For Hiring Managers

At VCMS, the purpose of our business is to help you identify, evaluate, select and recruit employees who succeed. We get to know your business environment, work with you and suggest purposeful concepts and insightful techniques to help you select the right person. Employee selection is a skill - one which can often be the single most influential determinate of a manager's ultimate level of career advancement.

How We Conduct Assignments

Below is a brief description of how we conduct a typical search assignments.

1. Develop an Understanding of the Organization
We consult with you to understand the history, structure, operations and mission of your organization. With your help, we will seek a profile of the personal characteristics of successful executives within your company. In addition, we would like to review compensation and benefit data, your annual reports, your literature and organization charts. It is our desire to be knowledgeable about your organization prior to discussing the position with prospective candidates.

2. Develop Position Specifications
Our discussions will serve as a draft position specification describing the basic
responsibilities, title, reporting relationships, compensation, education and experience
required to meet your desired performance standards. This will serve as a guide in determining whom we will contact during the course of the search.

3. Identify Qualified Candidates
A search to locate persons with qualifications that closely match your requirements will be initiated after the position specification has been finalized.

Many successful individuals with the desired qualities will not be actively looking for a job. Networking or advertising normally does not locate the best candidates. Accordingly, it is our practice to research and locate individuals who meet the position specification and who have demonstrated patterns of accomplishment and success in positions and organizations which closely match your requirements. We will contact these individuals as well as those from our confidential files and any you may identify internally. The process is designed to yield a number of qualified candidates to compare and evaluate relative to one another.

4. VCMS Evaluates Candidates
The most qualified and interested candidates will be interviewed to obtain a realistic
understanding of their accomplishments, capabilities, potential and limitations. We will report to you the past work experience and education for each candidate whom we recommend you interview.

5. Present Best Qualified Candidates to Management
The individuals most qualified, interested and compatible will be presented to you for your
consideration and evaluation. The final selection is always made by the client. The offer of employment is made through or in consultation with Vickers Chambless Managed Search.

6. Conduct Reference Checks on Successful Candidates
While we do check references, it is our strongest suggestion that the client also directly speak with the candidate's designated references. If done appropriately these conversations can serve as both a management as well as a decision making tool.

Entrust your confidential search to us.

Vickers Chambless Managed Search
400 Perimeter Center Terrace, NE
Suite 900
Atlanta, Georgia 30346
Phone: (404) 365-0030
Fax: (404) 231-1351