Complementary services
Executive search remains our core business. Around it, we have built a broad body of expertise that rests on experience, on proven methodologies and on tools, some of which our clients can use directly. It takes shape through two brands and three complementary services, from sourcing to onboarding.
Experience, methods, tools
Three pillars behind every assignment we take on
Experience
Twenty-five years recruiting managers, experts and executives in industry, energy, defence and complex technical environments. A knowledge of the professions, the organisations and the candidate markets that cannot be improvised.
Methodologies
A competency matrix to read each position, structured interview scenarios, a behavioural analysis to inform the decision, fact-based reference checks. Stable methods, applied with the same rigour whatever the level of the position.
Tools
Analysis and diagnostic tools, designed for our own assignments, that put figures on what experience senses: the tension of a market, the coherence of an organisation, the maturity of a team. Several of them are freely available.
Three of our tools are open to everyone, with no commitment. They give a first reading of a situation; we draw the conclusions with you if you wish.
Two brands, two levels of position
The same expertise, two formats matched to what is at stake
Opera International is the executive search firm: it takes on the whole of an executive or expert recruitment. Opera Search applies the same identification and qualification method to mid-level profiles, in a lighter online format where you keep control of the selection.
Core business
Opera International
Executive search for leaders, senior managers and rare experts
- Profiles
- Executives, heads of function, hard-to-reach technical experts, in France and internationally through the Talentor network.
- Scope
- Complete recruitment: definition of the need, headhunting, in-depth interviews, behavioural analysis, candidate reports, reference checks, support through negotiation and onboarding.
- Format
- A dedicated consultant, in direct contact with you and the candidates, on site or from our offices.
- Fees
- Retained assignment, calculated on the position’s remuneration, with a guarantee.
Online offer
Opera Search
Identification and qualification of mid-level profiles
- Profiles
- Experienced managers and technicians, for positions in the 45 to 60 k€ range, in the same sectors.
- Scope
- The scope deliberately stops at search and qualification: you receive candidates qualified remotely, with CV, assessment sheet, mobility, salary expectations and behavioural analysis. You run the interviews and the final selection.
- Format
- You submit your job description on opera-search.fr, validate the skills to assess and the target companies, then follow the assignment in your client area.
- Fees
- Flat fee, known in advance, with no long-term commitment.
In both cases, candidates are identified by direct approach, read with the same competency matrix and assessed with the same rigour.
Targeted sourcing of rare talent
Find your experts, managers and executives in record time
Entrust us with your talent search: whether confidential or part of a broad campaign, our team works on site or from our offices to identify and pre-select the best profiles.
Fixed, transparent pricing, for a time-limited assignment
Flexibility and tangible results, with no long-term commitment
Tailored evaluation & assessment
Objective HR decisions, wherever you are
We deploy our assessment tools, at your premises or in our dedicated space, to:
Validate your shortlisted candidates (managers and executives)
Assess your employees’ skills and references
Run individual career reviews or collective assessments (reorganisation, talent management)
Advisory & sector expertise
Strengthen your teams with our industrial know-how
Draw on our industry expertise to:
Train your managers in recruitment best practices
Optimise the management of your engineering teams (leadership, retention)
Support the onboarding of your new managers and executives