Case Studies
Client : Confidential Highway Consortium Project in Asia Position : Multiple Senior Management Roles Recruitment Solution : Market Map / Retained Search, Long & Shortlist Process Recruitment Period : 12 weeks • Brief: To find a pool of senior expatriate highway construction experts. • On retention by the client MRG PA met with the senior consortium management team in Kuala Lumpur. We agreed on the criteria for the search: the roles, skill sets required, the personality type required to succeed in the roles, suitable companies to source from and the target project types. • The brief had a number of key criteria; the candidate will preferably be Western and have extensive South East Asia experience. • The candidates must have extensive experience in highway construction or highway widening projects to R5 standard. • Design Build Operate Finance Transfer, Public Private Partnership and project owner-side experience would be highly desirable. • The client agreed to undertake an initial market map / retained search followed by a longlist and shortlist process. • The initial market map consisted of 250 senior profiles, over a 6-week period these candidates were approached and considered, each week the longlist was presented to the client stakeholder team for their review and rejection of known / unsuitable candidates. • On the 8th week after having Interviewed, rejected, accepted / considered all 250+ candidates MRG PA presented a long-list of 30 candidates to the client stakeholder team. • MRG PA re-interviewed these candidates using a selection matrix, in corporation with the client we formed a shortlist of 10 candidates. • The 10 candidates where then put through a serious of behavioural tests. • From the 10 shortlisted candidates, » 8 were interviewed by the client, » 5 candidates reached second interviews, » 4 candidates was hired; » Project COO, » Senior Project Director, » Project Director, » Construction Director • Over the next 3 months MRG PA assisted the client in mobilisation of the selected candidates.
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