
Who is SDL?
At Shockingly Different Leadership, we are changing the way HR-functions scale up their teams during peak periods of work!
SDL is a global strategic human capital consultancy which provides the best consulting expertise in the areas of Talent Development, Organizational Development, Change Management, and Human Resources - on an on-demand, project, or flexible basis.
We've hired the best proven experts across the globe, made our services competitively affordable, and added a high dose of empathy to "meet clients where they are", no matter how ambiguous or complicated their initiative. Our clients deserve a partner who co-creates with them to deliver great work that achieves "shockingly different" results!
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of Contract Opportunity
SDL has an ongoing need for experienced contract executive search consultants for our clients, to help expand executive capacity on their team. The ideal consultant will be adept in executive search, preferably within numerous industries. They will have experience executing across the full search life-cycle including: setting the direction of and conducting research; search strategy development; position specification development; candidate development; candidate interviews, assessment and presentation; and referencing.
These contract positions are usually full-time for 3-12 months. Sporadically, we also have part-time positions.
Qualifications
- Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree required
- Required Minimum Experience: Minimum 5-7 years of appropriate experience
Required Skills:
Targeted Pay Rate
Varies based on client. Be sure to submit your hour and daily rates during the application process. This is not a commission-based role.
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Shockingly Different Leadership (SDL) is a human capital professional services consultancy that helps organizations solve the problem of quickly locating trusted expertise to help them get their strategic “people projects” done.
SDL partners with company executives and senior leaders of Learning & Development, Organizational Development, and Human Resources teams to execute business-critical, talent-related initiatives on an on-demand, project, or contract basis.
SDL is renowned for developing savvy, high performing individuals to become even stronger leaders who “lead at the top of their game” in their organization or industry. We both sponsor our own development experiences as well as partner with organizations to create or augment their internal talent development programs.
But we don’t stop there! Our internal team of experts support organizations in the execution of their “people” projects. Have an upcoming Talent Development, Org Development, Human Resources, Change Management or Leadership initiative? Scale your capability and capacity to handle initiatives like workshop facilitation, realignments, team building, leader transitions, mergers, talent acquisition and special projects.
We’re a rare breed of consultancy. We’re a nimble, focused, and feisty group of leadership transformation innovators who raise the bar of performance and motivate teams to deliver more innovation and impact than ever thought possible.
From our headquarters in Atlanta, our consultants travel the globe helping companies inspire and empower their employee ranks – by developing an unstoppable army of leaders who are energized to exceed the boldest of business objectives.
We want to support you in that journey to see the magic of what individuals performing at “the top of their game” can do.
>>That is why we come to work every day.