People make the difference
DRS provides support for talent acquisition for roles in the international development sector. We
help you to recruit those people who will positively impact both your organization and the world.
10
multilingual professionals
15
years of experience in recruiting for the international development sector
1 700
candidates successfully placed in short and medium-term projects
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Talent Shortlist
The perfect solution to generate candidates quickly at an affordable
rate.
WHAT DO YOU GET?
• A selection of 3 to 5 assessed and appropriate candidates
• Confirmed availability and interest
• Tailored CVs and completed compliance
tables
• Salary negotiated
DELIVERY TIME
Approximatively 10 working days.
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Executive search
This is the ‘end to end’ recruitment solution that focuses on senior,
executive and highly specialized roles.
WHAT DO YOU GET?
• A minimum of 3 assessed and appropriate candidates
• Confirmed availability and interest
• Tailored CVs and completed compliance
tables
• Performance-based interviews
• Reference checks
DELIVERY TIME
Approximatively 20 working days.
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Consultant Search
The tool for sourcing local or international experts for short and
long-term donor funded projects.
WHAT DO YOU GET?
• A selection of highly relevant profiles
• Confirmed availability and interest
• CVs tailored to donor’s requirements
• Negotiated financial expectations
• Reference and background checks (upon request)
Recruitment Quality Assurance
The best option to ensure the quality and transparency of your recruitment
process.
WHAT DO YOU GET?
• A dedicated DRS recruiter to oversee your entire
process
• Additional review and compliance check of the
shortlisted candidates
• Participation of an impartial recruiter in the
interview sessions
• Background checks for every final-stage candidate
• Final report with findings and recommendations
DELIVERY TIME
We work alongside your team.
The timeline is set by you.
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CV Screening
The screening process undertaken on your behalf improves and increases the efficiency of
your recruitment workflow.
WHAT DO YOU GET?
• Each CV is reviewed and evaluated by a professional recruiter
• Detailed evaluation grid with each CV ranked based on the relevance of the candidates’
experience
• Shortlist of top qualified candidates who meet the job requirements
• Reference and background checks for the shortlisted CVs (upon request, at an
additional cost)
DELIVERY TIME
Approximatively 2 working days.
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Over 15 years of experience successfully recruiting staff in the development and
humanitarian sectors
An ever-growing database of 65,000 junior, mid-level and senior professionals
Recruitment strategies tailored to clients’ needs taking into consideration their
culture, vision, mission and available budget
Quick results – we deliver a shortlist of qualified, available and interested candidates within
two weeks of the initial contact
Higher value for a smaller investment – we have the most advantageous
prices on the market
A wide range of tailored services that can accommodate any needs or budgets
Non-profit organizations
● Consulting and Engineering firms
● Financing Institutions and
Governments
● Framework contractors
DevelopmentAid was a life-saver for us when we had a hard-to-fill position located
outside of the U.S. We were unsuccessful in finding the right candidates using our
own methods but once we engaged with DevelopmentAid, they supported us right away.
They were very quick and responsive to our feedback – each candidate they sent us was
closer and closer to what we were looking for. In the end, we moved forward with
formal interviews for five of the candidates they provided. After working with
DevelopmentAid, we contracted them to work on two additional positions for us and
will be keeping them in mind for more hard-to-fill positions for us!
Genevieve McGann
Our organization used DevelopmentAid to find candidates for a role we were having a
great deal of difficulty filling. After a number of iterations to ensure that they were
generating exactly the right candidates, the team produced a robust list of top flight
talent for our consideration. From the list, we were ultimately fortunate to interview
three candidates who we would happily have hired.
Liesl Semper
GEOPOLL
We have been collaborating with DRS for the past two years. Their professionalism,
support and level of understanding of our needs has been very high and consistent
throughout all the processes that they helped us with.
They have helped us fill the first Executive vacancy role that we had in
the company since it began and also another vital role, the Director of Operations
which we had been struggling to fill! We are thrilled with the people we found,
and that is thanks to the DRS team! Our Chief Delivery Officer has now been with
us for about a year and we are extremely grateful to have him board!
Sabina Bodea
People Operations Manager
Frequently Asked Questions
We already have access to the DevelopmentAid database. Why should we use a service provider?
What is the added value?
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With DRS, you diversify your sources of candidates because we host a database of 55,000+ professionals
who are not accessible through your membership. You will also benefit from the guidance and advice of
our multilingual recruiters who have a deep understanding of and broad experience in the development
cooperation sector. Last but not least, it is a matter of work efficiency: you either assign this
tedious, lengthy and time consuming task in-house or you externalize the process to us allowing you the
opportunity to focus on more important strategic issues (tender preparations, budget alignments, etc.).
What is the difference between a Talent Shortlist and an Executive Search?
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The Executive Search is normally used to fill in high level, permanent positions
where you, as a client, outsource the whole recruitment process to us: sourcing, screening, advertising,
interviewing, negotiation, collection of references and certificates, background checks, etc. The entire
recruitment cycle might last between one and two months or more depending on the complexity of the role.
The Talent Shortlist is a less expensive option which takes less time to conduct and requires the
client’s involvement after potential candidates have been identified. The idea behind the TL is to
provide the client with profiles that can be further processed in-house and therefore the responsibility
for contacting the candidates lies with the client.
Do you offer your services in other languages apart from English?
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Yes. Besides English, we can handle search requests in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
I noticed that you have a rather narrow sectorial distribution of experts in your database.
Our sector (energy, health, etc.) is under represented. Will this present a limitation as to what
you can offer?
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No. Our database is just one of the many resources we use to identify candidates. In addition we use
DevelopmentAid databases, LinkedIn, advertising on social media and specialized job boards. In
recruitment, emphasis should be placed not only on the quantity of the candidates but also their quality
too. And the quality of the profiles we deliver is what gives us a strong competitive advantage.
If we choose a Talent Shortlist and you present us with three to five candidates but none of the experts
are included in the offer or retained for the position, do you reimburse the cost?
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No, we do not reimburse the fee. The idea behind a Talent Shortlist is that we present you with the most
interesting, compliant and available candidates for your evaluation. We don’t guarantee their
employment. You hold the proprietary rights to the shortlist we provide and can therefore consider and
engage those candidates for any other proposals or positions you may have in the pipeline.
Thus, you will receive a pool of candidates not simply for one proposal but for multiple positions whose
profile they may fit in the future.
What happens if we select the Talent Shortlist service, pay in advance and DRS do not deliver having been unable to identify any relevant candidates?
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Before accepting to work on any request, DRS will carefully analyze the specified profile and evaluate
whether our resources will be sufficient to identify strong candidates. Only in the cases where we
decide that we have the ability and capacity to deliver satisfactory results will we proceed with
accepting the request and start to work on it.
Get in touch with us so we can learn more about your organization's needs
