By Mitch Golob
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Client Service Meets Quality
When I started my research firm in the year 2000, the concept was simple: Provide a level of client service that was prevalent at executive search firms but was absent among name generation research providers.
Today, my company Corporate Navigators has been helping clients navigate the recruitment process for over twenty years. We offer a variety of candidate sourcing services that go far beyond social media, submitted resumes, and publicly available information. In addition, our team of researchers and recruiters can augment your existing recruitment team with supplemental services or identify candidates on your behalf.
“Clear, Accurate, Guaranteed. That approach has served us well over the years.”
-Mitch Golob, President of Corporate Navigators
If you need to find qualified candidates, our research paves the way to making the best business decisions. Please click on the button below to contact us about any talent acquisition needs.
Why I Founded Corporate Navigators
When I was at Heidrick & Struggles, I saw a lack of professionalism and a lack of quality of the results provided by “name gen” firms, so I understood there had to be a better way.
So, I took a page out of the Heidrick & Struggles playbook to “own the work” we do, making sure our communications were frequent and clear, our research was accurate, and our results were guaranteed.
That approach has served us well over the years. However, what we provided then and what we are able to develop for our clients now has evolved dramatically over time.
Corporate Navigators Today
In this day and age of social media platforms like LinkedIn, almost anyone can put together a contact list of names. We understand that our clients are already using databases and platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed to help them identify potential candidates. And though this is a decent start, it doesn’t tell the full story about a candidate’s finer details.
Likewise, automated sourcing tools and public information can offer clues but lack the in-depth details that identify more specific candidate profiles that employers must ascertain for c-suite and leadership positions.
A Seamless Offering
Therefore, our approach has been to develop our Recruiting Research service into a seamless offering that will fill in the gaps that come from simply pulling a name off of a website.
- * Do you need to know how many direct reports that individual has and the names and titles of those reports?
- * Are you looking for someone who manages a P&L of at least $500 million in revenue?
- * Do you need Mandarin speaking candidates only?
Understandably, these are extremely specific criteria that traditional candidate sourcing strategies can miss. However, we customize our research strategy to directly address your specific requests in order to provide the most targeted results.
Frankly, your time is better spent on the phone screening qualified and interested candidates. Otherwise, there will be too many dead ends, too much wasted time, and too much inefficiency slowing down your talent sourcing efforts.
We’re here to take the stress out of the hiring process, identify passive candidates who have the qualities you need, and to do the specialized outreach required to give you a list of the right candidates to call.
Going Beyond Traditional “Name Gen”
We are also quite proud of our ability to go beyond traditional “name gen” in the areas of Competitive Intelligence and organizational chart development. These additional services further streamline your search for a talent pool, providing a more effective sourcing experience, potentially shortening your time-to-hire at maximum cost efficiency.
Org Charts and Competitive Intelligence in Action
Here is an example of how an external organizational chart and competitive intelligence helped one of my clients. Not too long ago, we had a large retail client who asked us to provide the structure of the merchandising function at their biggest competitor.
We were able to map out the entire function, providing the reporting structure for multiple levels, and obtaining team size and the number of reports to each leader. The applications for our research now go well beyond filling a single position, but we can still address those needs with experience and professionalism too.
Reimagining Name Generation for Twenty Years… and Beyond!
Corporate Navigators has reimagined what name generation research can include over the last two decades. We look forward to innovating more recruiting solutions for our clients.
If you have open roles to fill and need to augment your recruiting strategy, our teams can help you make the best business decisions. Utilizing your desired metrics, we are fully prepared to find and verify qualified candidates on your behalf.
Mitch Golob is the President and Founder of Corporate Navigators, leading the company since its inception. He is a public speaker and “recruiting research evangelist”, promoting the value of targeted candidate identification throughout the search industry.
