Company Name: WalkWater Talent Advisors Private LimitedCompany Description: OUR MISSION
“Be a world-class Institution and Trusted Partner, fulfilling leadership needs of our clients, globally.â€
In 2011, a team of Executive Search industry leaders realized their collective vision – to rethink hiring practices for an era of unprecedented change.
Globalisation, growing impact of technology and the rise of start-ups are now changing traditional notions of jobs, career stability, growth and opportunity; and most importantly changing the notions of leadership and expectations from corporate leaders.
In this new era of leadership, WalkWater Talent Advisors has emerged as one of India’s fastest growing and innovative leadership search and talent advisory firms.
The WalkWater team brings a unique mix of strengths – Intensive Client Partnering, Deep Domain Knowledge and Global Coverage; this coupled with a start-up drive to excel, and a constant focus on values, provides an unparalleled experience to our clients.
WalkWater thrives on fostering long term partnerships with clients and industry leaders. As a testimony, a large percentage of our business is repeat and many of our key client relationships are multi-year partnerships.
The experience of the WalkWater team translates to a wide network of relationships with CXOs across industry segments, backed by a strong value system. WalkWater takes pride in its experienced founding team, a set of senior recruiting leaders themselves today, who have grown with the firm over its journey.
Headquartered in Bangalore, the Company has own offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Gurgaon and Cupertino, US. WalkWater is also a part of Access Search Partners (ASP), a global partnership of specialised executive Search firms across major global markets thus helping companies build talent across India, rest of Asia-Pacific, North America and European markets.
WalkWater has impressive track record across sectors – Technology; Consumer and Retail; Industrial; Pharma, Healthcare & Lifesciences; and BFSI. Apart from assisting 275+ companies hire 600+ leaders, WalkWater has also completed 40+ bespoke Talent Advisory engagements for established organizations and startups.
OUR DIFFERENTIATORS
INTENSIVE CLIENT PARTNERING
Deeper engagement means better results! Our intensive client partnering approach involves a much deeper understanding of client requirements, appreciating their context and culture, passionate focus on driving results, bringing actionable insight from the market thereby resulting in the right match. Whether a fast evolving start up, a global MNC or an Indian Business House, our consultants are able to quickly adapt to changing needs and deliver with excellence.
DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
Each industry operates with its own set of technicalities, nuances and context. A deeper understanding of the domain is critical in finding the right leaders. The WalkWater team consists of industry experts with an in-depth understanding of specific domains, strong network of relationships and a consultative approach to advising clients on changing trends in their sectors. Many of our Practice Leaders started their careers in the industry sectors they now lead at WalkWater and this is a key differentiator.
GLOBAL COVERAGE
Since Inception, one of the stated goals of WalkWater has been to provide global coverage to all our clients, which means capability to access talent worldwide and execute searches globally. With this intention, WalkWater set up its US operations in 2014 and is today also an integral part of Access Search Partners (accesssearchpartners.com), a global partnerships of 6 leading Executive Search Firms. WalkWater has partnered with numerous organisations across sectors in closing searches globally – South East Asia, Russia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
OUR VALUES
passion
Passion
We are passionate about our work and our customer’s – both clients and candidates. Passion is central to our culture and we are constantly driven to be the best in what we do.
commitment
Commitment
We are accountable always, and committed to deliver consistently at every step. We are customer focused and own the process. WalkWaterites are defined by not only being committed to our craft, but also to being socially aware and responsible citizens of India and the world.
inspiration
Inspirational
Seeking inspiration from life and every interaction and trying to be inspirational is what we strive for. Every interaction can lead to a new beginning.
looking-forward
Forward Looking
Our vision is to transform the talent business . We will always think future ahead and how we can constantly do better. At WalkWater, we will do our bit in every way, in our work and in our lives to try and change our field of work; and make it better.
innovative
Innovative
We live in times of new innovation in every field. Start-ups have changed die way to live. We have been fortunate to be part of some of these journeys. Along the way, we have innovated in our process, our delivery and our engagements. We will continue to disrupt, challenge the status quo and think out of the box.
Integrity
Integrity
We will always live by the rules in everything we do. Doing the right thing always, is non-negotiable. WalkWater will continue to always be – respectful, ethical and honest; follow the tough; but, the right path to growth.
BRAND ESSENCE & LOGO
The design of our logo captures the essence of WalkWater brand and values.
THE COLOURS
Blue signifies depth of our offerings and expertise. It also signifies professionalism, honesty and trustworthiness of our team.
Green stands for freshness of our approach, growth and prosperity of our clients, candidates and team.
Grey is a neutral and balanced colour. It signifies our quest to provide the right balance of speed, quality and cost in our services.
THE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
The concentric circles signify our multiple offerings to our clients. WalkWater will constantly move forward to deliver to and delight our clients.
THE BASELINE
Walking on Water has multiple religious and mythological connotations associated with performing miracles. Deriving inspiration from mythology, the name “WalkWater†signifies our quest to provide a “Walk on Water†kind of experience to our clients. The baseline reaffirms this intent