Recruiting and placing executives in careers in Aerospace, Electro-Optics, and Photonics. In addition we place executives in a wide variety of jobs in the Directed and High Energy laser fields.

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Recruiting Process

Market the client company's assignment
Interview hiring manager for information on position and company
Offer consultation on salary level and attractiveness of position
Develop a marketing plan. Elements can include:

  • Our Internet site
  • Direct mail or e-mail campaign
  • Direct contacts
  • Our international network of professional recruiting firms
  • Wall Street Journal Ads on Executive Positions

Develop lists of potential candidates

  • By abilities/experience
  • By job function/title
  • By geographic region

Recruit from lists, from our database, and from memory

  • Enthusiastically present the career opportunity

Apprise the hiring manager of our progress
Qualify and evaluate candidates
Anticipate possible problems

  • Counteroffer, relocation, non-compete contracts 

Arrange interviews for client company to meet candidates
Present candidates verbally and with resume
Recommend the appropriate interviews

  • Arrange each interview
  • Prepare candidate
  • Brief hiring manager 

Get decisions that establish placements
Debrief candidate and employer

  • Move ahead with this candidate? Why?
  • Interview other candidates? Why?
  • Maintain or change the direction of the search? Why?

If relocation is required, introduce candidate to our relocation services
Arrange subsequent interviews

  • Assist employer with terms of offer
  • Present offer to candidate
  • Negotiate the differences 

Congratulate!
Counsel the future employee on resigning from his current employer
Confirm the commencement of employment
Follow up with candidate and manager within 30 days

  • Telephone call
  • Evaluation questionnaire to candidate
  • Evaluation questionnaire to company
(Failure to perform one or more of these steps does not constitute breach of contract on our part)