Our Services

Talent Acquisition Advisory

Hiring Performance Advisory — removing bottlenecks to increase quality and speed up delivery.
Talent Acquisition Advisory

Building a hiring engine that wins

We treat in-house hiring like an operating system — not a collection of interviews. We diagnose where quality leaks and speed stalls, then rebuild the process around reality: stakeholder discipline, calibrated profiles, strong outreach, and candidate experience that protects your brand. The result is a TA function that hires faster, hires better, and closes the talent others lose.

Hiring Engine Diagnostics & Turnaround

We map your end-to-end funnel (intake → shortlist → offer) and pinpoint the bottlenecks that kill velocity: unclear briefs, slow decision-making, weak outreach, misaligned interview loops, and compensation surprises. Then we run a turnaround plan with measurable targets — time-to-shortlist, interview-to-offer conversion, and offer acceptance.

On-site Workshops & Embedded Enablement

Hands-on sessions with your TA team and hiring leaders — no theory, no fluff. We build the tools and habits that change outcomes: role calibration workshops, sourcing and messaging playbooks, scorecards, interview training, feedback cadence, and closing strategy. We can embed for a sprint to execute alongside your team until the new standard sticks.
Talent Acquisition Advisory

Fix the hiring engine

Most TA teams don’t need more tools — they need a better operating system. We diagnose where speed stalls and quality leaks, then remove the bottlenecks that slow delivery: unclear intake, slow decisions, weak outreach, and inconsistent assessment.

Through practical diagnostics, coaching, and embedded execution, we raise hiring quality, shorten time-to-fill, and upgrade candidate experience — so the process converts into accepted offers.
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Talent Acquisition Advisory

Key Global Experts

TA Excellence Advisory is led hands-on by Edgars Jermaks and Jean-Luc Giraud — combining real-world executive search delivery with CHRO-level leadership, transformation, and operating-model experience. We don’t “consult from the sidelines”: we diagnose the hiring system, coach TA and hiring leaders, and embed where needed until speed, quality, and candidate experience improve measurably.

Edgars Jermaks

Global Partner | Executive Search & TA Performance

Edgars is a global executive headhunter known for turning “impossible” searches into signed offers across Pharma, MedTech, and Industrial markets in EMEA, LATAM, and APAC. He brings direct, practical TA enablement: role calibration, market mapping, outreach strategy, stakeholder alignment, and closing discipline — with a strong focus on protecting candidate experience and moving fast without breaking trust.

Edgars Jermaks

Global Partner | Executive Search & TA Performance
edgars@xstature.com

Jean-Luc Giraud

Global Advisor & Coach | CHRO-level Operating Model & Leadership

Jean-Luc is a global HR and transformation leader with a track record across pharma and complex matrix environments (including PE-backed contexts), recognised for building high-performing organisations, leading integrations, and aligning talent strategy with business outcomes. He strengthens TA performance through leadership alignment, governance, capability building, and executive coaching — ensuring hiring works as an operating system, not a set of interviews.

Jean-Luc Giraud

Global Advisor & Coach | CHRO-level Operating Model & Leadership