Board Recruitment Services

Board Direction offers a bespoke and candidate focused Non Executive Director (NED) & Advisory Board Member appointment service for clients across the Commercial, Government & Not for Profit (NfP) sectors.

Backed by a decade of international Non Executive Board Director search success, a total database of 50,000+ Non Executive Directors and far-reaching board connections via our tens of thousands of social media followers, we guarantee to find you a Non Executive Director worthy of your board. Further, as a boutique provider specialising only in Non Executive Board Recruitment, we do not have the large overheads of our competitors so we can offer something other than eye-watering fees.

Overall Recruitment Approach

To generate for you a list of appointable Non Executive or Advisory Board candidates we will be utilising our extensive national database of Non Executive Directors and Chairs. We do this through:

  • Dedicated direct emails to our database of over 50,000 Australian Non Executive Directors and Chairs.
  • Social media alerts to over 30,000 board direction subscribers on LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Plus & Facebook.
  • Complimentary advertising on the major social media platforms.

Our approach is supported by our deep recruitment experience earned over a decade of board appointments.

Four Tiers Of Service

Unlike other recruitment firms, we don’t have a ‘one price – one service’ approach. The difference in price is determined by how much you want us involved in the process. However, regardless of which service you choose we guarantee to find you a Non Executive Board Director worthy of your board.

A dedicated search process utilising our database of experience Non Executives resulting in a list of qualified and appointable candidates – guaranteed!

We will:

  • take a full brief to ascertain your requirements, write a job specification and job description, write a landing page that attracts candidates, create a dedicated email to entices candidates to apply.
  • send out a dedicated email that brands your organisation, and the board opportunities available, to our database of 50,000+ email & social media subscribers.
  • manage and collate all the responses and send them to you for you to then sift through and contact the desired candidates yourself.
  • We guarantee a successful outcome!

This service has a dual effect in that it both delivers qualified candidates – no matter the scope or scale or your organisation – but also brands your organisation to some of the highest profile and most influential board members & executes in Australia.

Fee: $5,999 + GST

A dedicated search process utilising our database of experience Non Executives resulting in a list of qualified and appointable candidates – guaranteed! In addition, because sifting through candidates is often difficult and requires a certain skill set and time we will sift all candidates and recommend those who most accurately fit your criteria.

Specifically, we will:

  • take a full brief to ascertain your requirements, write a job specification and job description, write a landing page that attracts candidates, create a dedicated email to entices candidates to apply.
  • send out a dedicated email that brands your organisation, and the board opportunities available, to our database of 50,000+ email & social media subscribers.
  • manage and collate all the responses
  • sift through and grade the applicants and provide a written report clearly outlining who we recommend you interview.
  • Again, we guarantee to find you, appointable candidates.

Fee: $9,999 + GST

A full Search and Selection offering designed for organisations who understand that managing a recruitment process requires particular skills and experience and who also want access to the non executive network we offer in order to generate a list of appointable candidates.

Specifically, we will:

  • take a full brief to ascertain your requirements, write a job specification and job description, write a landing page that attracts candidates, create a dedicated email to entices candidates to apply.
  • send out a dedicated email that brands your organisation, and the board opportunities available, to our database of 50,000+ email & social media subscribers.
  • manage and collate all the responses
  • sift through and grade the applicants and provide a written report clearly outlining who we recommend you interview.
  • Provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates.
  • coordinate final panel candidates and attend the final panel (if required).
  • take verbal references with subsequent written reports for successful candidates prior to appointment.
  • Again, we guarantee to find you, appointable candidates.

Fee: $12,999  + GST

A complete Search and Selection offering including candidate interviews

Specifically, we will:

  • take a full brief to ascertain your requirements, write a job specification and job description, write a landing page that attracts candidates, create a dedicated email to entices candidates to apply.
  • send out a dedicated email that brands your organisation, and the board opportunities available, to our database of 50,000+ email & social media subscribers.
  • manage and collate all the responses
  • sift through and grade the applicants and provide a written report clearly outlining who we recommend you interview.
  • Provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates.
  • complete comprehensive candidate interviews in order to derive a recommended shortlist of candidates for the final panel interview.
  • coordinate final panel candidates and attend the final panel (if required).
  • take verbal references with subsequent written reports for successful candidates prior to appointment.
  • Again, we guarantee to find you, appointable candidates.

Fee: $14,999 + GST

All organisations are welcome to list their board vacancy Free of Charge on our Board Vacancies Database. 

We are proud to host Australia’s largest and most comprehensive list of board vacancies. The database is accessible exclusively to our members, who are updated weekly of new roles available.

List your vacancy via our simple online form or send the details to ua.mo1733853705c.noi1733853705tceri1733853705ddrao1733853705b@tca1733853705tnoc1733853705

Additional Services & Charges

The above recruitment service is priced on the basis of the successful appointment of a single (1) Advisory Board Member, Non Executive Director or Chairperson. Should you appoint more than one we will charge you an additional $2,500 per placement.

In addition to the four tiers of service above we can also provide a wide range of additional services including:

  1. NED Interviews – full competency and fit interviews – $1000 per candidate + GST
  2. Psychological Assessments – Cost dependent upon requirements
  3. In person attendance at board meetings & final panels – $2,500 per day + costs & GST
  4. Any additional services – $2,500 per day + GST

I  must commend you on the quality and diversity of the group. I was most impressed with the breadth of skills and suitability of all candidates. Thank you.

David

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Who Will Be Leading Your Assignment?

David Schwarz Board Recruitment Services

David Schwarz is the CEO and founder of Board Direction, with more than 10 years experience as an International Board Executives headhunter. David is the lead consultant on every Non Executive Director search assignment. David understands how important it is for you to find and appoint the right Chair or Non Executive Director to your board. He is confident that he will be able to meet and exceed your expectations.

For further information or get a quote, please contact David Schwarz (ua.mo1733853705c.noi1733853705tceri1733853705ddrao1733853705b@tca1733853705tnoc1733853705) or complete the form below.

Why Board Direction?

√ Success & Reach: Backed by a decade of international non-executive search success, a combined social media and email database of 50,000 individuals and far-reaching board connections, we can offer a bespoke and candidate-focused NED appointment service.

√ Passion: Beyond our low fees, experience and broad reach, what separates us from others operating in this space is the passion we bring to the board appointment process. This passion is evident in all that we do – in our conversations with you, in our conversations with your candidates and our conversations with your stakeholders. This passion counts more than you might think because any recruiter you use will be representing you to hundreds of (in our case over 50,000) NEDs, so it is essential that they are passionate about what they do. Without this, your reputation is at risk. We take this responsibility seriously.

√ Marketing & Reach: We don’t charge for advertising. Many in the market claim to conduct search services but charge you to advertise your opportunity. We don’t. Having developed a massive database of Non-Executive Directors and Chairs, we have a ready-made search list more extensive than anyone else in the market. This means we can market your opportunity to our database at a moment’s notice – something no one else can do.

√ Branding: We won’t be speaking to hundreds of potential candidates on your behalf we will be speaking with thousands! That means that up to 50,000 NEDs and Chairs will hear about your opportunity but also your brand via the unique message we craft for you. A powerful benefit that only Board Direction can offer.

√ Low Fees: We are a boutique provider (specialising only on Non Executive Search) and do not have the large overheads of our competitors so we can offer more competitive fees.

For more information, contact us directly via the form below.

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