Let’s face it.  Top performers spend only a fraction of their working careers looking for a job.

This means the best people are head down working in other companies and unlikely to be on job boards or cozying up to recruiters. They are loyal and often underpaid as they are more focused on achieving for their current employer than looking after themselves.

Most of the talented people we identify for our clients in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region are the silent “heroes” of their company or division and many don’t even have a resume. Frequently, powerful executives say to us “this sounds ridiculous but I’m nervous……I haven’t been to an interview in years”.

Most Australian and Asia Pacific regional employers who are using job boards, the internet and recruitment firms just don’t have access to such people. The elusive performers aren’t looking for alternate employment and merely brush off recruiter cold calls – assuming the recruiter even knew where to search in the first place.

So what impact could these performers make on your organisation? How would you like a short list of 3-4 loyal achievers so you have choice and are not just hiring the last standing job applicant because you’re stuck and have to?

If you believe the people you need to join your business aren’t looking for work and are head down achieving in a competitive or complementary organisation, Alt-U Asia Pacific & Australian Executive Search⁺ is the way to identify and bring exceptional performers to your discussion table.

Edward Mandla’s career spans more than two decades in business and over a decade making voluntary contributions to the broader community. He’s held leaderships roles in Australian and multinational organisations including: the Australian Computer Society (ACS), Alt-U Executive Search, Stochastic Simulation Limited, Computer Associates, Resumix (now Yahoo), Protech Microsystems, AST Computers (now Samsung), HiSoft and Parity Computer.

Edward has also sat on a number of Federal Government ministerial task forces, mentored young entrepreneurs under the Step Up Program, advised on technology policy, is a Past President of the Australian Computer Society and was made an Honorary Life Member in 2007.

Academically, Edward has a distinguished record. He received 1st Class Honours in Commerce from the University of New South Wales majoring in Information Systems. Edward won the “Datec Prize” for Best Honours Thesis relating to Information Systems techniques used for commercial applications. He was also awarded the 1st University Medal for outstanding academic achievement in Information Systems.

Edward has authored columns for The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and a number of magazines. Edward can be regularly heard on radio and has made numerous TV appearances including Meet the Press.

His passion is helping organisations secure the right sales, delivery and implementation teams to win major enterprise deals. His belief is 80% of the major sales in the technology industry are made by 20% of its top performers. These are the people achieving right now in other companies. These are unlikely to be looking at job boards and brush off recruiters. These are the people in his company’s network and they pay attention when Alt-U Executive Search calls.

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