Engaged Search

The front line of an organization is where the day to day service is delivered. It is also where the "make or break" decisions are made that form your customers' and the publics' perception of who you are as a company and whether or not you can be a trusted solution to their problems.

Who you have representing you at these critical decision points can mean the difference of whether or not a prospect does business with you and whether a current customer comes back.

Thompson Associates applies the same dedication and proven process to an "Engaged Search" as we do to a Senior Management and Executive level search. The value to you is that you can rest assured knowing that you are getting a similar kind of service on these positions as you would on a fully retained search. Our clients have told us that our engaged search process is often the same or even less expensive than a typical contingent search but delivers the same short and long term value of retained.

We have experienced consultants who have filled hundreds of positions such as; Regional Manager, Branch Manger, Account Executive, Sales/Systems Engineer, Application Engineer.

	"Thompson Associates is unique in that they have developed and applied with great success the same techniques and methods traditionally found only at retained firms on a senior executive search. When we built out our national sales and sales engineer team, they spent time consulting with us up front, working with us to put together detailed search profiles that included not only what we were looking for in candidates but also thoughtful, critical benchmarks such as what needed to be accomplished in the first 12 to 18 months by each individual. Then they worked with us to systematically identify which companies would have the candidates we wanted and identified in advance who all the possibilities were. We knew before they even started calling, that in the end, they would have talked to nearly every candidate available, not just the ones they had in their database who were out of work at the moment. We also knew the candidates they provided would likely be employed now, and would not be "shopped around" to our competitors. Finally, they did a great job of presenting our company and our opportunity professionally and consistently every time. We were well thought of and respected by all the candidates we interviewed before we ever talked to them. In the long run, we paid the same fee we would have to a contingency firm, but received more highly qualified candidates in a shorter period of time. We know we have a major leg up on the competition by having the best in the business on our team"
	Tony Despirto VP Sales Defend Net