Targeted and Deep-Dive Headhunting

At Webber Chase, we provide a comprehensive search for talent in the relevant commodity sectors for all Clients.  This involves actively and discreetly headhunting Candidates, assessing them against the Recruitment Solution’s criteria and deep-diving into their bigger drivers and motivators. This targeted and in-depth approach not only ensures that the candidates we attract meet the in-demand skills and experience for each role, but that they fit our Client’s’ corporate culture to ensure long-term retention.

Focused Delivery

Our structure as a business is aligned to the relevant Commodity market sectors we specialise in;

• Energies
• Hards
• Agriculture
• Renewables

Being sector aligned, each internal Team evolves comprehensive knowledge of people and markets. We implement full screening and technical pre-interviews for every Candidate we represent, ensuring that all interviewees are applicable, motivated and clear on the requirements from our Clients. These factors combined provide not only efficient and time-focused to our Clients, but crucially ensure a high ratio of successful introductions.

Post Placement Quality Control

We understand that meeting a strong Candidate is only half the challenge of recruitment.  Webber Chase staff provide comprehensive support to both our Client and Candidates throughout the interviewing process, during the resignation, on-boarding and run a post-placement follow-up service. All of these drivers are orientated around saving our Clients time and energy in recruiting the best talent available to them in the market.

With over ten years pure focus on the Commodities markets, WebberChase has extensive experience in the often exhausting and time consuming recruitment process. Our Reputation and Quality of Service is central to Webber Chase’s management objectives, which include;

• Continuous appraisal of our services and maintenance of quality standards.
• Committed to fostering long term and successful relationships (90% of our work is through repeat business).
• Effective candidate management and strong close rates (85%).
• Excellent retention rates (88% retention of candidates placed).
• A proven ability to identify and head-hunt exceptional candidates for our clients.
• In depth market knowledge, and expansive network.

We provide a post-placement service as standard to our Core Clients where we ‘check-in’ with Candidates at six weeks, three months, six and twelve months.  Where possible, we meet the Candidate and run through the key expectations and if they are being met, what the Candidate would like to feedback on the process to the Client (confidentially), recommendations on improving process and potentially where they may need more guidance or support to perform better in their current role. We then provide comprehensive feedback to the Client as part of the placement fee.

Exclusive Contingency Searches

Our widest utilised option is an Exclusive Contingency Search, whereby we actively headhunt and pursue top calibre individuals for our Clients, utilising our established global networks effectively provide a relevant shortlist of suitable candidates for specific requirements. This provides Webber Chase’s Clients with a consistent and tailored service who are looking to hire without tight time restrictions in a risk-free pricing agreement.

Active Retained Searches

When a complete appraisal of the market is required by a Client, we will implement a structured market map and extensive search across the regional talent pool, focusing on key competitors. Clients who choose to retain Webber Chase, are guaranteed a priority search to deliver their mapping and intelligence reports ahead of time and on an exclusive basis, to ensure no other Client is seeing the same talent for their respective areas. We provide comprehensive support at every stage of the process and a dedicated CDM Team Leader to ultimately deliver a successful match every time.

Services included as part of the Retained Search package:

• Salary Surveys
• Competitor Market Mapping
• Market Trend Reports

These services are available to our Retained and our Core Clients free of charge, or to our regular Clients for a small one-off fee. They are not available to speculative companies or firms looking for ‘one-off’ agreements.

Salary Surveys 

Our bespoke salary surveys provide an up to date reflection of salaries across specific sectors and are predominantly used to determine trends within selected markets to help our Clients better benchmark themselves in this highly variable compensation market.

Competitor Market Maps

Our tailor made search documents offer a comprehensive insight into the markets, size and structure of competitors, and are considered by our clients to be imperative tools when a deeper understanding of the market is required.

Hiring Trend Reports

Commodities have long been one of the most rapidly changing environments, so these reports are unique in helping Clients build and future-proof their hiring strategies. They provide a comparative analysis of market performance and forecast for future market developments.