Behind this headline was the Swiss branch of an American medical society (NPO foundation), which brings together the world’s leading doctors, scientists, and industrial partners in the field of orthopedics.

In addition to fundraising, the Swiss representative office is responsible for the entire association and congress management and comprises a small team of specialists.

Our Mission

The current Executive Director approached us due to his impending retirement. Our mission was to support him in the selection of applications that had already been received. At that time, more than a dozen promising applications from highly qualified candidates had already been received.

Tailor-made focus of selection

Based on our analysis, it turned out that the job profile and the selection criteria had to be adapted to the situation of the Swiss labor market. The next step was to adapt the American requirements profile to the views of the current Executive Director. This approach, with the associated adjustments, was decisive for the selection.

Preliminary clarifications by telephone

Questions regarding motivation, availability and salary expectations were then clarified in an initial telephone interview. This revealed the first differences in the extent to which the candidates had dealt with the potential employer and the challenges of the new position.

Structured interviews and the shortlist of recommendations

The telephone interviews produced a selection of interesting candidates from the EMEA region and the USA. In this phase, we conducted an in-depth, structured online interview with the candidates. These interviews revealed their personal characteristics, motivation and expectations and led to 5 potential candidates. A shortlist of individual recommendations was drawn up by us and forwarded to the American Board of Directors for review.

Interviews with the U.S. Executive Board

All candidates were given the opportunity to get to know the American Executive Board in an online interview. On the one hand, they were able to deepen their understanding of the challenges of the position and, on the other, the Board was able to confirm their impressions of the candidates’ personalities.

The decision-making interview and the reference clarifications

We then moderated the face-to-face interviews with the 3 selected finalists at our premises in Zurich. In the presence of the current Executive Director and the former President of the American Board of Directors, it soon became clear who the clear “match” was.

Reference checks confirmed our impressions and underpinned the selection. As the working conditions and terms of employment had been clarified in advance, there were no discussions and the employment contract was signed within a very short delay.

Feedback from the new Executive Director:

“Dear OTP. I am delighted to have visited your client’s office in Zurich earlier this week, met with the management team and signed the contract to become the next Executive Director from 2024. I would like to thank you very much for the smooth and pleasant selection process over the past months. The initial conversations with you by phone and Zoom have given me additional confidence that your client and the position would be a good fit for me, and also made me realize how I can best showcase my strengths.

I’m really looking forward to getting started next year. Thank you again and all the best!”

Feedback from our client, the current Executive Director Switzerland:

“Dear OTP Topscore team. You understood my specific requirements straight away and developed a deep understanding of my needs.

Your commitment to the careful analysis of the required profile was extremely helpful and effective for me. You accompanied and supported me professionally in all phases of the selection process. You always communicated clearly and engagingly on all sides and always kept an eye on the values practiced in our company.

For me, it was a successful “exercise”. I am more than satisfied with the result and am already looking forward to an exciting and successful collaboration with our new Executive Director.”

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