Eric Carroll
Executive Recruiter
Chicago
Executive recruitment connecting market research with candidate assessment in businesses shaped by production, technology, and customer demand.
About Eric Carroll
Eric Carroll's executive recruitment focus encompasses industrial and manufacturing, technology, and consumer and retail businesses. Market mapping and candidate assessment sit alongside executive search in his professional profile. Together, these areas connect an understanding of the available leadership market with the consideration of individual candidates for a particular appointment.
The responsibilities behind an executive role
Eric's professional focus covers industrial and manufacturing, technology, and consumer and retail. These environments give a leadership role substance beyond its title: the nature of production, the pace of technical change, or the relationship with a customer market can all alter its demands. Executive search within this context starts with understanding what responsibility means in the particular business, rather than assuming that comparable titles represent comparable experience or an equivalent operating challenge.
Research and assessment as distinct questions
Market mapping and candidate assessment are complementary elements of Eric's expertise. Mapping concerns the field of potentially relevant leadership talent; assessment concerns the individual and the requirements of the appointment. The two should not be confused. A broad market view does not establish a candidate's suitability, and a compelling candidate does not demonstrate that the market has been understood. This distinction provides useful context for conversations about the scope of a search and the evidence needed for an appointment decision.
Have a critical appointment ahead?
When the appointment matters, the search should begin with a conversation.