Welcome to Høst Search & Selection AS
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships”.
Michael Jordan
Høst Search & Selection is a talent selection firm with a focus on finding and recruiting top performing specialists and professionals. My niche is talented individuals with a proven professional track record, 3 to 13 years of work experience, and with higher educational degrees.
An organization’s strength is largely characterized by the quality of its talents.
Analytics have shown that selecting high-talented managers can lead to a 27% higher than average revenue per employee. Selecting talented, individual contributors can add a 6% higher revenue on top of that.
In a competitive hiring environment, the way to attract great talent is by providing a strong organizational culture and opportunities for people to grow.
Employees prefer companies that have a thriving and inclusive culture, competitive pay and advancement opportunities.
Giving employees what they need will help companies attract, develop and keep the top talent.
But WHERE and HOW do you navigate to find talents?
This has always been my career and work passion: finding top performing talents!
Recruitment
Full recruitment process
Includes: Job analysis, social media job advertisements, candidate search/longlist, interviewing (incl. case), presentation of candidates, testing (Cut-E), references checking and contract coordination. Follow-up first 6 months.
Search & Selection
Part recruitment process
Includes: Job analysis, candidate longlist search, interviewing and assessment, and candidate presentation. Usually chosen in narrow candidate segments and the process can vary.
Job seeking counseling
Helping you match your talent and motivation to exciting job opportunities.
Includes: CV writing; use of linkedin.com in job hunting, setting up cold calls, interview training, and mapping out job opportunities in the new covid19 job market.
Mentoring of in-house Recruiters
Design and mentoring of Recruiting Managers and hiring managers to streamline their talent acquisition process.
Includes: recruiting strategy blueprint, interview training workshops, mapping out A-players, employer branding and design of interview forms.
Testimonials
Magnus Bakken, Chief Commercial Director, Goodtech ASA
Maria recruited me to the role as Chief Commercial Officer at Goodtech ASA. I perceive Maria as extremely dedicated and with great passion for her work. Maria builds strong relationships with warmth, humor and caring, all in a professional setting. The recruitment process was very well structured with excellent excellent communication, well-prepared meetings and useful feedback along the way. Maria has ability to genuinely understand the parties involved and lays the foundation for a good dialogue. I can highly recommend Maria’s services.
Subhan Shafiq, Industry-specific Manager, BearingPoint Norway
Maria headhunted me to an industry-specific Manager position at BearingPoint Norway. She is one of the most professional and compassionate headhunters I have come across. Specifically, she ensured an effective process, always followed up as promised, listened to my wishes and also challenged me to see new perspectives. She came across as honest and genuinely caring. It is clear that she has passion for her work. I would be happy to have Maria as my headhunter again in the future, and highly recommend her to others. She has my very best recommendations.
Karl Munthe-Kaas, Cofounder & CEO, Kolonial.no
Maria provided inhouse recruitment mentoring to Kolonial.no Operations. This included deliveries like: company recruitment strategy, preparation of annual recruitment activities, mapping out A-Players, design of interview forms, interview training and mentoring of HR Manager. Maria is a huge resource in guidance on how to achieve our strategic and operative recruitment goals and spreads great energy and motivation.
Hans Fredrik Wittusen, Director of Strategy & M&A – Ingrid Bjørdal, Director of Organizational Development, Norsk Gjenvinning Group
Maria has done several strategic recruitments for the Norsk Gjenvinning Group and we appreciate her highly professional and thorough process – always with a personal touch. In particular she has sourced young professionals and managers within business analytics, business development, controlling and HR to the Norsk Gjenvinning Group. Maria has full control and represents the company well. She is good at understanding the context and culture where the role is positioned. In particularly, she is good at following up candidates and ensuring a match between candidate profile and the role. We can highly recommend Maria’s services.
