Adept Client
Success Depends on The Right People
Adept Group has cultivated success by partnering with dynamic organizations dedicated to achieving and exceeding the demanding expectations of the global marketplace.
Effective performance at the global level requires extension beyond traditional placement agency operations. We are a Full-Service Executive Solutions firm, and our client experience strategies are founded in the principles of Professionalism, Courtesy, Confidentiality, and Customization.
At Adept Group, our ultimate goals are your ultimate goals – to produce the most cost-effective, creative, optimally productive solutions to the hiring process. Reliability, efficiency, and thorough attention to detail are always priorities, and we are constantly exploring new methodologies that will save our clients their most precious resource – time.
Every Adept Consultant is a carefully chosen, long-term resident of Japan and is culturally sensitive, bilingual, and adept at the intricacies of business in Japan. We work closely with you to learn and understand the "ins and outs" of your company, and we employ this understanding to identify the most outstanding candidate for your needs.
The result: a mutually rewarding, exceptional hire that lasts.
Methodology
Adept Group approaches every executive search with a partnering strategy custom-tailored to fit the exacting needs of both clients and candidates.
We invest significant time in understanding the people we work with and the specific variables unique to each situation. Then we carefully and thoroughly manage the entire search process from start to finish, allowing every hiring manager to feel comfortable and confident in receiving excellent results. Our total commitment to consistency, follow-through, and completion eliminates the time lags and stress that can often be involved in the hiring process.
Adept sources candidates via an active search methodology: approaching passive candidates who are proven professionals and leaders in their field. The following proven, highly effective methodology is implemented for each client engagement:
- Assess and Define - Assessment of client requirements through benchmarking and alignment of those requirements with candidate competencies.
- Educate and Consult - In-depth consultation with the client to ensure that desired requirements are aligned with the unique environment.
- Source and Respond - Rapid identification and introduction of key candidates implementing a pipeline strategy.
- Support and Follow up - Continuous Support of the client and candidate to ensure a successful hire.
Contigency Search
Adept Group is committed to consistently offering the finest premium-level service to clients available in Tokyo.
We strive to be the “go-to” executive search solutions firm companies can always rely on to acquire the very best talent for their key position needs. Our search process is very clearly defined and custom-tailored to meet the unique, exacting requirements of each of our clients. Once we implement a search strategy for you, we commit fully to completing the process using the following search characteristics and process:
Characteristics:
- Timeliness is always a high priority, and we are consistently committed to completing the search process as expediently as possible. Our turn-around time for accurate, high-quality results is exceptionally short.
- We are specialists in the emerging technology industry, and as such we have solid relationships and frequent communication with a significant pool of excellent potential candidates. We are generally able to introduce a short-list of four pre-screened, strongly qualified candidates within the first 48 hours of the search process.
- We meet with all of our candidates personally and maintain lasting relationships with each one, enabling us to have deeper insight into the motivations, interests, and long-term potential of the people we introduce to you for consideration.
- We maintain an always-on business communication policy, allowing us to respond to your requests, questions, and concerns in the shortest possible time.
Process:
- LISTEN – Meet with the client to ascertain the detailed search requirements and critical factors beyond basic qualifications that will insure the best possible match
- CANDIDATE DEFINITION – Consult with our team to identify a short-list of four exceptional candidates
- PRESENTATION – Present the opportunity to the candidates, discussing detailed points regarding the client and the position to ensure there is strong and viable interest
- INTRODUCTION – Introduce candidates with the potential for the best possible match to the client
- PIPELINE MANAGEMENT – Manage the pipeline of candidate talent to ensure there are sufficient additional options available to satisfy the needs of the client and achieve an optimal end result
- PARTNERSHIP – Partnering with the client and selected candidate to ensure acceptance of a mutually beneficial offer
- FOLLOW-UP – Continued communication with both candidate and client post-start date to ensure the hire is secure and integration is proceeding successfully
Retained Search
Our driving passion to support emerging technology companies coupled with our experience in creating outstanding talent teams and our in-depth comprehension of the market make a retained search relationship with us an excellent tool for building success.
The full-service experience we offer for our contingency search is designed not only to produce excellent end results, but to also inspire the level of trust and confidence that are musts for clients entering into a retained search relationship. At Adept, we understand that a retained relationship must be built on a deep comprehension of your individual and evolving needs as a company and a consistent history of accurate execution in meeting your executive talent needs.
In a retained environment, consolidation of the search process under the direction of your Adept Consultant saves time and maximizes efficiency. Within the parameters of the relationship – which include exclusivity and search solution pre-payment options –Adept can dedicate additional resources to handling time-consuming elements of the process such as full resume screening and first-round interview applications.
With our contingency search services, we fully commit to matching you with an exceptional candidate. In a retained search relationship we maintain that deep commitment and dedication, and take it a step further – we focus on partnering with you as you evolve, building an unparalleled team of stellar talent over time designed to maximize your success.
Startup Consulting
Adept Group’s core competency is supporting clients in their early stages of growth.
In addition to our focus on the business of introducing the right people, we truly enjoy providing our clients with the supplementary support needed to achieve success. Our understanding of the unique factors inherent in establishing business operations in Japan allows us to offer the added value of startup consultations.
Adept Group’s many years of experience have resulted in the development of a vast network of experts, advisors, and resources that we make available exclusively to our client base. If you are considering entering the Japanese market, please feel free to contact us to discuss strategic planning that will optimize your path to success. Contact Adept
Areas of Expertise:
Utilizing our extensive experience in the Japanese business environment, Adept Group Startup Consultants can provide solutions to all aspects of your move into Japan, including:
Corporate Entities:
Branch Office, LLC, LLP, SP, or Japanese equivalents…which is right for you?
Taxation:
Corporation Tax and Personal Tax in Japan explained; business partners offering end-to-end solutions on tax issues
Visas:
Considering ex-pat leadership or locally-based foreign hires? We can help with service partners and resources specializing in Visa/ Immigration Law
Japanese Labor Laws:
Our expertise in the industry allows us to provide quick answers keep the process clear and in-line with local laws and regulations
Locating an Office:
We can advise on all types of accommodation – including which districts are most optimal for which industry – and can introduce solutions for virtual offices; we also provide assistance in securing serviced offices and traditional rented properties