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Semiconductor Executive Search

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Finding Top Talent for Companies in the Semiconductor Industry

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Keller is widely recognized as a leader in the field of semiconductor recruitment and executive search. We specialize in finding the top semiconductor talent available and matching them with employers in need of their expertise. To do so, we utilize our team’s extensive hands-on experience in executive search, vast technical knowledge of the semiconductor industry, and our global reach.

The semiconductor industry is appealing for many reasons, including working with emerging technology, the option for further learning, and work satisfaction. The field is experiencing rapid growth with a lot of opportunities for high earning and innovation. It also offers a variety of employment opportunities, some of which include attractive benefits.

However, the industry is not without its challenges. For some careers in the field, the working environment is stressful, with long hours and heavy workloads. There have also been numerous supply chain disruptions, including a shortage of raw materials needed for production. Additionally, the semiconductor industry faces a global shortage of skilled talent.

This talent shortage and increased demand has made the industry highly competitive, and can make it difficult for employers to identify and hire the right professionals for their open positions. More and more businesses are turning to executive search agencies like Keller to assist them in the recruitment process.

Our agency is renowned for the ability of our recruiters to provide each business we serve with highly skilled professionals who have what it takes to drive innovation, growth, and success in the company. Our passionate team of expert consultants has extensive qualifications (both professional and academic) and specialized recruitment skills that we utilize to provide our clients with the best talent available.

Keller’s commitment to quality, tailored approach, reliability, and extensive executive search expertise are some of the qualities that have helped set us apart as one of the top agencies in the industry.

What We Do

As one of the leading executive search firms in the semiconductor sector, we focus on finding talented professionals for our clientele using our tailored recruitment method. We aim to provide high-level, C-suite, and executive talent that meets the unique requirements of the semiconductor companies we serve. We also aim to provide professionals who have what is needed to lead their teams to success.

Our process includes three steps: Assessment, Talent Acquisition, and Organization Transformation.

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Assessment

The first step in our process is a meeting with the client and the important decision-makers in their team. We use this meeting as an opportunity to gain more in-depth knowledge of our client’s needs, their company, the company culture, and the dynamics within their existing teams. We also establish our client’s expectations for their new hire, such as the expected experience, qualifications, skill sets, personality type, leadership style, and work ethic. Additionally, we assess the responsibilities of the role, and any challenges job seekers may face while performing their job duties.

This information provides Keller with valuable insights we use in the development of search parameters. These parameters are used as guidelines when we identify semiconductor candidates for our client.

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Talent Acquisition

Through our recognized partnership with NPAworldwide, Keller’s headhunters have access to an international talent network from which we carefully select the best of the best. We utilize this database, along with top-tier talent mapping systems and other traditional channels, to find professionals who seem to meet the requirements.

With this initial group, we conduct a thorough vetting process. We screen candidates for things like criminal backgrounds, and we verify their professional histories, resumes, and references. Each professional also takes part in psychometric tests, during which we determine their leadership styles, work ethic, and personality types.

The candidates who do not match our search parameters and do not align with the company’s needs do not pass this vetting process. However, the professionals who do pass the screening successfully are compiled into a shortlist and provided to our client.

Throughout this process, our team also practices proactive communication to ensure our client stays in the loop.

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Organization Transformation

Keller’s services do not stop upon the conclusion of the executive recruitment process.

Instead, we provide our clientele with various additional services. These include ongoing support when hiring and onboarding employees, as well as assistance with optimizing employee workflows, developing new strategies, improving existing processes, and updating systems.

In this way, Keller has a hand in transforming the companies we serve.

Our Approach to Semiconductor Executive Search

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At Keller, we measure the success of our services by how helpful they have been to our clientele. Our main mission as an agency is to help the companies we serve achieve their goals by supplying them with the employees needed to do so. We have, over the years, built a long, successful track record of placing the right employers with the right employees for their requirements.

We make use of a tailored approach that allows our team to identify skill gaps and improve the distribution of resources. Our talented team of executive recruiters can then fill these gaps with the ideal talent.

To achieve this, our recruiters never stop learning. We stay ahead of the curve by ensuring that we are abreast of the latest changes, findings, developments, and technical advancements in the semiconductor industry, as well as the recruitment arena.

Keller is a big proponent of the fair treatment of job seekers. We believe that workers should be selected solely based on how suitable they are for the role and how well they will align with their employer’s company culture. When selecting prospective employees, we hold no bias against their gender, race, age, or religion, and instead focus on their skills, qualifications, and leadership traits.

This forms part of our commitment to foster a more inclusive and diverse workforce in the semiconductor industry.

Behind Our Semiconductor Recruitment Approach

Over the years, Keller’s team has amassed a wealth of first-hand experience in executive search. These experiences have guided us in developing our unique methodology. Our firm is known for, among other things, the tailored recruitment approach we make use of today. However, this was not always the case.

When Keller first began operating in the recruitment sphere, we conducted our searches using a generic approach. During this time, we had an experience that is particularly memorable for the vital role it played in the development of our customizable method.

Our generic approach served the small client base we had at the beginning of our journey well, and we were soon approached by a larger and more influential client than we had ever served before. We were optimistic and applied the same cookie-cutter approach to this project, expecting the results we had gotten used to.

Unfortunately, and to our team’s surprise, the candidates we recommended did not meet the client’s approval. While they had the correct qualifications, they were not suited to their company culture and did not possess the traits our client was looking for. As a result, a successful placement could not be secured.

Through this experience, we learned how limiting a generic executive search approach can be. We also learned the importance of instead providing solutions tailored to each company’s unique needs.

After adopting and perfecting our tailored methodology, our success boomed. This success inspired other agencies to begin using similar methods, which had a ripple effect and had a significant impact on the industry. It also helped to shape a better understanding of executive search and made Keller’s name synonymous with premium executive recruitment.

Navigate to Keller’s exclusive Insights below to learn more about our services, the world of recruitment, and the business arena.

Areas We Specialize In

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Our agency boasts a team of top semiconductor recruiters and headhunters with nearly two decades of collective experience in the semiconductor industry. Through our tailored staffing solutions, we assist companies from around the world in building their teams. We aim to match each company we serve with their ideal hire and we are able to place talent in a variety of fields, such as:

  • Automotive
  • Applications
  • Compound Semiconductors and Power Electronics
  • Chip Design/ Chip Architecture
  • Engineering
  • Equipment Manufacturing
  • Machine Learning and AI
  • Marketing
  • Materials and Chemicals
  • Process Engineering
  • Quality Control/ Assurance
  • Sales
  • Semiconductor Design
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Supply Chain and Procurement

Keep in mind, however, that Keller is also capable of recruiting for countless other fields not listed above.

Positions We Fill in the Semiconductor Industry

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Keller is a top semiconductor recruiting company that strives to fill vacancies with talented executives capable of making a real change in their organization. We also have the global reach needed to find and recruit talent for companies around the globe, thanks to our international talent database.

Our recruiters have the experience and expertise needed to fill a wide range of positions in the industry, including roles such as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Director of IC Design, Electrical Engineer, Senior ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer, and VP of Semiconductor Manufacturing. These are just some of the countless positions Keller is able to fill.

Why Choose Keller As Your Go-To Semiconductor Search Firm?

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Throughout our many years operating in the field, Keller has built an enduring reputation for providing high-quality services and reliable results. This is thanks to our team’s dedication, extensive industry knowledge, and commitment to matching companies with the perfect candidates for their needs. In doing so, we have developed and maintained lasting client relationships.

At Keller, we are known for our tailored recruitment approach, with which we ensure that our clients’ needs are met. Our methodology has been proven to yield superior results, and our service does not end there. We also provide our clients with a multitude of additional solutions after recruitment has concluded, such as continued support in hiring and onboarding employees and increasing employee retention rates.

Our Promise – The Right Hire

As part of our mission for excellence, Keller commits itself to safeguarding the privacy of our candidates and our clients. To achieve this, our team conducts each search with the utmost confidentiality, especially when handling sensitive information. We make use of only the most ethical and responsible practices, and we adhere strictly to the industry standards of client and candidate security.

As a leading semiconductor recruitment company, our team works hard to ensure that clients find their ideal matches. However, no recruitment method, however tailored, can ever be truly infallible. We acknowledge this and provide our clientele with an added assurance.

Under Keller’s 90-day guarantee, we commit to replacing any candidates who fail to meet the client’s needs, are unable to perform job tasks successfully, or decide to leave the business before the end of their probation period – at no extra cost to our clientele. However, keep in mind that this guarantee is only valid for the first ninety days of the candidate’s employment.

Another part of Keller’s mission for excellence is to respond respectfully and constructively to all client inquiries, critiques, and comments. Our team values feedback as we use it to continually improve our services.

Contact Keller today to speak to one of our semiconductor recruiting experts.

Client Testimonials

Our experience working with Keller was nothing but positive. Their team did an excellent job keeping us in the loop and finding qualified candidates for our position. Great support and efficiency.

- Emily T., Chief Operating Officer

We’ve been hearing great things about Keller for many years, so we decided to work with them when we had an important vacancy to fill. Keller’s consultants were very helpful and I’m sure we’ll find the right person from the candidates they gave us.

- Matt B., Senior HR Manager

Keller is an excellent staffing firm. We’ve been impressed with their dedication every time we’ve used their services and their quality remains consistent. No complaints! Thank you, Keller.

- Sophie Z., CEO

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