UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
Alliance's search process begins by developing a thorough understanding of your organization and the open position. Agency professionals learn the functions and workplace environment, including its people, responsibilities, issues, and customers...and exactly how the position fits within the organization. This understanding leads to development of a job description and defines the assignment, which is to find the best possible match for the job and for your organization. This thorough process has proved to be an exceptionally successful one, and a key factor in Alliance being a leader in Automotive and Renewable Energy Search.

SEARCH STRATEGY
Alliance has built its reputation for success on a sound strategy for identifying, developing, and presenting a slate of strong candidates for client review. Not only does Alliance have a strong candidate pool developed over years of serving the Automotive and Advanced Battery Industry, we are also skilled at identifying and developing new candidates through our extensive network of Industry contacts. Beyond that, Alliance understands the process for finding new candidates and the processes needed to determine their potential and their interest level in the position.

CANDIDATE EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
We get to know our candidates first through their resume, and then by phone and email contact.  During these confidential interviews, each candidate is evaluated on experience, skills, management/ interpersonal style, personality, and organizational "fit" based upon an interview format developed specifically over the years to bring out direct and revealing answers from candidates.

CANDIDATE INTRODUCTION AND INTERVIEWS 
If requested, the Alliance search team can be present at the interviews to assist the client and observe each finalist during the process. In this way, your Alliance team serves as a "bridge" between you and each finalist. It also enables the Alliance team to evaluate its own performance and to provide meaningful feedback to runner-up candidates. Alliance professionals maintain contact throughout the process, assess any issues that may affect closure or hiring, and notify candidates who are not selected.

NEGOTIATION AND CLOSURE
Once a final selection has been made, Alliance will serve as an intermediary to bring about agreement and facilitate closure, if requested. This may involve a variety of negotiations ranging from salary and benefits to relocation to job title and job responsibilities. Once the match is made, our exposure suggests that Alliance -- as a third party -- is able to represent the client to the top finalist and vice versa without building any unnecessary tension between the two. This valuable service is included as part of the standard fee for services. 

FOLLOW-UP
The success of the placement is of paramount importance. Your Alliance search team will follow up with the client and candidate to evaluate the process and its results.