Valletta Ritson & Company is an executive search firm that provides
highly-customized talent acquisition solutions for leading companies and higher education institutions throughout the US.
About Us
On an exclusively retained basis, Valletta Ritson & Company has partnered with some of the world’s elite corporations and institutions of higher education on their most pressing initiatives to acquire strategic human capital. Boutique by design, we complement your organization’s existing resources with a broader range of expertise than conventional firms. From individual engagements to comprehensive talent aquisition programs, Valletta Ritson & Company delivers uncommon problem-solving methods, complete solutions and measurable results.
At Valletta Ritson & Company our strength lies in our ability to look beyond common boundaries and help our clients find answers to mission critical staffing problems that vex them. We apply the latest talent assessment methodology, innovative thinking and old fashioned logic to each and every engagement. The Result? Effective, predictable, cost-efficient search strategies that work. That’s why many clients have found that Valletta Ritson & Company offers them solutions to their most challenging problems.
Experience
Founded in 1989, Valletta Ritson & Company has earned a reputation for delivering exceptional quality through high ethical standards, unquestioned integrity and strict confidentiality. As a nationwide practice we have distinguished ourselves by providing highly qualified senior executives for start-up companies to the elite of the Fortune 500; for selective liberal art colleges to the most prestigious global research universities. Our goal in every engagement is to provide talent who will contribute true leadership capital to our clients’ businesses. Valletta Ritson & Company has successfully completed engagements providing individuals to serve in senior leadership positions as well as “mission critical” individual contributor roles.
Leadership
Valletta Ritson & Company was established by Frank Valletta and Stephen Ritson over thirty years ago to fulfill a niche for high-end, high service retained executive search in Upstate New York. Over the last three decades, the business has grown from that original regional focus to a nationwide practice serving a highly diversified client base.
Hans A. Dalmolen
Managing Partner
Hans Dalmolen became a Managing Partner of Valletta Ritson & Company in 2003; originally charged with leading the company’s operations and Business Development strategy. His process orientation and broad technical expertise have been critical to Valletta Ritson & Company’s adaptation of industry-leading platforms and expansion into new markets.
Since joining the firm, Hans has successfully led and completed well over a hundred retained search engagements in a variety of industries; spanning work for some of the most desirable high tech employers to elite institutions of Higher Education. Functionally, he has led engagements from General Management, Information Technology and Sales to Engineering, Product Management and Finance. He likes to say that (his) “niche” is an honest, predictable and transparent process—treating each assignment as distinct engagement as opposed to cycling (and recycling) through an industry or function until it is stale.
Process
The search process at Valletta Ritson & Company is designed to provide clients with a unique service experience. Our programs are custom designed to align with our client’s organization, culture and requirements.
By combining a tailored search strategy with our proven methodology, Valletta Ritson & Company clients can be confident of a focused, predictable process and consistent results.
In each engagement, we apply a targeted search strategy, in-depth market research and our assessment expertise to identify and recruit the ideal talent for the position. Research and candidate development is conducted through our in-house staff leveraging proprietary industry and academic resources. All research methodologies utilized by Valletta Ritson & Company adhere to the highest of ethical standards.
Time Line
(over 13 weeks)
Develop Position Profile with Client Management Team
Week: 1
Research and Candidate Development Begins
Weeks: 1-2
Potential Candidates Contacted and Phone Screened
Weeks: 3-5
Ongoing Status Updates
Weeks: 2-13
Interview, Assess and Reference Top Candidates
Weeks: 7-9
Interview Internal Candidates and Benchmark
Weeks: 7-9
Present Slate of Finalists Candidates to be Interviewed
Weeks: 9-11
Select, Extend Offer
Weeks: 11-13
New Appointment Announced
Weeks: 11-13
Hans A. Dalmolen
Managing Partner
Direct Phone: (607)-772-9630
Confidential Fax: (607)-348-1455
E-Mail:
hans@vallettaritson.com