Standards
Our standards
These are the commitments we make to clients and candidates in every search, and to everyone who uses our job board. We modeled them on the professional practice standards that the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) publishes for its members. We are not an AESC member.
Taking on a search
Before we accept a search, we tell the client whether we can run it well. If we can’t, we decline it.
We start every search with a written engagement letter. In it, we name the lead consultant and set out the scope, timing, fees and payment schedule, deliverables, any guarantee, off-limits terms, and how we handle data.
Conflicts of interest
We check for conflicts before we accept a search and while we run it. If we find one, we disclose it to the client. We resolve it before we do any further work on the search.
Off-limits
While we work for a client, and during the off-limits period in the engagement letter, we don’t approach that client’s employees for other searches.
Confidentiality
We share client and candidate information only with the people who need it for the search. We use it for that search and nothing else.
Consent
We present a candidate to a client only with that candidate’s consent for that specific role. We contact referees only with the candidate’s permission.
No charge to candidates
Employers pay all our fees. Candidates never pay us anything, directly or indirectly. We charge nothing for introductions, CV reviews, interview preparation, coaching, or any other service.
Quantum Careers and Quantum Academy are brands of the same company. We never suggest that buying a course or credential, from Quantum Academy or anyone else, would improve a candidate’s chances with us or with our clients.
Fair assessment
We assess every candidate against the same criteria from the position specification. We look beyond the obvious names and consider the full range of qualified people.
We decline any instruction to include or exclude candidates on the basis of age, sex, race, religion, disability, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law. We include a citizenship or clearance requirement only when the employer genuinely needs it for the role and the law allows it.
People make the decisions
People on our team make every assessment and every recommendation. We don’t use AI or other software to screen, score, rank, or select candidates.
Follow-through
After a candidate accepts an offer, we stay in touch with the client and the new hire through the first months in the role.
Data protection
We handle personal data as our Privacy Notice describes. We delete candidate records we no longer need.
The job board
We require every listing to meet our listing standards. We list a role only if it has a genuine connection to quantum technology. We show a salary only as the employer stated it. We check each listing from an employer’s careers site against that site. No employer can pay to change how we classify or describe its roles.
If we fall short
If you think we haven’t met these standards, write to hello@quantumcareers.com. A senior member of our team will review your message and reply.