OUR SERVICES
The right approach.
For the right appointment.
Executive Search, Specialist Search and Talent Mapping. Focused support for the hiring and growth decisions that matter.
01 / EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Senior appointments.
A considered search.
For senior, confidential or business-critical appointments where a comprehensive search of the market is required.
Vallan identifies and approaches leaders for strategically important appointments, including people who are unlikely to be actively looking.
Typical assignments
Managing Directors, Regional Directors, Practice Leaders, Design Directors and Sector Leaders.
From brief to appointment
- Define the searchAgree the brief and map the relevant companies and people.
- Find and assessApproach candidates directly and assess their experience, motivation and fit.
- Manage the shortlistCoordinate interviews and provide candid market and salary feedback.
- Secure the appointmentSupport references, offer negotiations and the transition into the role.
Engagement: Typically retained or exclusive.
Discuss an executive search ↗02 / SPECIALIST SEARCH
Specialist talent.
A focused approach.
For appointments where technical experience, project exposure, sector knowledge or market relationships make the candidate pool relatively small.
We conduct targeted searches across our core markets, from individual specialist hires to building teams around a new leader, project or sector.
What we provide
- Role briefing and target companiesA detailed understanding of the role and the organisations where relevant talent sits.
- Search and qualificationWe approach specialists directly and assess their technical experience, sector knowledge and commercial capability against your brief.
- Market insight and interviewsCompensation and availability information, plus interview coordination.
- Offer and resignation supportSupport through offer negotiation, acceptance and resignation.
Engagement: Exclusive or contingent, depending on the assignment.
Discuss a specialist appointment ↗03 / TALENT MAPPING
Before you hire,
understand the market.
For clients who need a clearer view of a specialist market before making a hiring or growth decision.
Map a role, discipline, competitor group or geography to inform hiring, succession planning or a future search.
Deliverables, tailored to the brief
- Companies and peopleWe identify relevant companies and individuals, then map their career experience and capabilities.
- Teams and capabilitiesOrganisational and team information showing where relevant experience sits.
- Market contextIndicative compensation data and observations on the available talent market.
- Search recommendationsWe identify potential candidates and recommend where to focus a future search.
Engagement: Fixed project fee. Mapping can develop into an Executive or Specialist Search where appropriate.
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SELECTED EXPERIENCE
A demanding brief.
A proven appointment.
2-month search
Managing Director, Architecture
London. Nine months after appointment, the candidate remained in post and the restructured studio was in its first profitable year in a decade.
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