"I know it when I see it."

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 6, 2009 -- Over the past thirty years, Stephen Karel has been asked, time and again, the same question over a thousand times, "How do you know if he or she is a good candidate for us?" His seemingly glib answer is : "I know it when I see it". At first glance, this statement sounds cliché. Nonetheless, those who looks beneath the surface realize that there is more than meets the eye: 40 years of empirical exposure, meticulous due diligence and proven success.

Before Mr. Karel's entrée into the executive search industry, he had a very successful run in the women's fashion apparel industry as a principal (CEO/President) with responsibilities for: operations, merchandising, marketing, franchising, and "people picking" for such labels as Halston and, Diane Von Furstenberg. He helped establish Perry Ellis and many other successful fashion apparel houses. Karel credits a good deal of his winning streak to picking the right fabrics, colors, styles, and most of all, the people he hired. “In hiring the best and right people, I insured profitable and successful companies”.

Karel&Company/Executive Search niche is placing senior management. Some of the proven techniques that they have developed include “Needs Analysis”™, which gives the client a sterling opportunity to review their internal interviewing process, and the ability to match a candidate's chemistry, personality, and temperament with the team with whom he/she will work. with. Their “25% - 75% and 5% Formula” ™ is a tool that enables Karel&Company and clients to quickly ferret through the myriad of people that are interviewed for positions. Karel never ceases the due diligence process. There have been instances where companies were about to make an offer but, in the eleventh hour, found irregularities in the candidate's background that excluded that candidate from consideration. And, even after the candidate is placed with a client, Karel will stay in contact with that client and the newly-placed employee for years to come. The vast majority of Karel&Company's clients are repeats, some for over two decades.

"I know it when I see it? It really does ... when Stephen utters it. He exclaims: "There is no sin in being highly intuitive. A solid track record clearly indicates that proof of this pudding is most palatable and superb. Karel insists: "If you're gonna be a bear, why not be a grizzly bear?"

In response to this interview, and after it went to press Karel opined, “I could not agree more.”


About the author: Dr. Milo Sobel:
www.milosobel.com

Dr. Sobel is an internationally respected management educator and consultant based in the metropolitan New York City area. He earned his MBA from the City University of New York and his doctorate from Columbia University.
He is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Society of Law & Medicine, and is a former President of the
National Society for Performance & Instruction (New York chapter).

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