About Us
Four Reasons We Stand Apart
Founded in 1969 by President and Managing Director C. Mitchell
Oakley Jr., Charles Aris has assisted more than 500 organizations
worldwide with their executive search and staffing needs.
We are a full service executive search firm with offerings
that include Executive Search, Staffing Research, Candidate
Due Diligence and Personality Profiling.
Our clients tell us there are four main reasons they choose
us over competitors:
- Expertise. We know how to identify world-class
leadership talent. With 40 years of experience, we have
one of the most comprehensive databases of candidates in
the executive search industry — and we're constantly adding
to it. Most of our recruiters joined Charles Aris after
successful careers in their industries of focus. So whether
your business ranges from industrial products, consumer packaged
goods or retail to health care, life sciences or professional
services, our team has the knowledge and access to understand
and solve your specific talent needs.
- Execution. We know where to find qualified,
available and interested talent. More importantly, we know
how to get it to you. For every position, we follow our
time-tested and highly effective Priority Search Process,
a 14-step approach that identifies, qualifies and delivers
the talent you need. How do we know it works? The answer
is simple: 2.57 to 1. For every 2.57 job candidates we put
in front of clients, one of them is hired. That means you
save time and money. We average more than 80 placements
a year, with more than one-third of them in Fortune 500
companies.
- Focus on Cultural Fit. Making sure candidates
for your leadership roles have the right technical skills
is just half the answer. It's equally important that they
fit your culture — and we make sure they will. With
our 360-degree reference process, we speak with every candidate's
bosses, peers and subordinates to get a strong sense of
their personality and leadership style — before we
even introduce them to you. Just as significantly, we evaluate
candidates with the customizable Drake P3 system, which
matches the behavioral traits of candidates with the core
competencies you believe are critical for success in a given
role. You can download a sample
Drake P3 profile here.
- World-Class Deliverables. Details matter,
and our deliverables show our commitment to getting things
right. We start with a detailed Assignment Specification,
which we write and send to you at the start of the search
to make sure we're all on the same page. Throughout the
search you will receive a weekly update that details the
status of every candidate in our pipeline. You will then
receive an in-depth scorecard detailing the background,
strengths and weaknesses of every candidate we put before
you. In short, you will know exactly where your search stands
from start to finish.
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