Navigating Complex Challenges: A Confidential Executive Search in the Exploration Industry

The Challenge

An advanced Exploration company was seeking to make a critical change to its executive team in early 2023. They required a replacement for an existing executive in order to take their operations to the next level. 

Being a lean organization, this company did not have an internal HR team, leaving them without the necessary expertise and capacity to source and screen candidates effectively. Because this was a confidential search that would require an extensive recruitment process, the challenge was exceptionally complex. 

By leveraging TPD’s 40+ years of mining recruitment expertise, the organization was able to navigate this challenging situation and experienced a seamless and effective hiring process.

The Solution

TPD approached the partnership with a focus on collaboration and customer insight; focusing on understanding the company’s strategic objectives, opportunities, and challenges. By taking a business-minded approach, TPD’s workforce experts were able to harmonize the client’s requirements with the realities of the marketplace. 

The challenge of a confidential search required innovative solutions to overcome the limitations of exposing sensitive information. This was not a search that could be broadly advertised. Our recruiters tackled this hurdle by leveraging our exclusive database of executive-level mining contacts and transparently communicating the unique situation and limited information that could be shared. Instead of revealing the organization's identity, our team emphasized the opportunity that this new venture could bring to the right candidate. 

The company’s lengthy interview process which involved multiple rounds of interviews (virtual, in-person, and site visits to their exploration site) meant that our team had to be exceptionally skilled at keeping candidates well-informed and engaged. By setting clear expectations, and communicating transparently and with dedicated follow-up, candidates felt taken care of throughout the process. In this way, TPD protected the organization’s reputation and brand. 

Leveraging TPD’s extensive mining industry knowledge, insights, and connections, our team tapped into a vast and diverse pool of talent; all while maintaining confidentiality through the process. This partnership approach, coupled with our expertise, proved instrumental in finding the right candidate and streamlining the hiring process for our client.

The Results

The partnership between TPD and this Exploration company yielded remarkable results. Using TPD’s proven process, leveraging our extensive candidate network, and our business-minded approach to a confidential search, we were successful in quickly submitting a shortlist. 

TPD identified 83 possible candidates from our network and curated this down to 12. From there, 5 candidates were invited for interviews - an impressive 41% success rate. In only 8 weeks, the successful candidate was selected and excitedly accepted the job offer to partner with our client.  

The success of the collaboration between TPD and this organization is proven in the quality of the talent that they met with, the protection of their reputation and confidential requirements, and ultimately, in our ability to help them hire the right candidate for their executive group.

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