Executive Recruitment
We help companies recruit qualified managers at all levels – whether you’re looking for a first line manager, a senior manager or a strategic business leader. With over 20 years of experience and a proven process, we can help you find the right candidate within 3-8 weeks on average. Contact us for a free needs analysis!
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Which management position do you need to recruit?
Whether you are looking for a first line manager, a senior manager or a strategic business leader, we will help you find the right person for the job.
Over the past decades, we have built up a wealth of experience by recruiting everything from team leaders, middle managers to board members in a wide range of industries and businesses.
Operational manager recruitment
Do you need a manager who handles day-to-day work with precision and efficiency?
Our process ensures that your new operational leader has the right combination of technical and organizational skills.
- Production Manager – Supervisor
- Group Manager – Project Manager
- Head of Unit – Head of Department
Middle management recruitment
Looking for a middle manager to bridge the gap between strategy and daily processes?
We help you attract leaders who can not only manage other managers but also inspire and develop the team from a holistic perspective.
- Production Manager – Purchasing Manager
- Regional Manager – Business Area Manager
- Sales and Marketing Manager – Finance Manager
CXO recruitment
Do you need a strategic leader to take your business to the next level?
Our Executive Search identifies and attracts the best leaders with the right industry and subject matter knowledge, strategic understanding and capabilities.
- CEO – Operations Manager – Site Manager
- CFO – Development Manager – HR Manager
- Management Group – Board of Directors
“You captured the customer needs very well, and were responsive and fast paced throughout the recruitment period.”
Fredrik Sträng
Uniper Sydkraft
Why choose us for executive recruitment
Recruiting a manager who leads with both competence and commitment requires more than a standard solution. We combine a good understanding of the business with a structured process where we clarify the current situation, the desired future and the skills and abilities needed for sustainable recruitment.
Through our extensive personal and digital networks and classic Executive Search, we reach and attract the most relevant candidates, even those who are not yet actively looking for a job. Our experienced recruiters work with the support of evidence-based methods, focus on personal contact and understanding, solid reference taking and background checks. This ensures the highest quality and a recruitment that makes a difference – both today and in the future.
Contact us for more information
Recruiting the right manager is an investment in the future of your business. We have extensive experience in recruiting for senior positions and can help you identify, attract and hire a manager who matches your expectations and needs, your circumstances and your company culture.
Our managerial recruitment process
- 1 Advice and quotes
- 2 Requirements profile
- 3 Advertising & Search
- 4 Executive Search
- 5 Selection process
- 6 Interview at customer's premises
- 7 Background checks and reference checks
- 8 Decisions and advice
- 9 Onboarding
Advice and quotes
We know what we are good at, we know a lot but not everything. We promise to tell you if we are not the right partner for this specific need. That’s why we always start with a free consultation to understand your needs.
Requirements profile
A requirements profile compiles the skills and characteristics needed in the role. Here, the art is to start with the reasonable requirements in terms of education, experience and knowledge so that we can later focus with confidence on the personal suitability of each candidate. Here we challenge you to clarify the real need. Our clients know that it pays off. The requirements profile is always in writing and confirmed by you as a customer.
Advertising & Search
To create strong attraction value when recruiting, it is important that we get to the bottom of what the role entails and what expectations and opportunities it provides. Being given the opportunity to contribute and develop in an environment that we have clearly defined attracts the right people. “There are people for everything”, as the saying goes, and it’s certainly true. In the description, we should therefore paint a real and “for the right person” attractive picture of both activities, expectations and conditions. Painting a pretty picture usually only leads to problems later.
In all our assignments, we search for actively seeking candidates in our own databases and networks.
Executive Search
Executive Search is primarily aimed at candidates who are not actively looking for a job and is based on personal contact and selling the role and the business. We stand out from the crowd by really understanding the role, which attracts the right candidates.
Furthermore, the personal contact provides a quality experience for the candidates who come into contact with your brand through us.
When specific skills are sought by many or when the conditions are challenging, it is good to use Executive Search. Either as a complement to the recruitment or if the process is to be “silent”. When used as an option, the degree of “transparency” can be regulated.
Selection process
We strive to make a balanced overall assessment. We first make a selection on the basis of the requirements that a relevant candidate must bring to the role in terms of education, experience and knowledge. Candidates who match this are invited to take aptitude and personality tests while we deepen our knowledge of their background. The candidates who best match what we are looking for are invited to competency-based in-depth interviews and test reflection after coordination with the customer so that we can be sure that we have the right idea about each candidate. From this, you as a client will gain information and knowledge about each candidate so that you can experience that you “know them” already. This is especially noticeable later in the process when our descriptions match very well on each candidate, something many of our customers and candidates testify to through the customer and candidate surveys we conduct.
Interview at customer's premises
After the presentation of final candidates, we decide together which candidates will be invited to interview with you. The focus of your interviews is to give the candidate a deeper sense of the role and your business, while at the same time reconciling the important “gut feeling” between you. Yes, you heard right! Gut feeling at this stage – when we know the person has the potential and the knowledge required for the role – is a very important part of the process. Of course, we act as advisors to make sure you feel confident in your decision.
Background checks and reference checks
A structured and competence-based reference check is carried out on the final candidate(s). This is reported in writing and deepened if necessary.
Background checks are an important step that should not be forgotten. Therefore, this is always included on the final candidate to avoid unpleasant surprises later. The background check can be complemented with an in-depth review if needed.
Decisions and advice
After a process with us at Unik, it is often easy to make a decision but the difficult thing that can arise is that you have several good candidates to choose from. Here we help you choose the right one and not prematurely opt out.
Onboarding
Our methodology gives us a deep understanding of the expectations and requirements of the role and a very good knowledge of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the person related to this. Thanks to this, we can be clear about what you should pay attention to when you start your collaboration. We also have tools such as Be the best version of you™ and Dynamics of collaboration that can speed up the “getting to know you process” and avoid you going wrong in your collaboration.
“With great expertise and a built-up network, Unik’s employees guide the recruitment process forward!”
Gustav Lundborg
Kalmar Pastorate
“Good professional and fast without compromising on quality”
Rikke Lybeck Weiss
Swedfarm
Interim during ongoing executive recruitment
When you recruit managers, it often takes longer to get the person in place. Bringing in an interim manager during the recruitment process gives both more time for the recruitment and an opportunity to implement important changes. The main task of the interim manager is to create the right conditions for the organization to achieve its objectives as time-efficiently as possible. An interim manager can have different types of assignments. It can be both administrative tasks but also to drive change projects in the form of cost savings, cultural changes or a reorganization.
We carry out many successful managerial recruitments per year
We find, attract and match the right managers and leaders to key positions in your organization. Below you will find a selection of successful projects to get a better idea of how we have helped other companies with executive recruitment.
Västerviks kommun – Rekrytering av Samhällsbyggnadschef
När Västerviks kommun stod inför behovet av att rekrytera en ny Samhällsbyggnadschef, var det viktigt att hitta en person med strategiskt helhetsgrepp och starkt ledarskap.
Rekrytering av Drift- och utvecklingsansvarig till Tielman Sweden AB
En strategiskt viktig rekrytering där teknik, struktur och ledarskap behövde samspela. Läs hur vi stöttade Tielman Sweden AB i tillsättningen av en Drift- och utvecklingsansvarig – med fokus på långsiktig prestanda och rätt matchning.
VD-rekrytering med höga krav och tydlig riktning
När Hasopor behövde en ny VD inför nästa tillväxtfas fick Unik Resurs uppdraget att leda rekryteringen. Genom en lyhörd och träffsäker process landade uppdraget i en lösning som både speglar bolagets behov i dag – och deras ambitioner framåt.
Frequently asked questions and answers about executive recruitment
Here we have collected some of the most frequently asked questions we receive about executive recruitment. If you can’t find the answer you are looking for, you are welcome to contact us.
Book a free consultation
Whatever your level, industry or needs, we are here to support you throughout the process – from requirements profile to successful onboarding.
The first step to a successful recruitment is often a first consultative conversation about the business, challenges and conditions. If we are not the right recruitment company for you, our promise is that we will recommend you further.
