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Recruitment of a General Manager
How we recruited a General Manager for a construction company
Our client
Our client is a West Australian supplier for extruded concrete kerbs and barriers. They have provided kerbing and concrete services to clients throughout WA for the past 25 years.
We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.


General Manager
The role
As General Manager, you should have a comprehensive understanding of how to manage day-to-day operations, policies, procedures and systems within the company.
The duties for this role will include:
About you
The successful candidate will have:
Selection criteria | Screen | Interview | Docs. | Profiling | Refs. |
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Education | |||||
Civil engineering qualification | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Experience | |||||
General manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Financial management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
People management - 40 staff | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
ISO 9000 QM working knowledge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
LEAN six sigma | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Road construction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Dealing with concrete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Account management success | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Qualification implementation examples | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Large project tendering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Project management and scheduling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Other | |||||
Microsoft Word - advanced | ✓ | ||||
Microsoft Excel - advanced | ✓ | ||||
Microsoft PowerPoint - advanced | ✓ | ||||
Spelling and grammar - excellent | ✓ | ||||
Apply technical equipment in production process | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Verify LinkedIn vs CV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Accept expected salary ($150k) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Previous warning of termination? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Will you pass a drug test? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Behaviour | |||||
Dominance - 60% | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Influence - 55% | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Steadiness - 27% | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Compliance - 51% | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Forms signed | |||||
Health / police check | ✓ | ||||
Signed document - tell the truth | ✓ | ||||
Docs verified | |||||
Driver’s licence | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Citizen AU / NZ or PR | ✓ | ✓ |
DISC profile - General Manager
General Manager
Shortlisted candidates
Candidate A
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Candidate C
Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:
Candidate A
Candidate B
Candidate C
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Hired
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Feedback
"Christian and his team have always been totally professional in locating candidates for our Company.
They respond very quickly to any queries and are able to utilise the latest technologies."
Lindsey Kennewell