Chania Talents was founded by Gerry Penford, a recruitment consultant with 12 years of executive search experience. As a company, we have a dual focus dedicated to the Wireless Technology and Security Engineering industry across the United States partnering with companies in the automotive, defense, aerospace and high-tech sectors across the US.
The word 'Chania' means a place to rest and be happy. This word has had a profound impact on my life. I was born in the USA, raised in Africa and have lived in the UK, Asia as well as New Zealand. Through these moves around the world, I have learned that happiness comes in many forms through having a home, health, exercise, sleep but also fulfilling work. My aim as the founder of Chania Talents is to bring 'Chania' to your life for the 40 hours a week you are earning a living.
To start off a search, there needs to be trust in the form of a relationship. We want you, the client, to know you are in the best hands. Whether that be delivering great candidates, market insights, salary surveys or employee retention, we want you to rest easy knowing you have a specialist recruitment firm upholding a very high and ethical standard.
Our relationship needs a governing set of principles. We will meet and outline how you want to search, source, interview and ultimately hire the right person. We will focus on how best to retain your new hire based on these governing principles. To allow Chania Talents to do so, we want to understand in depth how your culture works and who is who internally.
This is where we develop our plan to tackle the talent shortage for you and find the right people to continue your mission.
Once we have the talent, we will meet to discuss market feedback and what candidates we have available.
This is where we get you, the client, networking and interviewing candidates.
This is where we trim down the list of candidates based on your networking with the talent list provided.
This is where we reflect on the process, what has worked and where improvements can be made. We will discuss your preferred candidate and how best to ensure they not only join your organization, but also stay in place based on the governing principles created at the start of the process.
Extending an offer needs to be done in the right way. We will offer you the information you need to present the best offer to your preferred candidate.
We will nurture your new hire with you. Not many recruitment companies keep retention of talent as part of their goal. Retaining talent is a very difficult and challenging part of our methodology. We will work together to identify the specific candidate’s needs and career aspirations to allow a return on your investment.