Our Services

Market Scope
Our business relationships and online data base tools enables us to work across all time zones with access to more than 25 million executives in forty countries.
Rutherford International is more than an executive search firm; we are a human capital advisory firm that provides access to an integrated network of management specialist who counsel senior management on matters related to improving internal motivation and overall performance. Our distinct competence is to assist clients to identify, evaluate, retain, attract, apply and preserve superior talent. We focus our resources on a single service goal - to provide relevant and workable best-practice solutions for our client's organizational, governance and staffing needs.

Our attention to research and collaborative networks, combined with our ability to quickly grasp market nuances and trends, provides us with the focus of specialists and the ability of generalists. We offer a balanced global perspective and search presence with in-depth local knowledge and focus. This enables us to identify, assess and recruit exceptional candidates.

Our services fall under two primary categories: (For further details, click on the active links below.

For further information, please send an e-mail to Forbes J. Rutherford
Rutherford International Executive Search Group Inc.
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Search Services

Executive Search

 At Rutherford International, we believe one’s competitive advantage is in one’s attention to details. Our methodology places considerable emphasis on pro-active research and accessing third party referral networks. The process of a well-conducted and thorough search may be subdivided into sixteen phases - beginning with organizational assessment, ideal candidate specification writing, targeting and investigation, on-boarding and ending with quarterly post employment follow-ups. However, search whether it’s targeting an individual or a company is not an exercise in process, but rather one of measured analysis, critical judgments and a healthy dose of intuition. For a complete description of our search process, including costs associated with our recruitment and on-line advertising selection methods: Link Here.

There are two kinds of management abilities we will look for when assessing candidates. They are – technical competence and personal attributes. The first involves determining competence for the technical side of the business including policies, the work of the various departments and their interrelationships. The second is about attributes, such as face-to-face leadership, planning and organizing, problem analysis judgment, and effective communication, which predict success in management.

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Private Equity Matching & Venture Capital Executive Search
The objective of this service is to assist in the growth and/or renewal of small and medium size companies. Renewal may be through the refinement of the management team and/or the organizational structure; or it may well involve the injection of new monies or a combination of both. Firms that benefit from this form of executive search are: late start-up, knowledge rich organizations, that require a hybrid executive with COO/CFO capabilities to position the company administratively and financially; older and more mature companies, capable of competing and taking advantage of opportunities by first adopting modern production methods and measurements; or companies which have experienced difficulties and are in need of an "operational and financial turn-around expert" capable of effecting the necessary internal changes to return them to a profitable operation. We have particular interest in matching "turn-around expert's" with venture capital firm's who require executive over-sight of "follow-through" monies. Our fee for service is generally a combination of cash and convertible debenture.

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Strategic Alliance & Partner Search
"Strategic Partnering" facilitates corporate growth in new markets without placing a heavy burden on working capital, infrastructure and management expertise. It may also incorporate the matching of a complementary team of partners and capital. In our capacity as a "social and corporate network facilitator," it is not uncommon in the executive and interim executive search business to match talent with equity partners. This service reflects a variation in the identification of talented people, but incorporates a critical degree of objectivity associated with developing structure, functional missions, positions' design, and corporate objectives including potential merger, acquisition and divestiture strategies. A team of consultants drawn from our strategic advisory group and international affiliates manage assignments of this nature.

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Independent Director Search
This service reflects a variation in the identification of talented people, but incorporates a critical degree of objectivity associated with developing structure, functional missions, positions' design, and corporate objectives including potential merger, acquisition and divestiture strategies. A team of consultants drawn from our strategic advisory group and international affiliates manage assignments of this nature.

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Restructuring/Turnaround Executive or Workout Specialist Search
We offer our clients an innovative staffing alternative, which provides organizations a means for satisfying immediate short/medium need for executive, professional and senior management expertise in projects with specific time horizons or pre-defined goals. An example of this service would be a "Chief Restructuring/Turnaround Officer" (CRO/CTO) or Workout Executive responsible for steering the company through the various phases leading up to an operational restructuring or financial workout.

We are interested in senior managers, professionals and executives who are capable of adapting to a variety of business environments. Participants in this program must have excellent operational expertise and a highly developed relationship building skill set with a diversity of people. To register for this program, please submit a detailed on-line resume.
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