients: owners meet twice yearly to share best practices on a wide variety of topics, and provide each other with unique industry expertise on search assignments. Finally, the Boland Group can sponsor a qualified HR executive for membership in the organization, providing direct access to the association’s world class conferences, timely and substantive tele-seminars and other value added services related to executive search.

What does mean... ...for our Candidates?

Because it would be a conflict of interest, we do not accept any payment of any kind from candidates. As much as we would enjoy serving as a ‘talent agent’ for a super-star, the reality is that you can not ethically serve the interests of the employer if you have any financial interest in a particular candidate. Key to the objectivity of good search work is to be truly independent of any obligations or relationships outside those already in place with any given client. We do not pro-actively represent candidates in the market, that is we “pull” talent at the very specific request of a client, we do not “push” talent on a client. There are recruiters who specialize in pro-actively marketing a candidate, in terms of presenting a candidate to a client or a prospect with whom there is not a specific search agreement in place. This is typically done on a ‘contingent fee’ basis, and it is important that the candidate agree in advance to be presented, as there is an implied fee associated with the hiring of the candidate. On those rare occasions where we do proactively present a candidate, unsolicited by a client, we typically do so strictly on a professional courtesy basis. We are also more than happy to refer a superbly qualified executive internally within our small search firm roundtable of executive recruiters – again with no financial interest implicit or otherwise.