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Klovens Executive Search Partners, KESP, performs full-cycle search execution for clients who outsource their executive recruiting functions.

Established in 2001 as Klovens Consultancy, Klovens Executive Search Partners, specializes in target research and candidate development for publicly or privately held corporations, human resource, and retained-based search firm clients. KESP becomes and extension of a client’s recruiting function providing professional services in search management.

As an AIRs trained professional with over 20 years experience in academia, government, and private industry, Dean Klovens has the necessary foundations in search management relative to research, communications, sales, and relationship building... key requirements to strategically target and identify candidates for talent acquisition. He provides the core services in search management which include: custom research, candidate identification, candidate development and screening using cold calling, on-line recruiting, and market intelligence to recruit passive candidates for a variety of roles.

Dean’s professional approach coupled with his experiences help in a full-cycle search and a client’s recruiting functions. Klovens Executive Search Partners adds value to all search assignments by building and executing a recruiting plan which focuses on the core requirements that help attract talent.

KESP will partner with corporations, human resource consulting firms, and other retained executive search professionals by building and executing a recruiting plan that concentrates on client needs for a diverse candidate pool. KESP helps place key professionals from a variety of industries ranging from engineering to consumer marketing, industrial sales, professional services, financial services, and manufacturing, among other professions. KESP will manage entire search projects for both contingency and retained search firms, corporate staffing departments, and human resource consulting organizations that hire contract recruiters.

Dean Klovens graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois-Chicago and has a Master’s degree from DePaul University.

Sample positions recruited include: National sales manager for a mining and mineral equipment manufacturer; multiple district account executives and regional sales managers; Vice President of Sales and Marketing for food manufacturer; General Managers for home manufacturer; various engineering or manufacturing Managers or Directors in automotive after market and housing manufacturing; multiple audit and tax accountants for regional accounting firms; various controller, accounting, and finance director’s and manager’s positions for manufacturers; multiple engineering positions for leading engineering firm; VP Commercial Lending for leading brokerage firm; Director, Quality Assurance; and partners for a national accounting firm.