Kay Linder

allows my client to, A, decide if their organization is a good fit, but also if they do bring the candidate in, how to keep them kind of cloaked in this supportive culture where they will continue to thrive. I know that sounds a little touchy-feely, but it's really at the base level what makes searches work. what makes candidates work out long term.

allows my client to, A, decide if their organization is a good fit, but also if they do bring the candidate in, how to keep them kind of cloaked in this supportive culture where they will continue to thrive. I know that sounds a little touchy-feely, but it's really at the base level what makes searches work. what makes candidates work out long term.

And that's key to the work that we do at Thinking Ahead. I have a lot of clients that use me repeatedly for searches. And in fact, sometimes for searches where I may have not done a lot of recruiting before, but because they trust our approach, they become very confident that not only will we find the skills, we'll find the person that we know will fit in their organization.

And that's key to the work that we do at Thinking Ahead. I have a lot of clients that use me repeatedly for searches. And in fact, sometimes for searches where I may have not done a lot of recruiting before, but because they trust our approach, they become very confident that not only will we find the skills, we'll find the person that we know will fit in their organization.

Sure. So if we're talking about running a search, first of all, with the client, before we take on a search, we do a pretty short but intensive discovery process with the client where we have an opportunity to have conversations and or survey all the important people that will lend to the success of that person being hired, but also the Who will be impacted by whether the hire is correct or not.

Sure. So if we're talking about running a search, first of all, with the client, before we take on a search, we do a pretty short but intensive discovery process with the client where we have an opportunity to have conversations and or survey all the important people that will lend to the success of that person being hired, but also the Who will be impacted by whether the hire is correct or not.

And that in itself allows us not only to know the skill sets, but also understand what personalities are going to work. Also understand what the challenges are within the organization. and what success will look like after the first year.

And that in itself allows us not only to know the skill sets, but also understand what personalities are going to work. Also understand what the challenges are within the organization. and what success will look like after the first year.

And so I'm beginning to build my own image of not only what this person will need to be like, but I can share with the candidates the realness of the opportunity.

And so I'm beginning to build my own image of not only what this person will need to be like, but I can share with the candidates the realness of the opportunity.

and really hope that when I'm meeting with them that I can evoke a whole lot more information for them where they can really truly begin to picture what the role is like and what life there will be like so that they can decide if they want to step forward or not. On the candidate side of the equation,

and really hope that when I'm meeting with them that I can evoke a whole lot more information for them where they can really truly begin to picture what the role is like and what life there will be like so that they can decide if they want to step forward or not. On the candidate side of the equation,

when i'm first introduced to a candidate or if i'm going back to somebody i've worked with before instead of immediately talking to them about the position etc i want to revisit what makes sense for them at their stage and career what are the ideas of where they would like to go the kind of opportunities that would really reverberate with them and what would make it worthwhile to suffer the pain of change

when i'm first introduced to a candidate or if i'm going back to somebody i've worked with before instead of immediately talking to them about the position etc i want to revisit what makes sense for them at their stage and career what are the ideas of where they would like to go the kind of opportunities that would really reverberate with them and what would make it worthwhile to suffer the pain of change

And we get into that. I really take copious notes on that. And quite honestly, if my client is not going to align well with what is important to them, I'll let them know that and the why, and then ask for referrals. But the reason I emphasize those first initial interactions is how important that is to set the stage of confidence, trust, transparency, and collaboration.

And we get into that. I really take copious notes on that. And quite honestly, if my client is not going to align well with what is important to them, I'll let them know that and the why, and then ask for referrals. But the reason I emphasize those first initial interactions is how important that is to set the stage of confidence, trust, transparency, and collaboration.

Because if you start there, you can maintain it and grow it and deepen it. If you don't start there, you can't grow it on the back end.

Because if you start there, you can maintain it and grow it and deepen it. If you don't start there, you can't grow it on the back end.

Boy, I think I see connections where other people don't. I will talk to somebody and then a year later, I'll be talking to someone else. And I remember, I may not remember exactly who I talked to until I look it up, but I'll remember, oh my gosh, this person that I talked to would really be align well with what I'm hearing here. And that can be in so many ways.

Boy, I think I see connections where other people don't. I will talk to somebody and then a year later, I'll be talking to someone else. And I remember, I may not remember exactly who I talked to until I look it up, but I'll remember, oh my gosh, this person that I talked to would really be align well with what I'm hearing here. And that can be in so many ways.