ProFound’s Differentiators

We take a fresh approach to our work and think outside the box. We’ve taken a good hard look at our industry to learn how we can do things better. And when needed, we challenge the status quo and look for more effective and innovative ways of doing things. Here are the advantages we think you’ll love when you work with ProFound Talent.
Most search firms focus solely on recruitment into your organization...
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When you work with ProFound Talent, we focus on the full life cycle of talent management including recruitment, leadership development, and career transition. We are your partner in growth helping you achieve your goals through your greatest asset, your people.
ProFound Talent offers more than 40 years of combined industry experience and our firm’s founder brings over 25 years of experience working as a partner in a national executive search firm...
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Along with Terri’s proven expertise, clients benefit from her strong industry connections and proven reputation as a results-driven leader.
ProFound Talent is a retained search firm, giving you an exclusive recruitment partner with a promise to get results...
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Pay just a portion to get your search started and the balance of the fee once we deliver you success. Our pricing is comparable to that of contingency search firms and other executive retained search firms. But when you work with us, you’ll get additional value. This includes a comprehensive search strategy, recruitment videos, extended guarantees and behavioural assessments. When you work with us, you receive more value and process for the same dollar spent with other search firms.
Our digital recruitment strategy is a unique digital differentiator that provides your candidates and customers with an opportunity to get to know you through a high-quality professional-produced video that can be shared across multiple social channels...
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This is provided at no additional cost and the video is free for you to use after the search is completed.
ProFound Talent is proud to be a woman-led business. We are deeply committed to supporting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives in our recruitment processes and in our work environment, where every individual feels valued and respected....
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We’ll ensure you have an inclusive and equitable hiring process free of prejudice, bias, and discrimination. Beyond this, we can help you develop a strategy to increase the diversity of your applicants and build an inclusive, equitable corporate culture aware of unconscious bias.
Members of our team have achieved certificates of completion for training by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion and the University of Alberta’s Indigenous Canada Course. We are nationally certified in Canada and the USA as a “Women-Owned Business” through a diligent certification process through Women Business Enterprise (WBE).
Learn more about our EDI initiatives and involvement here.
Securing the right talent, well-matched to your brand and culture is essential when building your winning team. Our behavioural assessment tool helps you evaluate if a candidate is a good match to your unique corporate values...
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This innovative tool, built on the Harrison Assessments platform, exceeds general personality testing and other conventional methods. It measures 175 factors and gives you a report that targets job-specific employee engagement, success, and retention. By matching individual traits, preferences and competencies to your position requirements and team dynamics, you have added assurance your hire is the right fit.
When you work with ProFound Talent you get an extended search guarantee to ensure you are satisfied with your new hire...
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We extend our guarantees beyond industry standards as we want you to have time to assess your new hire and to feel confident in your hiring decision. And if you’re not satisfied, we will work with you to make it right.
ProFound Talent goes beyond the signed employment offer to ensure your new hire is onboarded successfully...
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This includes Executive & Leadership Coaching to ensure a successful career transition into your business.
It is our commitment to you, that we do not source talent from you, our client...
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And for this reason, we limit our clients in any one industry to widen our sourcing ability.
ProFound Talent supports and volunteers in the communities we work. We donate our time, money, and resources to supporting local charitable organizations...
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Recent community investments have included: