Topgrading

Careers

A career as a Topgrading Professional is incredibly rewarding, both financially and from a personal satisfaction perspective. You are providing a critical, life changing experience for your clients!

Dr. Bradford Smart
President
Topgrading, Inc.

Career Opportunities With Topgrading. Inc.

Would you like a career helping create successful companies and saving lives along the way? Topgrading Inc. (formerly Smart & Associates, Inc.) has the most effective and most proven hiring methods in the industry. Within the 2012 edition of Topgrading are 40 case studies of named companies whose senior executives say Topgrading not only improved talent but definitely made their company more successful. As you know, it’s only successful companies that hire people, reducing unemployment.

What about "Saving Lives?" Yes, that's also correct, according to the CEO of the American Heart Association. Topgrading Inc. is proud to donate intellectual property to help not-for-profits succeed. Some of those organizations, in addition to the American Heart Association are the Arthritis Foundation, Feed the Children, World Vision, 600 schools in China, the Heritage Foundation, the Nature Conservancy, and various charter schools and food banks.

Here's a very abbreviated corporate history: Dr. Brad Smart founded the firm and for many years interviewed finalist executive candidates for leading companies. He met Jack Welch, then CEO of General Electric (now retired), in the 1980s and developed training methods that enabled business managers and human resources professionals to achieve 80% and even 90% high performers hired. Those spectacular results had previously been achieved only by Topgrading professionals, acting on behalf of companies. With the prominence and performance of GE, many companies wanted to improve hiring and promoting.

In 1999, Dr. Smart's first Topgrading book, Topgrading: How to Hire, Coach, and Keep the Best People, was published. It was revised in 2005 and again in 2012. In all 3 editions, numerous companies are cited by name for having at least tripled their success in hiring and promoting high performers via Topgrading.

Today, our company is growing. Our new product suite, Topgrading Solutions, built around our innovative Topgrading Snapshot, is on track to becoming the single most valid and useful hiring toolset available anywhere. Our growth has now required us to recruit new members of our team to make certain we stay attuned to the needs of our clients.

Please review the opportunities listed below to see if you (or someone you know and can refer) might be a great addition to our Topgrading team.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

Topgrading Professional

Location: You can live just about anywhere in the world.

Freedom: Topgrading professionals generally have their own existing human resources consultancy, and Topgrading, Inc. passes on leads. You may accept or reject any leads and only accept engagements and client leads where you have significant interest or add significant value.

Responsibilities: Executive assessment and coaching (using Topgrading methods, of course), conducting 2-day Topgrading workshops, and conducting team building sessions.

Standards: You must achieve an average rating of 8.5 (out of 10) ratings from CEOs and other client executives in regard to your performance for them and a minimum of 8.5 average rating by workshop attendees.

Competencies: Topgrading professionals must look and act like A Player professionals. They have deep insights into people, exceptional intelligence, and a winning personality. (Note: We can teach new professionals the Topgrading methods).

Education: Graduate degree (MBA, Ph.D. LLB, etc.)

Experience: Ten (preferably 15) years of experience, with at least 5 years of proven success influencing CEOs and other C-suite executives, of Global 1000 companies.

Income Potential: $500k - $1 million+ (Limited only by your availability)

For more information, contact Karen at karen.adams@topgrading.com