WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US

PROCESS AND IDEAL TIMELINE

We try to adhere to the steps in order, as well as the ideal timing noted, but of course intervening factors occasionally cause exceptions.

• A. Information Exchange
  • 1. Candidate — receives enough information to have a preliminary sense of interest. BSG emails an opportunity overview and, when available, a link to a taped interview with the client talking about the organization/role. BSG also shares relevant information by phone.
  • 2. BSG — receives enough information to have a preliminary sense of candidate fit for the role. Candidate emails resume and shares relevant information by phone, including compensation history and ability to relocate, if necessary.
• B. Preliminary interest
  If both sides are interested, after initial due diligence, then BSG will:
  • 1. ask your permission to share resume and notes from conversation with our client.
  • send you a Q&A, which is a dozen or so customized questions. Offers a chance to present those parts of candidate's experience that are most important to the client. It includes naming references. We may ask for written responses to the QA within five days of sending it.
• C. Share Feedback
  BSG will report back to you, factoring in client feedback, on the strength of your candidacy. We aim to communicate within five days of receiving your QA.
• D. References
  As noted, the QA asks you to name references, and we take your provision of names as permission to call them. We will check references in a two-step process: a few preliminary references prior to interview and more numerous/ more detailed references before an offer is made. We would likely call two initial references; we aim to be conscientious and make these 'safe' references (from your past, not from your current company). We prefer former bosses. The second round of referencing, "final" references, are more likely to be sensitive (from your current company, etc.) Often, though not always, these references are a condition of the offer letter from our client, whose terms have already been mutually agreed upon.
• E. Interview with BSG*
  We interview ALL prospects before sending them to meet our client. We interview in person, logistics permitting, or else by videoconference. We like to tape these interviews. We ask for your permission first, and then make the commitment (on the tape) that the only use we will make of the tape is to offer it as a preview to the client, for this particular search only.
• F. Share feedback
  BSG will give you feedback on the strength of your candidacy, ideally within two days of your interview with us.
• G. Before client interview
  • 1. BSG may call preliminary references.
  • 2. BSG may check your education credentials.
  • 3. You will prepare for client interview, including, at a minimum, thorough research of the client's website.
  • 4. You will be briefed by BSG for interview.
• H. Client interview*
  We will work closely with you to find convenient timing. That said, we expect candidates to be diligent and as flexible as possible re. scheduling.
• I. Share feedback
  • 1. Candidate will call BSG immediately following client interview, to debrief.
  • 2. BSG will call candidate with client feedback as soon as we have substantive feedback.
• J. Late stage due diligence
  • 1. BSG may conduct full-fledged referencing.
  • BSG may conduct background check. We send you a form to complete, which gives us permission to engage a third party in checking your credit, education credentials and criminal record.
  • 3. BSG may request recent W2s.
• K. Offer/negotiation
  We will likely be doing the negotiation. Our expectation is that client and candidate reach verbal agreement first, at which point a written offer is issued.

* BSG reimburses candidate's reasonable and pre-authorized expenses associated with interviewing with us and with our client. In cases where candidates make their own travel arrangements, we reimburse economy class flights and pre-authorized hotels. Please mail receipts, along with a tally of total expenses to: Boston Search Group, 224 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116. We aim to mail reimbursement checks within a month of candidate submitting a claim.

BSG EXPECTATIONS OF CANDIDATES

• A. Be sincerely open to a new opportunity, if you enter the process. This implies that you could possibly accept an offer of employment, resign your current position and assume your new responsibilities within two to four weeks of accepting.
• B. Be complete and accurate in all information provided — including resume and phone representations.
• C. At each step in the interview process, contemplate the answers to these four questions:
  • 1) Do I understand the position?
  • 2) Can I do it?
  • 3) Do I want to do it?
  • 4) If I cannot answer one or more of the first three questions, what more do I need to learn about the company or position in order to provide answers?
• D. Share with BSG, throughout the interview process, all changes in employment and/or other opportunities you are presently evaluating. This includes notifying BSG should you receive an offer from another company.
• E. Engage members of your family and trusted advisors in your assessment and decision-making process. BSG may ask to speak with your spouse or significant other, in particular if relocation is involved.

BSG PLEDGES TO CANDIDATES

• A. Evaluate your fit for any opportunity thoroughly (with sensitivity to your stated goals) and promptly.
• B. Represent you with professionalism, maintaining the highest level of confidentiality throughout the process.
• C. Notify you promptly if you are no longer being considered for the position.
• D. Counsel you during negotiation, resignation and possible counter-offer.
• E. Assist you in working through relocation, temporary housing and other pre-start details.
• F. Act as you informal coach/advisor as you acculturate with out client, especially during the first 3-6 months of onboarding.