Brady Jones, Managing PartnerIn a conversation with Manage HR, Brady Jones, the Founder of BJRC, shares insights into the company’s approach and its services.
Being a trusted hiring consultant, how are you making a difference in the executive space and what makes you unique?
When I was practicing as a lawyer, I was constantly contacted by recruiters and was even placed by a few recruiters into different law firms. But I never developed any relationship with the recruiters, and after a few months, I couldn’t even remember their names or the recruitment firm they worked for. At that point, I realized that the legal industry needed a better option. This prompted me to set the foundation of BJRC two and a half years ago. At that time, our primary focus was to place lawyers and regulatory compliance professionals into law firms and financial services companies.
In 2021, BJRC opened a second business line, led by Patrick Johnson, recruiting in the finance and accounting space. Before joining BJRC, Patrick Johnson, Managing Partner, spent a decade working in Corporate Strategy at two large pension funds, working with various finance and accounting teams. Due to such extensive experience, he provides valuable insights for hiring finance and accounting professionals. Today, BJRC has become a trusted name for placing top-tier legal & compliance and finance & accounting professionals.
BJRC uses a Contingent Search model, meaning its clients pay only after BJRC finds a suitable candidate for their clients’ business. BJRC does not just post advertisements to find talent, it uses a strong network of first-class professionals and a targeted headhunting strategy to enables them to find the top talent in the marketplace.
What approach do you take to assess clients’ needs and demands?
BJRC uses different search strategies depending on the position sought and the industry our client specializes in. We ensure that we provide our clients with the best possible candidates as per their requirements.
We prefer to sit down with clients to understand their business, background, and culture properly. Only then will we start our search, according to their parameters. Targeted candidates are contacted by BJRC and given details of the position. Those candidates that express a keen interest in the role, will then undergo an initial screening call and an in-person meeting. BJRC takes pride in meeting all of the candidates before agreeing to present them to a client.
Our goal is to keep the entire process transparent by conveying information regarding a candidate’s compensation expectations and career aspirations to clients. This helps us ensure that a person’s interests align with the client’s budget and other expectations.
Some of our clients don’t want us to get too entrenched in their business. They want to make sure that they’re meeting the best candidates in the market. In such cases, we have the flexibility to fit the needs of our clients.
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We deliver an executive search product to our valued clients, but work on a contingent search model. This means that clients pay us only after we find the best candidate for their business
Could you share a client testimonial that showcases the unique abilities of BJRC Recruitment?
We had a client looking forward to hiring a General Counsel for their business from the Seven Sisters in Toronto. Unfortunately, their budget was not high enough, and we advised them that they wouldn’t be able to find someone from a major Canadian firm. We suggested that we assist them in finding a better candidate who was already working for a competitor or similar business and had previous in-house legal experience. It was that market knowledge that showed true value to our client. Recently, we also completed a great search for the CFO of a large public software company.
What sets BJRC Consultants apart from the rest?
BJRC is a collaborative recruitment firm. “For me, a traditional recruitment firm is unfavorable to its employees, as it is solely a commission-based business. All of our recruiters are well compensated with base salary and benefits. We also do not have any candidate ownership. This ensures that the entire team at BJRC is working together to get the best candidate delivered to our clients” says Brady.
