Executive Search Associate

4 weeks ago


Greater Toronto Area Canada, Ontario Heidrick & Struggles Full time

Role Responsibilities


Research & Writing:

Conducting industry specific and client company research, mapping the executive talent landscape to bring market insights to the table.

Supporting Consultants in the development of position specification(s) and a focused search strategy.

Assisting Consultants in preparing business development and candidate assessment documents to present to both prospective and current clients.


Internal and External Communication:

Contacting prospective candidates to elicit interest in client opportunities, obtaining referrals, and/or collecting market intelligence and feedback.

Assisting Consultants in conducting in-depth interviews to assess candidate qualifications against position specifications.

Managing candidate relationships throughout the entire life cycle of the search and keeping the Consultant abreast of candidate updates.


Living Our Values:

Partnering well across a multitude of stakeholders with the aim of developing productive and trusting relationships with colleagues across the firm.

Fostering an environment of collaboration; viewed as a team player.

Acting as a culture carrier; contributes to firm, practice and/or office initiatives.

Demonstrating self-awareness, humility, empathy, and open-mindedness in the workplace.


Ethics & Quality:

Maintaining the accuracy, quality, and integrity of all Search information in our various internal and external research tools.

Maintaining status reports and client ready reports for both internal and external presentation(s) to Consultant and Client.

Managing multiple concurrent projects and completing high quality deliverables on time.

Acting with the highest regard to professionalism, confidentiality, and ethics.

Succeeding and persisting through challenges, motivated to do the right thing.


Basic Role Qualifications

3-4 years’ professional experience or a minimum of 2 years transferable recruiting experience.

An undergraduate BA/BS degree is required.

Exhibits skill and developing mastery of professional communications, displaying adeptness in writing, articulating, and delivering information with confidence and impact.

Developing the ability to collaborate effectively with external clients and candidates, and beginning to understand techniques to influence and build positive relationships.


Preferred Role Qualifications

Prior experience in full life cycle recruiting in Executive Search, Contingent Search or In-House Talent Acquisition, management consulting or other industry requiring applied sales and research skills strongly preferred.

Experience targeting potential candidates, developing pitch materials and conducting market research.

Proven success simultaneously managing multiple projects and working across teams.

Experience identifying market trends and researching information effectively through various channels.

Ability to analyze, organize and synthesize large volumes of information into insights.

Experience working with Salesforce or other CRM.

Demonstrated skill in building and maintaining relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.



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