found us executive search, and headhunting
When found us came to life in February 2014 it solely worked in executive search and selection across the advertising, marketing, and media industries with a focus on the North UK.
Tobermory 17th November 2024
It does not really matter what you call it, whether executive search and selection or head hunting. The point is Peter Cobley and found us excel in the placement of senior people, in senior roles. Why?
Because of unrivalled personal connections within the industries of advertising, media, and marketing dating back years. There is detailed knowledge of the relevant businesses at senior level, Peter Cobley having worked as a board director for a number of years; in both online and offline channels. And you can ask around as to how well I’m known!
However it is our approach that makes us so, so different to the competitors.
Empathy - Peter Cobley is able to place himself in the shoes of senior people who are looking to move, and of where they might be within themselves as people, their career, their wants and needs. I can help with mentoring and personal development. For my clients I am able to find the right people for a business, understanding where a business and its senior leadership team are heading.
SWOT - Nearly all competitors operate to a brief, which of course I can do. But I can operate outside of the norm, and this all comes down to my commercial experience. I regularly talk to my clients and know their businesses and know where they have a gap or commercial need. I can then discover or match people to fulfil the business need. Likewise, I speak to candidates on the look, who I can then refer to businesses knowing a business has a need. Or I can sell a candidate into a business where I can see a connection - after all I have run and lived business, and am a entrepreneurial person. Thus I’m not slavishly working brief to person, person to brief, which can be very formulaic.
Experience - I have placed a variety of senior roles nationally and internationally. These have included, Managing Director, Broadcast Director, Executive Creative Director, Head of Digital.
Process/reporting - I delight in reporting process during the discovery and hire of a person. Full accountability is a must for clients, and products such as Nutshell, Hubspot, or plain old Excel may be used. Likewise a candidate is consistently kept in the loop.
Analysis - Always analysing the hire, the company, the people, the situation, and the role. I do, where necessary, utilise psychometric tests or personality tests for example. Or I may create a candidate pipeline to look at trends and other observational factor.
Location - I am based in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, with Oban close by as the nearest town. We work though nationally and internationally.