We chose to partner with the team at Harvey Hohauser & Associates because it was immediately evident, they approached our recruitment project with expertise, transparency and trust. Their knowledge of working with family owned enterprises was key in the success of this recruitment project, to find a President to match our culture, as we lead and grow our company. They brought to this key hiring: patience, understanding and knowledge of the market.
We would not hesitate to recommend them and have even partnered with them for a second key recruiting project.
For a small family owned business, it’s a difficult decision to bring in someone to run your company and find the right person that fits your culture. Harvey Hohauser & Associates helped us make that decision and guided us through a process that resulted in the perfect fit for our business and culture.
Their team made themselves available nights and weekends to ensure any question or concern we had was answered. I never felt rushed in conversation or pressured to make a decision. Even at the end when it came down to the final two candidates, they spent the time and asked specific questions that would help us to envision this person inside our company making decisions.
If you are looking to hire a high-profile leader in your organization, I encourage you to start the conversation with Harvey Hohauser & Associates, you will not be disappointed.
Running a successful family business for over 90 years has had its fair share of challenges. As our company grew and I approached retirement quicker than my son became ready to transition into ownership, I clearly had to make arrangements for a succession plan that not only solidified extended sustainability of the company but also put my son in a position to further grow and learn with the proper support around him. With the guidance of Harvey Hohauser & Associates and their clear understanding of our needs and expectations, I feel 100% confident that my company will thrive under its 4th generation of ownership. Harvey Hohauser & Associates process was clear, concise and most of all, effective. With their guidance, we were able to land a high-level executive that was not only a great fit for our company but a great mentor to my son.
I have worked with a number of recruiting firms over the years and was a bit skeptical when hearing that working with Harvey Hohauser & Associates would be very different. Well, I am here to say that it was a completely different experience. Harvey Hohauser & Associates approach to thoroughly understanding our company’s culture and then matching the candidate not only to the role but also to the culture, proved to be a perfect match.
As we focused on the continued growth of the company, I realized our strategic vision would benefit from the knowledge and expertise of an advisory board. Harvey Hohauser & Associates was able to understand our goals and culture and found exceptional candidates whose qualities complemented our executive management team. Due to the success of this initial partnership we have entrusted the Hohauser team to recruit candidates for our VP of Purchasing position.
Our company has never executed a retained search until using Harvey Hohauser & Associates. Our Vice President/General Manager position that they filled for us has been a true asset to our company. They could not have found us a better cultural fit for our company. Their team really listened to exactly what we were looking for and helped us through the process so that it was seamless. I will definitely use their firm for all of our future retained searches.
As a client new to the process of working with a retained executive search firm, I was skillfully guided every step of the way. I can’t say enough about Harvey Hohauser & Associates’ partnership with SCUP and their co-leadership of our search committee. Their recruitment process provided us the ability to gain a deep understanding of our organizational culture.
As a professional society, our success depends on skillfully balancing and leveraging the partnership between the board of directors, our volunteer leaders, and staff in serving our members. The Harvey Hohauser & Associates team quickly developed a strong partnership with us. They helped us envision the newly created position of Chief Learning Officer and presented a variety of well qualified candidates. We are delighted with the results and I can’t say enough about Harvey Hohauser & Associates’ contribution to our successful hire.
Harvey Hohauser & Associates has played a critical role in identifying and helping us select from a list of superior candidates to build and strengthen our non-family management team, filling the roles of CIO, VP Sales, and VP Operations. Being a family-owned business, identifying candidates that are compatible with our corporate culture is critical to a successful hire. The Harvey Hohauser & Associates team took the time to understand our culture and then they integrated this requirement into their recruitment process. Our results using the Harvey Hohauser & Associates team have always been hires that were smoothly and quickly integrated into our culture and organization.
Harvey Hohauser & Associates took the time to learn what we were really about and presented a range of candidates who met the search criteria for the Director of Sales position, which we successfully filled. Given Harvey Hohauser & Associates’ own history as a small business, they have an innate understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with businesses in the $100 million sales revenue range.
That knowledge was invaluable in making the search process painless, and most importantly, successful.
We have had a long relationship with Harvey Hohauser & Associates. Recently, we engaged them on a Director of Plant Operations search for our West Michigan Operations. Not only were we pleased with the entire process and the result, we actually received an additional benefit. During the search, we found an additional candidate that filled a need we had in a very technical area that is hard to find. Harvey Hohauser & Associates exceeded our expectations once again by filling two positions when we only requested one. We could not be more happy with the service, integrity and results we get from the entire Harvey Hohauser & Associates team.
Since 1988, our organization has worked to improve the state of Michigan businesses and the professionals in them with many invaluable workshops, conferences, and programs. When tragedy struck and we lost a good colleague and friend, Harvey Hohauser & Associates were responsive to our needs. They had a knack for locating experienced candidates within the insurance industry with highly specific skill sets and presenting them quickly and timely.
With their professional demeanor, great service, strategic approach, and knowledge, they were able to help our group find the perfect person to fit our culture and get us past a difficult time.
We are a new company that is expanding at an incredible pace and we had already outgrown the capabilities of the CFO who stayed on when we purchased the company. I was referred to Harvey Hohauser & Associates by an old attorney friend. From the beginning, I was impressed with their process. They took the time to understand our culture, how our business works, and the needed skill-set of the Chief Financial Officer position.
They brought me numerous candidates that not only fit our culture, but exceeded the position requirements. Their process helped us to objectively fine-tune the search until we had two outstanding candidates to pick from. The candidate we chose was the one who was the best cultural fit and could take us to the next level and beyond. The HH&A team communicated with us every step of the way and made the whole process easy.
Not only has Harvey Hohauser & Associates helped me build a leadership team at two different companies, but more importantly, the firm has provided me with tremendous counsel and insight in many areas of leadership, organizational health, organizational culture and continuity planning. I have learned how to be an effective transformational leader and how to best optimize the strengths and unique abilities of my leadership teams. The utilization of HH&A is not an expense, it is a valuable investment that has produced measurable returns. The leadership teams that have been build through the utilization of HH&A’s strategic cultural recruiting process has had a positive impact on the organization’s culture and leadership alignment. Each of the HH&A team members are very well trained and relentlessly prepared to help guide me with making wise hiring decisions. Their team displayed empathetic wisdom and was very understanding as they did their discovery for each position being recruited for. Every time we look to add an executive team member, we will always use HH&A.
I have worked with Harvey Hohauser & Associates in both the capacity of finding qualified candidates and to also find new opportunities for myself. I am completely impressed with their professionalism and ability to find the right match for their clients. Their focus is not to just fill a position. HH&A aims to match qualified candidates to positions that fit their skill sets while also ensuring they are a good cultural fit. They clearly understand that the client-candidate chemistry is just as important as the skill sets the candidate brings to the table. It’s this understanding of the complete picture that puts HH&A above other executive search firms.
The Harvey Hohauser & Associates team and brand are more than a premier boutique retained recruitment firm, they are an extension of my company’s brand. Their 35 years of experience offers deep and technically competent industry and role/position knowledge.
I have known HH&A for over a decade. I have worked with them as a client and candidate. As a client, they have been a valued partner to target, recruit and help to hire critical leaders. As a candidate, they been my trusted source when advancing my career and presenting positions that aligned with my objectives and skills.
As a client, HH&A is, in my opinion, a perfect example of an organization that demonstrates excellence at every step of a well-defined recruitment process. They do not cut corners; their process focuses on culture and skills-set alignment, thorough vetting and interviewing methods, in-depth background check, and they always communicated the progress of recruitment projects, even if the news was not good. They will provide the right candidate for the position and ensure that there is a cultural fit, they truly are a strategic partner that is in the “employment business”.
Finally, even after a recruitment is executed HH&A has been available to counsel me on business matters. On multiple occasions, Todd and Eric Hohauser make time to share their, insight, wisdom, and experience to help me with complex matters. The Harvey Hohauser & Associates team put people first!
At a critical time in the growth of our firm, it was essential that we find the perfect fit for a Chief Financial Officer. So, we turned to Harvey Hohauser & Associates, and they are now our go-to executive search partners. The HH&A team took the time to learn in-depth the details of our firm’s goals, needs, and culture. The HH&A team used that information to find us several top-flight candidates and guided us through selecting the best of the best with the utmost professionalism. We could not be happier with the results of working with HH&A.
I was able to work with Harvey Hohauser & Associates both as a candidate and as a client involved in an Executive Search.
It was extremely benefical to be able to see both aspects and just how thorough they are in finding the absolute best candidate.
As a candidate, the quality I respected the most was their authenticity. When I was not selected, the lead consultant informed me exactly why in a very timely manner and did not mince words. The lead consultant stayed in touch with me and soon became a mentor and confidant with career advice. There was a time that I was at a point of desperation after making an emotional decision to leave a large company. The lead consultant that stayed in touch with, coached me on not lessoning my worth. Eventually our paths crossed again in relation to a search and this time, I was awarded the position. This is something I will never forget, nor will I ever shy away from in telling my experience.
As the client, I then was greanted the opportunity to witness how they funnel down the host of candidates and ensure they gather the absolute best to present to the company. This highlights their diligence, but it is also so rewarding on multiple levels. The main one in our case is that we had options. The ranking of candidates is not simple 1-5 for example, but mor like 1, 1a, 1b, etc. Although it makes the decision process difficult, it can be a blessing in disguise. Our situation was that our first choice decided not to join our team, but with candidate rankings, our search did not have to restart.
As a recruiting firm, I find it hard to comprehend that there is anyone stronger than HH&A. And as human beings, the team at HH&A is the finest I have ever had the pleasure of forming a relationship and partnership with.
Our company was in need of leadership in the area of finance/accounting and turned to Harvey Hohauser & Associates for help. Their team embraced our challenge and engaged our team in discovery. They were able to quickly understand our company and its culture. Through their process and their experience they helped us refine the scope of the job, shaping the role for the true needs of our manufacturing company. After reviewing and interviewing a strong pool of candidates we were able to hire the dynamic leader our organization needed to make positive, nearly immediate changes in our business. I appreciated the direct, open, and honest communication from HH&A throughout the process.
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