Arcand et Associes
Emphasising Targeted Executive Head Hunting

Over the last 24 years, Canada-based Arcand et Associés has assisted clients in recruiting strategic management and professional roles executives, discovering hidden gems that perfectly align with their requirements.

At the core of Arcand et Associés is a team of Executive Recruiters with skills and specializations in sales and marketing, finance, law, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and engineering. Every recruiters solely focuses on their area of expertise, enabling the accurate placement of an executive based on an open position at a client’s office. The emphasis on specialized operations in hiring an executive has enabled the company to establish a strong reputation as a credible executive search company.

“When a company approaches us to fill a crucial strategic position, we can assign the mandate to the most suitable consultant based on their field of expertise,” says Jean-Francois Arcand, founder and owner at Arcand et Associés.

Arcand et Associés has built a culture of inclusiveness, where Executive Recruiters can exclusively talk to target candidates who are from similar backgrounds to understand the depth of their knowledge and experience in a particular subject. This controlled approach allows the firm to utilize the experience of its headhunters, who know the market and can find candidates that fit their client’s objectives.

The company provides a focused and tailored service, prioritizing client satisfaction above all else, as it would rather decline a mandate than deliver subpar results due to a lack of expertise in a particular field. Once the firm explains why a recruitment project is declined, potential clients are inclined to return for future mandates, understanding Arcand et Associés commitment to long-term success.

Unlike most consultancies that overlook candidates not chosen for a specific mandate, Arcand et Associés recognizes every candidate as an applicant and potential client. Maintaining this comprehensive and respectful approach fosters positive relationships throughout the recruitment process.

“It is easy for us to get the right executives for our client because we know the people, market, and where to find the right candidates,” says Pierre Arcand, owner at Arcand et Associés.

The company strategically identifies and approaches potential candidates by taking a targeted approach to actively headhunt an executive, maximizing the chances of finding ideal candidates for clients. It develops and nurtures long-lasting relationships with clients through a personalized approach.

An instance that demonstrates the company’s efficiency is when it identified the right candidate for a customer in Montreal who was having difficulty sustaining regulatory controls in the pharmaceutical industry. Since there are only a few pharmaceutical executive legal officers in the region, the issue was to find someone who met the criteria of having worked in a legal role in the sector. Even after commencing the recruitment process and accepting registrations, Arcand et Associés proceeded to delve deep into its extensive database of prospects without much success. However, the search resulted in a candidate with legal experience working in another highly regulated business. The firm convinced the client to hire the candidate as its new CLO. Four years later, the client is still pleased with the capabilities of the CLO, who is still working and providing excellent legal counsel.

Arcand et Associés has had tremendous success in its active fields since its inception in 1999, and it will strive to expand into new industry spectrums such as IT and automation. In order to expand its services, it believes that introducing and recruiting consultants from those areas is crucial to understand client needs in finding suitable executives. Arcand et Associés also plans to hire more in-house experts from several sectors, emphasizing its consultants’ competence in bringing growth to the organization.