
ISANTYA; a new perspective
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South African companies today seek professional business partners who are able to deliver services that are unique to South Africa and Africa. Captains of industry engage head hunters and corporate recruiters with complex requirements and unique job specifications.
Outdated recruitment techniques and inexperience recruiters struggle to deliver on these key assignments and face external factors such as an ever-decreasing pool of talent and
Our belief is simple.
We offer authentic recruitment solutions. We understand the nuances of the talent economy and complex commercial challenges that are unique to the African continent. Our methodologies are designed to deliver on these highly dynamic factors and focus on strong details with time and cost constraints. In short, WE DELIVER.
Executive and
Specialist Search
Executive Search
Middle and Senior
Management Search
General Recruitment
Non-Executive Search
Our Product Offerings
Personal Branding
and Career coaching
Outplacement
Career coaching
Membership Branding
About Rob Ridout
Rob has been in the recruitment game for over 26 years. In 2008, Rob wrote and successfully published his best-selling book, CVforLife. The methods and strategies in Rob’s book have helped hundreds of talented individuals find great roles in forward-thinking companies. His headhunting career spans across a multitude of industry sectors and leading brands in South Africa and the UK.
There is hardly a role that Rob has not worked on and his knowledge of the scarce skills landscape ensure that he meets his brief with precision. Rob combines an old school headhunting approach to locating staff with a high-tech Artificial Intelligence approach to assist with the research process.
Rob is not only a leader in his field, but also an active participant in innovating new and creative employability strategies through his employability workshops. In short, Rob has a passion for assisting his clients to build successful brands with strong talent.
Some of Rob’s achievements include:
⇥ 23 years of headhunting experience
⇥ Setting up executive search businesses for Renwick International
& The Laser Group
⇥ Author of the best-selling book CVforLIfe
⇥ Founder of the Professional CV writing business CVforLife
⇥ Writer for various publications including Finweek & CEO magazine
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Our most recent Assignments
Rewards Executive - SATaxi
This was a unique search as the role was a combination of two positions wrapped up into one job spec.
The search timeline took approximately three weeks and involved a highly complex desk research exercise targeting Remuneration Specialists in South Africa across all industry sectors. We approached approximately one hundred remuneration candidates and long-listed these candidates to SATaxi. The search was concluded with the successful placement of We placed a highly accomplished candidate who was hands-on as well as highly proficient in remuneration strategies.
