• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • What
    • Recruiting & Exec Search
    • Outplacement
    • Diversity Leadership
  • Why
    • Benefits / Value
    • Experience
    • Results
  • Blog
    • Advice & Thought Starters
    • Other Resources
  • About
    • History
    • Our Team
  • Contact

Thunderclap | Advertising and Marketing Recruiter

When you bring business development strategies to recruiting, it's the perfect storm for success.

Outplacement

There are many reasons to have to let someone go. In the agency business, the most common one is a lost piece of business and corresponding loss in revenue.

These are incredibly painful and difficult things to do. But here’s one thing you can do to soften the blow: offer outplacement services to the impacted professional(s).

Here are five other reasons why you should consider an outplacement solution for your agency:

  1. Demonstrate your investment in people and relationships. Put your company’s values into practice.
  2. Reduce unemployment costs. Helping professionals get jobs faster and more efficiently reduces system costs.
  3. Mitigate legal risk. Helping people focus on their next career move may help protect your agency from potential legal remedies from disgruntled employees.
  4. Increase productivity from current staff. Ease transitions because everyone is impacted by staff change.
  5. Protect your brand and reputation. How important is your brand in attracting staff and new business?

Looking for some math? The Harvard Business Review suggests layoff survivors experienced a 41% decline in job satisfaction, a 36% decline in organizational commitment, and a 20% decline in job performance. This leads to higher turnover, higher future staff acquisition costs, fewer “A” players and increased risk of unhappy clients/lost business.

Here are just some of the outplacement services Thunderclap offers agencies:

  • Resume review and improvement
  • Job search best practices
  • Coaching (weekly or monthly as needed)
  • Market overviews (who’s hiring / who’s not)
  • Positioning recommendations
  • Interview research and prep

Thunderclap has always had conversations with candidates referred from agencies. All candidates seem to appreciate the insights and thinking gleaned from those conversations. But we amped things up a bit in 2020 as the pandemic impacted the industry and thousands of professionals were let go.

These services can be scaled and customized based on a shared understanding of what you’re looking to achieve.

Please contact us to learn more.

 

Primary Sidebar

Email Newsletter & RSS Feed

Sign up to receive email updates and hear what's going on with us. Includes pitch predictions and agency pitches, wins & losses.

What Others Say

  • "Thunderclap was a great partner in our search for a business development leader. They were thoughtful and transparent throughout the search and took time to understand our organization at a very deep and authentic level. Never once did it feel like a rehash of candidates who tick boxes on paper. Each candidate they presented was thoroughly vetted to our needs and our organization which made the entire process a pleasure. I look forward to working with Thunderclap on future hires."
    Director of Talent, New Business Leader search, mid-sized agency
  • “My search was for a new business leader at a mid-sized regional agency. While candidates are open to relocating to that market, it’s not on everyone’s radar screen. Steve Congdon at Thunderclap gave me a terrific candidate that the agency loved. She’s now on their Executive Leadership Committee.”
    President, leading southeast US recruiting firm
  • “We gave Thunderclap a search for a Senior AE that needed agriculture experience, which is hard to find. And they delivered."
    Senior Recruiter, regional office, global agency
  • “I’ve given Thunderclap several recruiting assignments over the years across three departments: account management, planning and new business. It’s a pleasure working with them. They know our industry and our agency very well. Their candidates fit our requirements and I know they’re a cultural fit when they come from Steve's firm.”
    Managing Director, multiple searches, global network agency
  • “The agency was looking to hire a new Group Account Director that was going to be on a plane every week. Steve found just the right professional for this Top Ten Holding Company Account. I had several great options and they were well prepared.”
    Recruiter, Group Account Director search, global holding company agency
  • "After briefing Steve on what was needed, his company was able to quickly source several well qualified candidates that matched the jobs specs. Thunderclap screened them and submitted the best of the pack. One was hired and continues to be one of our top performers. Couldn't be more pleased with Thunderclap's quick response, professionalism and [I] look forward to working together again."  
    Recruiter, New Business Leader search, 300-person holding company agency

Recent Posts

  • How to recruit agency talent to smaller markets
  • The most helpful agency new business post you’ll read in six months
  • New marketing leaders at Equifax, Bed Bath & Beyond and Panera Bread
  • Brands with new CMOs: Walmart; Byrider and WeWork
  • New marketing chiefs at Del Monte, Popeye’s and NPR

Categories

  • Agency Growth
  • Agency Recruiter Strategies
  • Career
  • CMO Thinking
  • Job Search
  • LinkedIN
  • Pitch Predictions
  • Pitches / Wins / Losses
  • Resume Help
  • Staff Retention Strategies
  • Uncategorized

Footer

About

Thunderclap has been helping agencies grow through staffing, strategy and new business since 2003. More than 70 percent of our business comes from repeat and referral sources.

Newsletter

Sign up to get recruiting tips and more.

Get In Touch

  • 3007 N Lowell Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
  • (312) 493-3901
  • info@thunderclapcg.com

Follow Us

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2023