Retained Search
Gibson Arnold & Associates, Inc. (GAA) understands the importance of selecting the right company to manage your search. During our 30 years as an executive search firm in the legal field, we have cultivated relationships with thousands of highly-qualified legal professionals. That’s why our clients – national and international corporations and law firms – retain GAA to find the right law department executives, partner and associate candidates, and merging opportunities.
To reflect the care we take in filling your need, we utilize a two-pronged retained search process. We begin by meeting with your decisions makers to learn about your business model, strategic plan, and ideal candidate. We build on what we learned by further researching your company and your competitors, then reviewing the current market of the target industry. The result is a comprehensive package, tailored to your search that includes your ideal candidate profile, regions of interest, and even competitors that may currently be employing your perfect fit. This serves as the platform for our search, which we will refine during our ongoing consultation on recruitment strategy.
As we identify potential candidates, we connect with them and pique their interest in your company and the position. Once they are ready to explore the opportunity, we learn everything we can about them. We review their resume, conduct background research and reference checks, and ask them the probing questions necessary to determine if they truly have the qualifications, skills, and personality to guarantee a good fit.
Throughout our partnership, GAA recruiters will attend to every detail and serve as consultants to see the placement through to completion. While we put every effort into filling the needs of all our clients, those who retain GAA for a search know exactly what to expect from our structured process. The close interaction required by our retained search not only allows for a more detailed understanding of the client’s needs, but enables us to plan our search within a set time frame, at a predetermined cost, with maximum efficiency. No surprises; only results.