Why Choose Stewart, Cooper & Coon?

Knowledge & Experience in Your Market

We have recruiters and corporate executives who come from Fortune 1000 companies, or they have recruited for them for years. Therefore, we have a complete and thorough understanding of our clients’ corporate strategies and human capital needs.

Quality, Depth and Focus in Our Process

We provide the best candidates in the shortest amount of time. This requires our recruiters to focus on the task and ensure that each client gets only the best and the brightest talent. We have a large recruiting team and contractual affiliations with over 1400 other recruiters covering all industries. Our depth is second to none.

Only the Best Candidates

Instantly, we can tap more than 80,000 candidates in our proprietary data bases....candidates who come from all industries. This gives us the contacts, knowledge and proximity to quickly identify "the" candidate for our clients. Industry knowledge and candidate research is the core of our search strategy.

We Communicate Often and Effectively

We are a team-focused search firm, and it requires consistent and frequent communication among all members to provide progress information regularly to our clients.

Flexibility

We approach each search differently. No two engagements are alike. Because we customize each search, we are very tuned into the needs of each client. Our consultative team approach makes it easier to do business with us because we understand your business.

Only Direct Expenses

We charge only our fees and no more. We do not expect you to fund our overhead. We only charge for pre-approved direct expenses during the term of a search.

Competitive Pricing

We are committed to competitive pricing but never to the sacrifice of quality and the success of a search.

Reference Checks

We can, if contained in our employer agreement, check references on a 360-degree basis by interviewing previous bosses, peers, subordinates and customers. Each of these reports is provided to our client along with our personal notes and evaluation comments.

Finding Candidates - Our Process

Our first choice is to not advertise on the Web. We first go to our data bases to identify qualified candidates. If they do not exist in our data bases we then call currently employed candidates in competitive companies or organizations directly and, in a meaningful dialogue, evaluate their qualifications and personal suitability for both the position and your organization. Only then do we recommend them to you.

While no two clients – and no two searches – are the same, Stewart, Cooper & Coon has identified and established a clear philosophy and a rigorous set of principles that we apply to each search. We start with a...

Clear Understanding

Clear understanding of our client's organizational history, culture, needs and the full scope of the assignment. We define each assignment clearly in writing, including the timeframe and anticipated fees and expenses.

Research and Sourcing

Research and sourcing begin when Stewart, Cooper & Coon and our client agree upon the specific definition of the position and the attributes of the desired candidate. We review our extensive data sources, including our proprietary database. We conduct a complete and thorough analysis of target industries. We also initiate confidential discussions with sourced passive candidates at this stage.

Interview and Evaluation

Interview and evaluation take place only after our research and sourcing efforts identify the best possible candidates. We conduct an extensive one-on-one interview with each candidate to determine his or her level of interest and to evaluate qualifications and personal suitability for both the position and your organization.

Candidate Reports and Recommendations

Candidate reports and recommendations are presented only for the candidates deemed most appropriate for the position. Stewart, Cooper & Coon will submit reports detailing the candidates' business background and experience, as well as our candid appraisal of their fit within the parameters of the position and your organization.

Client Interviews and Assessment

We arrange meetings between client and candidates and help clients evaluate the outcome. This includes answering any and all questions that may arise and, if necessary, arranging subsequent meetings to further evaluate each specific candidate.

When our client makes a clear choice and extends an offer to the candidate, Stewart, Cooper & Coon navigates the final steps in the search process.