chief executive officer search

 

Our nationwide retained search process provides a comprehensive approach to the following:
  • Organizational strategic assessment
  • Candidate profile development
  • Compensation analysis and design
  • Broad based executive recruitment strategy and execution
  • Process facilitation

 

We work closely with your board of directors to identify the qualities, attribute and critical skills necessary to ensure the future success of your institution.  Our nationwide candidate development process is data driven, analytically focused, and aggressive in approach.  As your business partner through this critical project, we offer a level of unrivaled level of service and expertise that guarantees results.


senior leadership

Our senior leadership search process provides a comprehensive recruiting solution at a local, regional or national level.  Our team works closely with the hiring executive at your organization to define the candidate profile, provide market driven compensation data, and develop a targeted recruitment strategy.  While advertising is a useful approach to building market awareness of your leadership opportunity; over 80% of our placements come from our direct recruiting and networking efforts.  Our aggressive approach to candidate development ensures a diverse candidate pool from the broad financial services environment. 

 

We understand that we can’t apply a one size fits all methodology to your executive search.  As such we offer several approaches to pricing and process for a C-level search to meet the needs of every client.


contingent placements

When you needed someone yesterday…Our non-exclusive, contingent agreement allows us to supplement your continued recruiting efforts to find the perfect candidate for your credit union. Through our unparalleled level of service we will work to understand culture of your organization and define the skills and experience required to thrive and succeed in your organization.

 

We quickly move to identify candidates that fit your specific position utilizing our relationships and recruiting resources that come from over 30 years in the financial services industry. Given the nature of our business, we have deep, cross functional relationships with industry leaders in the following areas:
  • Finance
  • Lending
  • Retail Operations
  • Risk Management
  • Information Technology
  • Marketing
  • Human Resources
  • Internal Audit

 

Our contingency pricing structure doesn't commit you to any cost up front! Once you identify and hire a candidate presented by O'Rourke, you will be billed a percentage of the candidate's base compensation that is negotiated prior to us beginning the search.

We stand behind what we do and offer a guarantee on the candidate placed in your organization.

SUCCESSION PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP  ASSESSMENT

After a strategic organizational assessment, we provide assistance in helping the Board of Directors and the CEO determine the technical and leadership skill levels of the existing management team and identify which individuals would achieve success in leading the credit union in the future. We identify gaps in the experience and capabilities of the organization's future leaders and prescribe a course of action to position selected team members for expanded roles and responsibility.

 


Compensation and Retention Analysis

Compensation and retention analysis -- The leadership challenge of the future will be retaining your key talent and developing compensation strategies that link core organizational strategies with employee compensation.

We take a consultative approach to understanding your current compensation philosophy. Our team will benchmark your organization's compensation structure against comprehensive survey data to determine competitiveness and relevance against the evolving retail financial service marketplace. We provide recommendations and strategies to ensure ongoing recruitment and retention success for your organization.

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