Pinion Search

Pinion, which trades as Pinion Search Partners, is a talent search and acquisition specialist serving fast-growing enterprises on the African continent and internationally. The company sums up its purpose as aligning the market's strongest candidates with the best opportunities, and organises its work around what it calls the Pinion Approach, an approach that looks beyond data to insights, beyond job descriptions to corporate values, and beyond credentials to intuitive fit. It states that this requires intelligence in all its dimensions, with knowledge that is deep in data and broad in network reach, and that always improving means always remaining ahead.

The approach is built on five named elements. Subject strategy means examining the unique needs and challenges of both client and candidate to gain comprehensive insight into a complex competitive landscape. Search technology reflects a future-focused stance on innovation and disruption in the job market, tracking the latest trends and developments to offer progressive search solutions. Data analysis means harnessing the best tools and working with the brightest minds to conduct rigorous qualitative research, with search technologies that also draw on Open-Source Intelligence, known as OSINT, and AI-powered data science. Sector networking keeps relationships live with industry stakeholders, the strongest candidates, innovative companies and their leaders. Relational intuition covers the less tangible factors that determine a good culture match.

Pinion runs separate routes on its site for organisations and for candidates, and invites clients to share each talent challenge for a discussion and a purpose-built solution. Its published testimonials speak to the culture fit claim. An HR director says Pinion has a knack for identifying people who will fit into a specific culture or career trajectory, that the right placement makes all the difference, and that she trusts Pinion with any brief requiring careful consideration. A portfolio manager and performance reporting manager at Endeavor South Africa says that, having dealt with many executive search consultants, Pinion Search Partners is in a class of its own, approaching each potential placement with the strategic insight and commitment to excellence that senior candidates often desire but rarely receive. The company can be reached through its LinkedIn page.