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Padt
Consultants is
now in its 3rd generation:
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Founded in Amsterdam in 1970 by Erik Padt as an international
business development and management consultancy, it has operated since that
time throughout Europe and in North America; under Erik’s guidance
until the late 80’s, then under Padraig O’Curry who expanded
the firm’s international role.
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The Principals in the firm have accumulated
substantial experience in general management, international business
development, marketing & communications and human research
consultancy.
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They
are a small team who share the same high standards.
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Padt
Consultants
has helped leading companies in a wide variety of industries and
situations. These range from global
corporations in the business-to-business sector, technology to service
& communications companies, and consumer multinationals.
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What
we do best:
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Multi-country search on a regional, European or
world-wide basis is our main business. This has led us to work with clients
in evaluating structures and organisations, in order to develop more
coherent, professional and responsive teams able to operate in a flexible,
networked way across organisational and geographical boundaries. We have recruited CEOs and specialists at
European and national levels.
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Our contribution is focused on probing and understanding
our clients' needs, defining the skills and experience essential to filling
those needs and systematically searching and evaluating candidates until we
have produced a shortlist to fulfill our brief: and helped our clients to
make a successful appointment.
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What we add to our clients'
operations is:
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Practical understanding of how international organisations work
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Experience of the search process and a wide range of contacts
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Skilled researchers, who, working with the partner or partners
involved, focus full-time on a particular assignment in a concentrated way
until we are satisfied that we have fully explored all possible sources
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Sensitivity to different cultures – national, linguistic,
professional, corporate - and the ability to spot the best talent for the
job
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Dedication to our work and a commitment to always see each
assignment through to a successful conclusion.
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Key to this is: the consultant
who takes the brief, runs the search.
“Who you see is who you get”.
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Careful evaluation of each candidate presented and help in taking
discreet as well as formal reference checks
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Help in negotiation of a package and persuasion of chosen
candidate
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Our
Quality Assurance:
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We
accept only assignments for which we are confident we can identify
excellent candidates for whom the appointment would be appropriate and, therefore,
assignments we are confident of completing successfully. We always
undertake assignments based on a need identified with our clients and not
on any speculative approaches.
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We
limit our work in any one sector so as to be free to search widely without
"off-limits" and avoiding possible conflicts of interest. The
partner who takes the brief also manages the search assignment throughout,
interviews candidates and shortlists those most appropriate to the client's
needs.
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