International Executive Search

ART has performed international executive search since 1987 at the highest world standards. We set the world standard for executive search, especially at the international level.

With ART, you do not need to use multiple recruiters to reach multiple countries. There is no need to get on planes to interview recruiters in multiple cities. ART covers most all key global markets, so we can save your firm time and money, while bringing you some of the world's best senior managers quickly and efficiently.

ART is one of the few executive search firms globally that is region-neutral in approach. We recruit in most major markets and have done so for many years. This is why companies based in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Mideast, Latin America and Africa all look to ART to find senior managers for both their home countries and for their key postings abroad. Our clients understand that we are targeting a very specialized group of globally minded managers and leaders who:

1. have compatible business management styles...

2. uphold the same standards and proper practices...

3. are already where they need to be located...

4. have experiences that might best prepare them to understand the employer's product or urgent need...

5. are already reaching the customers who must be reached in order for that market to be won.

We see the global economy as a unity that demands top local managers who think globally, while being highly competent at cultivating their respective local markets. The people whom we recruit for posts outside of our clients' home countries must be like human bridges able to connect easily across oceans of differences. They must understand the employer's business culture and needs as their own, while also successfully connecting to local staff and customers in their own country.

Our Searches can start with the Best Local Candidates before we expand the search radius, unless you tell us otherwise. For us to broaden a search, no special delays are caused, because ART is an executive search firm that recruits without regard for borders, as this is the reality of today's global economy.

Global Success comes only when you have the right people in the right places

Think of ART as your firm's guide to new business opportunities around the world. Too many companies - even billion dollar firms - are slow to venture beyond their home countries. They know that the opportunities around the world are vast, but simply because they do not have knowledgeable executives familiar with the target countries, often years and infinite lost opportunities pass them by. Their competitors, meanwhile, are already there. Sometimes firms that are operating overseas are doing so very ineffectively.

Our job is to help your firm find top people who can build your operations or sales in other countries. Our staff is highly internationally oriented and we appreciate and respect the differences between countries and cultures, and when we conduct your search, we seek to find candidates who can serve as intelligent and dynamic bridges between business cultures. We have done so successfully for startup firms, fast growing medium sized firms, as well as for multi-billion dollar firms.

World-Class management candidates on six continents, in over 100 countries

Regardless of region, industry, or job title, our candidates tend to be highly results oriented, unbureaucratic managers. Their approach to business usually might be characterized as localized versions of  "American management style." They are all fully fluent in English, and most candidates outside the English-speaking countries are fully bilingual or multilingual in the local or regional languages. A significant proportion of our candidates have worked for leading North American, European or Asian multinationals. Many have received MBA's from leading North American, European, or Asia- Pacific business schools.

Candidates who can communicate with your customers... and with you!

It is normally assumed that ART candidates in Asia should be fluent in the  target Asian languages, that ART candidates in Europe should be fluent in the target European languages, that ART candidates in Latin America should be fluent in either Spanish or Portuguese. Most Mideast candidates are fluent in Arabic or other languages suitable to the target  market. Our goal is to find people who understand your company's business culture as well as that of the target region.  Our objective is always to find someone whom you can trust to run your foreign business efficiently and honestly.

We know what you need and we never entrust your key search to strangers

ART is proud that we never partner with other recruitment companies in any country, because in such cases, cost, quality and timing usually can never really be guaranteed. ART only accepts searches if we believe that we ourselves can be successful in helping our clients, and we work hard to please our clients with the right candidates. People just having an office in some city and calling themselves "recruiters" or "headhunters" does not guarantee that they actually understand your needs or even that they are qualified to do executive search.