our process

There are are just a couple items you must complete to get started. Later, we may ask you to complete additional steps so we can give you the consideration you deserve for a specific opportunity.

Yes, taken all together, it is a lot to do. But keep in mind that we go to similar lengths to get to know our client companies very well, so in the end we are more likely to identify a great professional opportunity for you!

1: Overview

Please look over this website. You will get a feel for who we are and what makes us different. This will either make you very excited or will scare you away altogether!

2: Introduction

Having a document allows us to easily find your resume when we need to.  Please send your resume using the “apply’ page, HERE.  (For the resume, please upload a Word or Text document with minimal formatting.  No PDFs, columns, tables, cells, or tabular layout.  Resumes with complex or locked-in layouts cannot be stored and searched later; it is in your interest to send a resume in simple format.) (Click here for some valuable RESUME advice from a veteran headhunter and friend)!

3: Review

Brookwoods Group reviews all incoming resumes and starts to build a profile of each candidate.

4: Preliminary Assessment

Brookwoods Group begins a dialog with each professional candidate, as well as people they have worked with in past. We look at reputation and talent, followed closely by experience, skill and knowledge.

5: In-Depth Assessment

If you could be a great FIT for a specific opportunity, we may ask you to complete additional documentation to get to know you even better.  This will include a signed application, a list of references, an on-line personality assessment and an interesting writing exercise.  Your Brookwoods Group recruiter will let you know when is the best time to complete these background steps.

What makes a great fit?  First, you must have ALL of the “Must Have” criteria outlined for a given opportunity.  If you are missing even one of the criteria or if it is a stretch, you are not a fit for that role.  Second, we go out of our way to identify the right people for the right roles.  Our commitment to both you and the client assures that we deliver solutions with three overarching criteria:

  • Capability – Professionals that can do the job well
  • Chemistry – Professionals that click with others in the workgroup
  • Character – Professionals with great attitude and ethics

6: Mapping

Brookwoods Group has many client proposals in the works at any time. For each proposal, we “map” individuals who we think are best able to deliver a great job for this assignment. Our client proposal generally includes a “scope of work” as well as the profile of the professional(s) we assign. We may map individuals who have already completed successful assignments with us, or who have been thoroughly assessed, or with whom we have a long-standing relationship.

7: Team Assessment

We would really like to bring in every great professional for an interview with our Brookwoods Group team, but there are just not enough hours in the day. Instead, we bring in folks who CLOSELY match the criteria set by our clients for current, active assignments. Frankly, we are trying to get a feel for your natural communications style and personality so we can judge whether you are proper fit for the client’s workgroup. At this stage, there are no good or bad candidates, just folks who fit or don’t fit!

8: Client Assessment

Have you been assessed enough yet?  Because all our professionals work in the client offices for months on end, most clients (understandably) want to meet the assigned professional(s) before making a final decision. We often ask our employees and candidates to meet with our clients for an in-person review.

9: Hiring

When a client approves a proposal, then we firmly allocate our employees to that assignment or extend employment offers.  If this is a permanent placement, our client usually handles the hiring details.