IN Search Executive is a human resources consulting firm at the cutting edge of INnovation in Europe, with offices in Paris and London

In a spirit of independence, IN Search offers bespoke and completely adaptable consulting services. Its approach is founded on 20 years of experience catering to the needs of private equity firms and many other types of company. It supports research teams with great potential in inventing the professional disciplines of the future

We operate in INnovative fields such as biotechnology, greentech, data sciences and artificial intelligence

Our expertise encompasses a broad range of sectors:

• - Life sciences (pharmacy, medical equipment, animal health, skin and beauty care…)
• - Agri-food and agrochemical industries (ingredients, flavours, perfumes…)
• - Sustainable development (environment, renewable energies - solar, wind, water, geothermal…)
• - Data sciences / AI (machine learning, blockchains, etc.)
  
  

Whether you are an investor, a startup, an evolving family business or a multinational incubating disruptive innovation projects, we can find you the right leaders, board members, management team and experts to contribute to the success of your INnovation projects through their technical expertise and above all their spirit of flexibility, creativity and pragmatism

We will bolster your existing teams by ensuring that the candidate is compatible with the culture of your company. We are very hands-on and promise our clients and partners our full commitment, specific solutions, fast response times and competitive prices

Our values :

• - Being responsive and attuned to client needs
• - Confidentiality
• - Fast response to emergencies
• - Attention to quality
• - Adaptability
• - Rigorous ethical standards
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An Innovative Recruitment

As the best candidates are few and far between, we anticipate your needs by actively hunting out talent and identifying international candidates. To achieve this, we rely on :
- Networks of experts (our exclusive network of contacts)...
- a direct approach through our IN Search@ methodology (studies of corporate structures, elaborating new corporate structures, etc.)
- Our proprietary candidate library
- External databases
- Social media

Thanks to the automating of our procedures, we free ourselves up to focus on ‘soft skills’. As personal qualities are the cornerstone of our recruitment process, we have developed our special IN Search@ methodology to ensure a happy marriage between a candidate and a company

Anne KERVERN Managing Director, Unleash your potential
« IN Search Executive » would be delighted to offer our services to help you to implement your vision and your projects and to work together with you on building your future and unleashing your potential

Outsourcing your recruitment can help you to find the right candidate more quickly, enhance productivity and contribute to your company’s performance

Whether you’re a company or a candidate, we can support you in your search for excellence, creating partnerships, enhancing the quality of your entourage, putting you in direct contact with others, rewarding your perseverance, daring to think big and achieving your objectives. The success of business leaders and companies that have placed their trust in us are a testimony to the excellence of our savoir-faire

The ‘direct approach’ recruitment method and the quality of assessment of the candidates are at the core of our services.
We offer you targeted services, whether you are a private equity firm, a startup, a large company of international standing or a rapidly growing family business :

• - Meeting at your premises to get to know you better.
• - Feasibility of the search of the position.
• - Definition of the position and the profile sought. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
• - Drawing up of a search strategy
• - Candidates identification and targeting
• - Fortnightly feedback on progress
• - Preliminary telephone interview with the candidate and/or videoconference
• - INTERVIEWING of candidates in our offices with the consultant(s) in charge of the recruitment
• - Presentation of the SHORTLIST
• - WRITTEN FEEDBACK on interviews held with the shortlisted candidates
• - Arranging of interviews at your premises with the shortlisted candidates
• - Obtaining of detailed professional references from previous employers
• - Negotiation of a salary package with the chosen candidate
• - Induction of new recruit into the company (we will provide feedback for the first 6 months)

We have great faith in our recruitment procedure

The In Search approach has resulted in :
- A 98% success rate
- Some recruits are still in post 5 years later

ASSESSMENT OF SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES

Assistance in the final phases to help you make your choices.

Internal recruitments : We respect your company’s protocols

We will submit to you a comprehensive file covering :
- The outlook, motivations and personality of the candidate
- An assessment of their skills
- Their relations with their future line manager
- Their induction into the team
- A detailed recommendation

Assistance with :
- The induction phase and monitoring over the first 6 monts
- Supporting candidates who are not selected

External Candidates : You have identified 1 to 3 candidates and you need a second opinion.

With our knowledge of the market, we can provide you with a detailed recommendation once the PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS have been agreed :
- An INTERVIEW with 1 or 2 consultants at our premises
- Comprehensive WRITTEN FEEDBACK
- Obtaining of detailles refernces from previous employers

Assistance with :
- The induction phase and monitoring over the first 6 months
- Supporting candidates who are not selected

Creation of Teams

The growth phase for a startup or a family business is often a challenging transition.
We can help you to :

For a successful recruitment, you need a good teams.
- Our IN Search team is integrated so that we can pool our expertise
- We deploy 2 staff for each project with a senior consultant.

Our consultants and recruitment experts have excellent knowledge of specific professional domains, of how they are evolving and of the latest trends, enabling them to source more effectively and to directly assess the quality of candidates.

They have a sound grasp of the business models of the organisations operating in their ecosystem: Life Sciences / Biotechnology, Skin and Beauty Care, Agri-Food, Greentech, Animal Health, Data Sciences / Artificial Intelligence, Blockchains.

 Our consultants are plugged into these communities of experts.


Our IN Search teams guarantee you :
- Strict confidentiality.
- An immersion in your company.
- Compliance with your deadlines.

Support for unleashing your full potential

Assessment : Assessment of management teams

We generally operate in advance phase of a private equity operation, merger/acquisition process or prior a deal is being closed. We offer a comprehensive range of assessment services for the MD and the members of the board. These due diligence procedures maximise your chances of successfully seeing through your projects. We elaborate together the process that is best tailored to your needs: assessment of strengths, of the potential for development, your ambitions … Our consultants conduct the interviews and we submit to the client a detailed dossier on their strengths and the levers of development. This dossier can lead if required to bespoke support or an integration plan.

Coaching

Support and coaching are available to anyone who expresses a need for it and wishes to enhance their personal efficiency. It can only work with the consent of the person being coached. It serves to assess the capacities of key managers in the organisation to develop professionally, and to review and develop their skills and potential. Such support aims to be practical and professional, enabling better feedback and more serene decision-making, serving to awaken ambition, and resulting in more rapid professional development. It involves mutual agreement and commitment between the person being coached, the company and the consultant.