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Healthcare Executive Search Firms: Kraft Search Associates’ Quality Outcomes Lead the Industry

Posted on November 25, 2008

Every healthcare executive search firm has performance data readily available that defines recruiting effectiveness, according to Paul Frankenberg, CEO and Co-Founder of Kraft Search Associates, LLC, a retained healthcare executive search firm with offices in both Nashville, TN and Dallas, TX. However, most healthcare executive search firms do not divulge this information to anyone outside of the inner circle. And, the reasons are obvious. Releasing detailed information that defines the healthcare executive search firm’s recruiting efficiency, 12-month post-placement retention rates, and repeat client information could adversely impact the healthcare executive search firm’s image and sales process.

This Healthcare Executive Search firm, Kraft Search Associates, is focused on meeting the need for high-quality senior executive talent throughout the Healthcare industry. “We are keenly aware of the increasing trend within Healthcare to effectively monitor, manage, and report on a variety of metrics pertaining to key quality outcomes. “Quality reporting is happening in more and more segments of the Healthcare industry and I believe Healthcare Executive Search Firms should be proactive,” reports Mr. Frankenberg. “As a result, client companies have a right to expect the same level of measurement and accountability from their healthcare executive search firm as they require of themselves.”

Since Kraft Search Associates’ inception, the healthcare executive search firm has been an innovator in linking a client’s business strategy to the executive search process and outcome. And, that strategy has paid off! Kraft Search Associates has been named one of the top five Southeastern-based firms in Modern Healthcare magazine’s Top 25 Healthcare Executive Search Firms ranking in each of the last two years.

Kraft Search Associates is proud to report its key quality measures from inception in February 2001 through Fiscal year-end 2008:

• The healthcare executive search firm achieved a 92.2% candidate retention rate for all newly hired executive’s first 12-months of employment.


• The healthcare executive search firm demonstrates a consistent ability to deliver final candidates to our clients within 64 days of initiating the search.


• The healthcare executive search firm is focused on client service and long-term relationships. Since inception, the healthcare executive search firm generates 79.98% of total firm revenues from repeat clients.

Kraft Search Associates is one of the most productive healthcare executive search firms in The Modern Healthcare ranking, beating several recruiting industry leaders.

“Quality results provide a competitive advantage, and our results demonstrate our commitment to remain one of the top performing healthcare executive search firm in terms of our ability to consistently deliver high-caliber retained executive search services to investors and operators throughout the Healthcare industry,” according to Mr. Frankenberg.

Paul Frankenberg is CEO, President and Co-Founder in Kraft Search Associates, a leading Healthcare Executive Search Firm specializing in the recruitment of high-value Board, Executive and Senior Management. Paul has completed more than 225 search assignments during his 12-year career. His Healthcare executive search firms is known for search process thoroughness, commitment to project success, focus on client business plan achievement and candidate retention rates that are among the highest in the industry. Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked Kraft Search Associates one of the Top 25 Healthcare Executive Search Firms in the USA.

Paul can be reached at Kraft Search Associates, LLC. The healthcare executive search firm’s website is http://www.KraftSearch.com.