Job Description

About Us

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.

Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than 50 countries. We offer five core solutions:

• Organizational Strategy
• Assessment and Succession
• Talent Acquisition
• Leadership Development
• Total Rewards

Job description 1

As part of the Talent Acquisition solution, Korn Ferry plays a global leading role in executive search. For over five decades, the firm has served organizations across all markets and functions at C-suite and top management levels. Korn Ferry\'s executive search services identify and attract mature leaders, determine ideal organizational fit and build appropriate frameworks for compensation and retention. Search consultants have carefully developed extensive and long-term relationships with clients and candidates across their area of expertise and, they bring deep understanding of identifying and matching candidate profiles against organizations\' requirements.

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POSITION SUMMARY

The Associate will play an integral part of building the research function within its retained executive search business for the Life Sciences Team.

A talented professional, skilled in research and able to balance multiple searches at one time would do well in this role. The Associate operates independently yet functions well in teams; balances drive and initiative with good judgment; communicates effectively with candidates and clients; and delivers results with strong ethics and integrity.

The Associate takes a leading role in search execution, mainly focusing on desk research (company and candidate identification), high quality telephone screening and assessments, progress report writing and informing clients on the first stages of the search, including market feedback. The Associate will also support preparing pitch documents for business development purposes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Work with Consultants to create a multi-channel sourcing strategy to target companies and relevant potential candidates within the market.

• Conduct thorough research to navigate target companies and build lists of candidates which accurately reflect the client briefing.

• Identify relevant candidate profiles using variety of sourcing techniques.

• Execute direct talent sourcing practices and candidate screening techniques to include resume pre-screening, telephone interviewing and shortlisting.

• Use competency-based interviewing techniques to qualify suitable candidates.

• Reach out to engage passive candidates and screen them against agreed competencies.

• Work closely with colleagues and occasionally hiring managers to set expectations for the recruitment process and to fulfil the required search briefing

• Conduct ongoing candidate pipeline development activities and talent network expansion for active and future requisitions.

• Balance deadlines and deliverables for multiple searches at a time.

• Maintain data quality and accuracy within the company\'s internal database.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Bachelors or Masters degree.

• 2 years Demonstrable executive or retained search experience.

• Experience gained in research and/or passive candidate identification and mapping / sourcing

• Good stakeholder management skills and the ability to build and maintain professional relationships.

• A high degree of customer focus and attention to detail.

• Strong drive for results and a commitment to producing a high level of work efficiently and often within tight timeframes.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

• Ability to adapt to new processes and effectively deal with change and ambiguity.

• A commitment to developing industry knowledge and awareness

• Willing to embody our core values: Honesty, Inclusion, Knowledge, Performance.

OTHER

Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Minorities/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry

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Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative

Action Employer - Minority/Female/Disability/ Veteran.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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