Executive Search

At the heart of every successful organization are talented, hard-working, resourceful individuals who know how to solve problems, create opportunities, lead others, and work effectively.  At gga, we have distinguished ourselves through our ability to help companies identify, recruit, and retain the outstanding executive, management, professional, and technical staff they need to stay on the leading edge in their fields.

Our outstanding team of search professionals identifies candidates through contacts in your industry, through their personal resources cultivated through years of recruiting, and through gga’s own extensive database of outstanding talent.  gga’s executive search work adds a unique twist that distinguishes us from most search firms; we specialize in presenting our clients with pools of outstanding candidates from truly diverse backgrounds, including women and individuals of various racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Staffing

Faced with the necessity of project-specific labor services, many companies are find our staffing services an effective means of alleviating short term staffing needs. We provide our clients with the ability to hire for specific projects and specific periods of time. Our contract placement services reduce recruitment costs and transfer complex HR, logistical and statutory compliance responsibilities. We understand these issues and have developed processes to effectively mitigate risk. Our clients enjoy improved access to special expertise in hard-to-find disciplines. Put our network of highly qualified professionals to work for you.

Educational Staffing

gga provides staffing services to school districts and charter schools to assist them with recruiting “high needs area” teachers, substitutes and STEM oriented teachers and administrators. We assist them as they anticipate and plan the recruitment effort for their staffing effort long in advance of the next school year. Currently, we are assisting schools with their 2011/2012 staffing needs.

We develop and maintain a database of educational professionals tailored to meet the specific goals and objectives of our clients based on an analysis of past and expected turnover in critical areas of teacher or professional need. gga’s approach is strategic staffing at its best – we maximize the time of school administrators, allowing them to prepare for and deliver a quality educational experience for students. This time is invaluable to administrators in eliminating the uncertainties associated with skills gaps in the classroom for school administrators’ goals for school and student performance improvement; and permit-ting teachers and education professionals to plan their future transition.

Information Technology Consulting

Just as having the right people is critical to the continued growth and success of an organization, it is equally important to have the right tools and technology to empower them.   gga offers a wide range of professional information technology consulting services, covering every aspect of IT planning, software systems implementation, project management,  infrastructure analysis and design, business continuity planning, and IT management augmentation.   gga utilizes industry standards and best practices to guide our clients through assessment, recommendation, implementation, monitoring, and management  of their technology initiatives.   By combining talented IT consultants and proven methodologies with an understanding of our client’s business challenges gga delivers measurable results that can be counted on.

Organizational and Staffing Analysis

gga staff can conduct interviews and gather comparable data to analyze your organizational structure and make recommendations to improve workforce efficiency and effectiveness through optimum staffing levels, department configurations, and changes in management practices.

Human Resources Analysis

gga consultants can analyze the functions of the human resources department including personnel files, recruitment practices, benefits administration, and personnel policies.  gga will then develop recommendations to improve the efficiency of the human resources department and to align the department with the strategic plan of the organization.

HR Policy Development

gga staff can assist your organization to review, revise and develop human resource policies and procedures.  Whether it is a computer usage policy, family leave policy or developing protocols and procedures, our staff will work with your organization to tailor policies to fit your specific needs and to assist your department to function effectively.

Job Description Development

gga consultants can conduct a job analysis through questionnaires, focus groups and/or interviews in order to provide updated job descriptions.  Job descriptions prepared specifically for your company will include essential duties and responsibilities.  Updated job descriptions assist in determining appropriate compensation, clarify employee duties and responsibilities, assist in performance evaluations, provide a basis for recruiting and interviewing job candidates, and provide employees with a clear set of performance expectations.

Salary Study Analysis

Our philosophy when it comes to salary comparability studies is to work diligently to get the most relevant data possible for our clients.  Each employer has slightly different duties and responsibilities for a particular job title and we will work hard to assure that the information presented is reflective of actual responsibilities.  Therefore we compare job duties at comparable employers and not just job titles.  gga will work diligently to gather extensive information and to utilize our past experiences in order to provide objective insight and recommendations.   gga consultants will produce and distribute the salary survey, follow-up with comparable employers to obtain results, conduct extensive research and analysis, and produce a written report summarizing our findings and recommendations for compensation.

Operational Assessment

gga provides the services to perform operational assessments and reviews.  Our assessments include quality control file audits to assist organizations in ensuring erroneous errors are not being made, and performance tools as recommendations to prevent these errors.  This service helps the organization identify and streamline operational performance challenges, and provides recommendations on how to “do more with less”.