Needs Analysis. Without a thorough and complete understanding of your recruitment requirements, how can any consulting company really provide you with fast, relevant and result-orientated solutions to your concerns?

At Wennekes International, we believe our success is due to one overriding factor that sets us apart from the competition: our willingness and commitment to listen to your needs. Only when we have fully understood and analyzed your requirements will we deliver a professional recruitment strategy precisely tailored to meet your specific brief.

In our opinion, the past performance of a Butler, Chef, Personal Assistant, Governess etc. is the best indication of what can be expected in the future. A person who has proven to be successful in the past will probably show the same qualities when working for you. A successful professional career is therefore the best criterion whether a person is qualified for any given position.

We recommend the best qualified candidates through painstaking research and numerous interviews to gain an insight into both the client's needs and the candidate's goals. In this way we can also assess the top candidates for our client on a comparative and therefore more reliable basis.

The research, interviews and evaluations are conducted in an impartial and confidential manner. Throughout the assignment we work closely and in strict confidence with our client who is kept informed of our activities by means of regular oral and written progress reports. All information obtained from clients and candidates is held in the strictest confidence unless we are expressly authorized to release it.

A personnel search is carried out in the following phases:

• Detailed initial consultation with the client for the purpose of getting to know the client's residence, business, yacht, vacation home or otherwise, the client's specific needs and objectives as well as staff already in place.

• Formulation of specific areas of responsibility. Determination of the position to be filled and definition of authority. Description of the required personality profile complementary to the client, character traits and preferred experience.

• Identify, approach, interview and evaluate potential candidates.

• Analysis and appraisal of the results of all interviews, our conclusions and recommendations.

• Complete and thorough reference and (security) background checks on selected candidates.

• Assistance with contract negotiations, obtaining work permits, relocation of selected candidates etc.

• Training of (new) staff if appropriate.

• Counseling and follow-through with regard to motivation and integration of a new staff member into the client's household and current personnel team.

It is part of our consulting principles to perform all assignments under total exclusivity and thus establish the highest degree of mutual confidence. Our experience has shown that the appointment of candidates can be rapidly and effectively achieved if there is close co-operation between client and consultant.