AGORA wishes you a serene and sparkling Year 2023.

Let’s continue to move forward together towards free and ambitious projects!

On the agenda: discussing strategic topics for today and tomorrow, including: 

Embracing diversity and inclusion in teams

The shortage of IT profiles in the recruitment market

… But also free time that brings people together, promotes meeting and exchange, and is the strength of our beautiful network.

We would like to thank once again all the members of Penrhyn International and especially Yanouk Poirier, Greg Gable and Mattijs Kropholler for their active participation in this edition. We are looking forward to meet again in NYC in June 2023 for our next AGM!

#incluson #recrutements #paris

We remain active during this summer period to better support the recovery.

Always present by your side.

#TeamAgoraWithYou #HaveANiceSummer

Many thanks to Valérie Philippeau, Philippe Donikian, Benoit Bourg (Tessi), Marianne Descamps, Isabelle Lerin-Basset, Paul Lambert, Virginie Outerovitch, Pascal Guillemin, Sylvie Levenes, for playing the game of sharing best practices and speaking the truth. This is the DNA of AGORA!

We are making it a regular meeting to address the HR challenges of the company.

#conseilRH #thinkglobalactdifferent #parlervrai #humancapital #parlonsen

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During these eight weeks of “physical distance”, we were able to share intense and sometimes unprecedented moments in the history of Agora with the entire team, our clients and our candidates.

For the most part, this period acted as a revelation of the strength and meaning of the collective, and this feels good!

We have learned a lot about commitment, conviviality and solidarity that are essential to the success of each individual.

Today, the economy must hold and we all have to ensure we produce value. Everyone can and must contribute.

At Agora, we want to be a driving force, for ourselves, for our clients and for our candidates.

Luce Nordon

It was a real pleasure to work on the theme of “HR Tech … And the strategy in all this?” in the company of twenty professionals and HRD friends during the first edition of the Agora Dinners. 

A moment of friendly exchange on best practices, led by our speaker Thibaud Martin, founder of Jubiwee and the Agora team. See you in early 2020 for the next edition!

Article: “Interview with its President, Luce Nordon. 

What sectors do you recruit for?

Our firm is multi-specialist, with strong expertise in Technology and Innovation, Insurance, and a strong presence in Industry (FMCG, Retail, Luxury) and Services. 

We carry out about 130 assignments per year and have been growing over the last 5 years with the development of new expertise in Innovation: digital, data, and products (especially organic and CSR).

One of the main assets of the firm is the quality of its consultants…

Certainly, Agora Search is composed of a team of senior employees, experts in their field with a wealth of experience in companies. Our search managers are experts in hunting and direct approach, some with operational experience in companies. 

Agora Search is distinguished by its positioning and claims to be a “boutique company”… 

Indeed, our mission is to accompany companies in building a sustainable, efficient and reliable organization. On the one hand by acting on the development of their existing resources, and on the other hand, by identifying and evaluating external resources that help increase of their performance. The “boutique company” spirit is truly our DNA. 

We are recognized for our ability to establish a close relationship with our clients in an ethical, transparent and responsible manner. We develop lasting client and candidate relationships through a professional, demanding and human approach. In this spirit, our “human capital” department advises and accompanies organizations and individuals through targeted interventions in HR organization, managerial leadership, potential development or collective and individual coaching to encourage commitment.

Our signature – Think global, Act different – means that we believe that the company in its difference and its particularities, in its ecosystem and beyond. We are bold and agile in delivering a unique experience to clients and candidates.

As the head of Agora Search for the past 20 years, you are one of the few women to manage a search firm…

However, a little more gender diversity would give a more accurate reflection of society and of the challenges facing the companies we work with. Our firm is sensitive to this mix. We look for the best people for our clients while trying to promote women to management positions whenever possible.

What are the current expectations of companies when recruiting executives?

There are of course many! But an executive will always be asked to embody the company’s values with strong managerial leadership, while being strategic, agile and operational. Our conversion rate of close to 100% proves that we know how to match these expectations with the reality of the market. 

From the first contact with our research team to the contract signature, the candidates carried out their interview process completely remotely. This is proof of great agility for the HR department and the managers on the client side.

And boldness too!

#ThinkGlobal #ActDifferent #audace #confiance

Pierre, Claims Manager

“The “remote” recruitment of Mrs. A. was successful thanks to the firm’s knowledge of our company’s values and the needs of the position in terms of profile. The telephone interviews we had with Mrs. A. were therefore able to focus on the precise contours of the position and the missions, as well as to confirm the suitability of the candidate’s profile to our values and technical expectations. 

In these very special times, the bond of trust between the search firm and the company is, in my opinion, an essential factor.”

Solène, Human Resources Department

“In this recruitment process for a Senior position carried out 100% remotely, the contacts and exchanges with the candidates and with the Agora firm were more frequent and with more “proximity” than in a more traditional process. The managers overcame their reluctance to carry out remote case studies with the candidates. We all learned a lot. 

It should also be noted that our future consultant does not know our offices and that her integration – scheduled for July – will always be done remotely!”

*Testimonies collected in May 2020

We were very pleased to welcome our partners from the International Penrhyn network for two days of sharing and working on practices and the evolution of technologies to further improve the support of our customers around the world.

#Penrhyn #AgoraSearch

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