Confidentiality

When you become an executive search candidate with Ron Russ Recruiting, you place yourself at a certain amount of risk with your current employer. Consequently, you are entitled to the utmost confidentiality from both the Ron Russ Recruiting Search Team and prospective employers.
To safeguard your confidentiality, our recruiters will:

It is important to remember that you do not become a candidate until Ron Russ Recruiting has conducted an initial evaluation of your suitability for a particular position and you have expressed an interest in continuing with the executive search process.

If either of these two criteria is missing, you cannot be considered a candidate for a potential position.

However, even if the position for which you are being contacted about is not right for you at the present time, you may still benefit from a consultation with Ron Russ Recruiting. Our professional team of recruiters can provide prospective candidates with the most accurate and up-to-date information on desired skills and experiences in your field.

Candidates not selected in connection with one search may well be selected during another.

II. Full Disclosure
In order to make the right decision for you, all candidates need to know as much as possible about the position and the prospective employer.

This ultimately requires full and open disclosure regarding:

Before Ron Russ Recruiting divulges confidential information about openings at potential employers, initial conservations between our recruitment specialists and potential candidates are conducted to evaluate the needs and goals of each executive candidate.

Only after a match between a candidate and a potential candidate is identified, will our recruitment specialist provide information about an employer. Even then, there are times when certain information about the employer must remain confidential until the later stages of the recruitment process.

Ron Russ Recruiting will also divulge to prospective candidates whether the employer has retained Ron Russ Recruiting specifically to manage their staffing needs. Retained recruiters work under an exclusive contract with the client organization, and thus have established a long-term relationship with the client.

If the Recruiter fails to notify you of this important fact, please don’t hesitate to bring it up.

III. Timely Communication
The completion of an executive search assignment can often take several months, with many steps between the initial contact and the ultimate hiring of a successful candidate.

Once you become an active candidate with Ron Russ Recruiting, one of our recruiters will communicate with you in a timely manner during each and every step of the process. This means proactively updating you on the progress of the job search, as well as responding to any inquiries initiated by you.

IV. Feedback
Based on our understanding of the position and the employer’s needs, Ron Russ Recruiting will provide you with an honest appraisal of how your skills and talents measure against the position from both a potential strengths and weaknesses perspective.

If at any point in the process the employer decides not to proceed with your candidacy, the Recruiter will provide as complete an explanation as possible regarding their decision.

V. Professional Treatment
Ron Russ Recruiting is expected to comply with all of the employment laws that apply to regular hiring practices. In addition, they will demonstrate a high level of professionalism with each and every candidate throughout the job search.

Professional treatment means that the search recruiter:

VI. Providing adequate throughout the process
As a Ron Russ recruiting candidate, you are entitled to know what to expect from our search process. For example, what is the anticipated time frame for the first round of interviews? If you make the first cut, what happens next?

Ron Russ Recruiting will readily volunteer this information. In particular, be prepared at any stage in the proceedings to ask:

VII. Respect for your time and position
Ron Russ Recruiting understands your current position demands your full time and attention. When scheduling appointments and interviews, both your recruiter and the prospective employer will demonstrate the utmost respect for your time, your position, and your responsibilities to your current employer.

VIII. Consistency between the search firm and our clients
Ron Russ Recruiting and prospective employers will do their best to maintain a consistent level of communication in the information present to all of our candidates. Keep in mind, however, that while the recruiter represents the prospective employer, they do not have control over the client’s communication with you during the interview process.

If the information provided to you by Ron Russ Recruiting contradicts information provided by an employer, please ask for clarification.

IX. Avoiding undue pressure
The best executive search placements occur when a candidate has the time to make a measured, well-thought-out decision to enhance their career. For this reason, your recruiter will never try to rush your decision or put undue pressure on you to accept an offer.

However, your recruiter will keep you informed of any deadlines imposed by the prospective employer, and the potential implications for not making a decision prior to those deadlines.

X. A trusted relationship
Ron Russ Recruiting will conduct themselves in a manner befitting these guiding principles, allowing candidates to develop an open and trusting relationship with Ron Russ Recruiting throughout the job search.

Conversely, if for any reason you do not feel you can trust your recruiter or the prospective employer, you would be well served to withdraw from the process.

Keep in mind that the best recruiters strive for more than just filling a position for their client; they want to help you make the best decision for you, your family, and your career.

Concluding the search
If a prospective employer decides to make an offer, candidates arrive at one of the most important stages of the search process: the negotiation of your employment agreement.

This can involve highly sensitive issues in which Ron Russ Recruiting can play the crucial role of intermediary to ensure open and effective communication between the employer and the candidate.

Use this “honest broker” channel of communication to candidly express any concerns or special requirements that you may have relating to terms and conditions during the negotiation.

When the search process is completed and you have signed on the dotted line, your recruiter will stay in touch with you for 3 to 6 months to make sure that your transition into the new position is a success.

Please contact your recruiter with any concerns you may have in your new position. We may well be able to help sort out problems and provide a diplomatic intervention with your new employer. It’s worth noting, however, that Ron Russ Recruiting does not use professional coaches, and thus their role in this area may be limited.

If your candidacy does not result in securing a position for you, your recruiter will keep you in their pool of candidates for future assignments. He or she may contact you from time to time to maintain a relationship and keep you apprised of any upcoming assignments.

The recruiter may also use you as a resource to help identify candidates for in other areas. If you have developed a good relationship with your recruiter, you may want to take your own steps to maintain the relationship as well.

Regardless of the outcome of the search, your recruiter may not use your name or the results of the search as testimonials without your express permission.

Putting your best foot forward
The executive search process is not a one-way street.

Although you have a right to expect courteous, professional treatment from your recruiter and any prospective employers at all times, there are a number of things you can do to facilitate the process and advance your standing:

Above all, please don’t think you have a “done deal” just because you develop a close relationship with your recruiter. Remember that the recruiter’s job is to present several qualified candidates to prospective employers, and it is the employer who makes the final decision.