Boxwood Executive Search

About Us

Headquartered in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Boxwood Executive Search is a retained recruiting firm.  We recruit talent who will deliver meaningful results and provide long-term value. Our clients (employers) regard us as a consultant and trusted advisor.

We believe recruiting is a business event that solves a business problem. Therefore, we spend our time with business professionals as we actively expand our network and keep abreast of industry activity.

Examples of our membership includes: AFCEA, AUSA, Chesapeake Regional Tech Council and Maryland Chamber of Commerce. We also write a monthly recruiting column which is published in either SatNews Magazine or MilSat Magazine.

Our clients include employers in the following sectors: Government Contracting, Satellite Communications, Broadcasting and the Intelligence Community.

Solutions and Services We Provide Include:

- Exclusively representing the employer (our client) for the recruitment of critical senior level talent…. to conclude with a successful recruitment outcome.

Our process oriented steps of recruitment include:

• Development of a detailed position description
• Identification of candidates
• Screening, development and interviewing of candidates
• Reference checking of finalist candidate(s)
• Acceptance of offer by candidate
• Outline of a six month on-boarding plan

- Through a Best Practices Approach: consulting, advising, establishing or training the employer (our client) on their internal recruitment process.

• Analysis of current process
• Comparison of current process against best practices recruitment model (Gap analysis)
• Recommendations for improvement
• Implementation of improvement

Our Philosophy

We follow a process oriented recruitment approach.

Good recruiting should deliver valuable results to the employer and the employee. The cost of a failed hire is estimated to be 10–15 times annual salary. Getting recruitment right every time is critical. The goal of good recruiting should focus beyond the number of resumes submitted and beyond simply completing the hire. Employers seek to hire talent who will deliver meaningful results and provide long-term value. At the same time, successful recruitment includes the newly hired talent seamlessly fitting into the organization and enjoying their employment.

The acquisition of critical talent makes the biggest positive impact directly on the hiring manger. Recruiting the right talent is an interactive process involving the hiring manager taking a hands-on approach as an active participant.

We feel that for good recruiting to be successful, the talent must be regarded as the top priority. Treat the talent with respect, clear communications and on-going dialogue and the employer has an excellent probability of a successful outcome.