Arete Executive

Our Headhunting Simplified suite has you covered with an unrivalled 20 working day guaranteed shortlist on our Headhunted Shortlist and 25 days for full option. Our team is drawn from the senior ranks of the recruitment industry bringing many years of experience, knowledge and tenacity. Together with our best practice performance-based hiring methodology, this means shorter, targeted searches with better results for you.

There's the traditional search firm approach; pay high fees and experience long delays while recruiters play cat and mouse with potential candidates, with limited or no visibility as to their process. A thorough approach that usually gets a good result but at a high price. Eventually.

And then there's the scattergun approach; farm the task out to a pool of general recruitment firms on a contingency basis and cross your fingers in the hope that one of them reels in the perfect candidate.A compromise approach. You pay lower fees but rarely get the best result as there is no real 'hunt' in this method.

The internet has made it easier for organisations to handle their own executive recruitment internally. Between LinkedIn, Seek.com and other online tools, finding talent has become so much simpler than it used to be. But it's still far from perfect and organisations going down the DIY route put their executive recruitment campaign at risk.

Organisations that thrive are those that focus on ensuring that they have diverse representation in their board, not just in terms of gender, race or sexual preference, but also in terms of experience in business and the community, and a proven track record in delivering results.

For many organisations though, the challenge of sourcing such talent can seem too daunting, so they opt for the fall back position of recruiting friends, colleagues, family members or acquaintances to the board without researching the wider market.While this approach might fill the board table, so to speak, it results in compromised solutions and missed opportunities through the lack of insights that come through experience.

Breakfast of Champions is held monthly at The Brisbane Club, 241 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City, Queensland 4000, running from 7 am to 10 am. Each breakfast will have a semi-formal format, with each member having an opportunity to share wins, challenges and opportunities. Join a group of leading business owners and senior executives for a long and lazy lunch.