🚀 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new Shortlist website! As we continue to expand our mission of transforming the way talent is connected with opportunity, this new digital home reflects our commitment to innovation, impact, and inclusive growth across Africa and beyond. What’s New? ✨ Comprehensive Overview of Our Services: Explore how Shortlist is revolutionizing the hiring process through data-driven insights, cutting-edge technology, and a deep understanding of local markets. From candidate sourcing to employer branding and talent development, we’re partnering with businesses of all sizes to find, engage, and hire the right people. 🌍 Focus on Africa’s Future: The new site highlights our dedicated efforts to build the workforce of the future across the continent. Whether it’s through Shortlist Futures—our workforce innovation lab driving green and digital economy growth—or through our broader initiatives, we’re committed to fostering sustainable employment opportunities. 🤝 Partnerships That Make an Impact: We’ve partnered with leading organizations, funders, and employers to create meaningful change. Learn more about the success stories that showcase our impact and the collaborative efforts that drive our mission forward. 📚 Insights and Resources: Dive into a wealth of resources including case studies, industry reports, and thought leadership articles. Our new site is designed to be a hub for anyone looking to stay informed about the latest trends in talent acquisition, workforce development, and economic growth in Africa. Why It Matters: At Shortlist, we believe that talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Our mission is to bridge that gap by leveraging technology, deep industry knowledge, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. The new website is a reflection of our vision to not only match great talent with great companies but to build an ecosystem where everyone has the chance to thrive. Take a Tour: www.shortlist.net
Shortlist Professionals
Staffing and Recruiting
Nairobi, Nairobi 88,349 followers
Unlocking professional potential.
About us
Shortlist is focused on two core offerings: (1) Shortlist Search: we provide executive search services primarily for leading startups and impact organizations in Africa; and (2) Shortlist Futures: we design and implement youth employment and apprenticeship programs across Africa in partnership with donors, governments, enterprises, and education institutions.
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http://www.shortlist.net
External link for Shortlist Professionals
- Industry
- Staffing and Recruiting
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Nairobi, Nairobi
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Executive Search, Future of Work, Digital Economy, Talent Accquistion, Social Impact, Impact Fellowships, Gender Diversity, Inclusive Hiring, Leadership Hiring, Leadership Advisory, and Headhunters
Locations
Employees at Shortlist Professionals
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Matt Schnuck
A founder helping founders unlock potential. I study and try to create inflections.
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Simon Desjardins
Co-Founder & Partner @ Shortlist | Connecting talent to opportunity across Africa, Asia and beyond (we're always hiring!)
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Tory Clarke
Executive Search Leader | Focused Experience in Inclusive Leadership Search and Social Impact | Partner and Co-Founder at Bridge Partners
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Uday Broca
Managing Partner @ Shortlist | Connecting talent to opportunity across Africa, Asia and beyond (we're always hiring!)
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🌟 Exciting News! Shortlist Joins 2X Global! 🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Shortlist Professionals, one of Africa’s leading talent and advisory firms, has joined 2X Global, a community dedicated to advancing gender-smart capital at scale. This partnership reaffirms our commitment to gender equity in Africa's workforce and society at large. 🔹 Who We Are: Headquartered in Nairobi, Shortlist focuses on two core offerings: 1. Shortlist Futures: A workforce innovation lab creating jobs in the green and digital economies, with a strong focus on women and youth. 2. Shortlist Search: One of Africa’s top executive search providers, serving over 1,000 impact-first organizations. 🔹 Our Impact: - Created over 6,000 jobs across Africa. - Women represent over 50% of our job placements - Partnered with organizations like the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment, Mastercard Foundation, Microsoft, and The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) to create more equitable workforces 🔹 Why It Matters: "We believe that improving employment opportunities for women and driving economic growth goes hand in hand,” says Paul Breloff, Shortlist Co-founder and CEO. Jessica Espinoza, CEO of 2X Global, adds, “Shortlist’s focus on African talent and workforce ecosystem will create space for meaningful contributions to our 2X Global community.” Explore our initiatives like the Women for Green Jobs program and Accelerating the Rise of the Cloud Work Industry in Kenya, which target gender-sensitive recruitment and career support. #GenderEquity #WorkforceInnovation #ShortlistFutures #2XGlobal #WomenInLeadership #YouthEmployment #GreenEconomy #DigitalEconomy #AfricaRising
Joining the 2X Global community- Shortlist Professionals, a talent and executive search firm working across Africa. Quality employment for women is such an important pillar of gender lens investing so we're really pleased to welcome Shortlist as one of our newest members! #MemberMonday
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African ventures need a refreshed approach to talent to drive their growth. Read the latest from Paul Breloff, and Daniel Waldron and Coco Lim from Acumen in NextBillion.net on how access to talent could be the untapped solution to create a more vibrant and thriving social enterprise ecosystem in Africa.
CEO & Co-Founder @ Shortlist | Connecting talent to opportunity across Africa, Asia and beyond (we're always hiring!)
In 60% of Acumen Fund’s failed investments, poor financial management was key. What if there was a better way to access the talent social enterprises need to succeed? Read on: I’m excited to publish a piece in NextBillion.net with our friends from Acumen, Daniel Waldron & Coco Lim: https://lnkd.in/dwciaPH4 The article looks at the unique challenges of getting the right talent at the right time and the right “size” for social enterprises, particularly those working in remote regions with the most underserved customers. We share a bit on a pilot Shortlist Professionals has been running trying to link SMEs and social enterprises to the right talent in more “bite-sized” formats (i.e., “fractional”), as an alternative to full-time hires. And the results have been promising… (We're still figuring out the best way to roll this out more broadly.) Have a read and we’d love to hear your feedback! And thanks to James Militzer for great editing and support as always :)
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💡 What if we told you there is a simple way small businesses can grow their revenue by 30%? 🌟 In 2020, Shortlist Professionals and WomenWork, through funding from UK-Kenya Tech Hub and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Asia Pacific, ran a program called the "Kenya Small Business Leaders Program". KBSL was designed to empower female-owned enterprises in Kenya through a 6-month virtual mentorship, connecting them with subject matter experts from marketing, finance, growth and many other types of backgrounds to provide them tailed support to enable their growth. The results? ✅ 91% of participating companies would recommend the program. ✅ 82% rated the expert support as ‘very positive’ or ‘positive’. ✅ 73% saw increased revenue growth, averaging over 27%. ✅ 46% created new jobs, hiring an average of nine new employees. ✅ 20% of companies continued to engage with their matched expert on a regular basis. Reflecting on KSBL, we are more committed than ever to fostering innovation, driving growth, and creating opportunities for female entrepreneurs through expert matching support. Thank you to our partners, experts, and participants for being part of this incredible journey. Together, we are shaping a brighter future for women-led enterprises in Africa. 🌍💼 Sheena Raikundalia, Isis Nyong'o Madison, Simon Desjardins, Paul Breloff #KenyaSmallBusinessLeaders #EmpoweringWomen #Entrepreneurship #Mentorship #BusinessGrowth #Shortlist #UKKenyaTechHub #FCDO #Innovation #Africa
In 2020, I was shortlisted by Shortlist Professionals as one of 29 experts to mentor 15 small businesses in Kenya. Out of the applicants, Angela W., the founder of SisterSpeaks Global & Heels4Pads Foundation chose to work with me. We clicked right away. From the very beginning, we both knew what we wanted to get out of this experience which was a comms strategy for her business but our partnership went way beyond that. This experience got me thinking: what makes a mentor-mentee relationship truly successful? Shortlist Professionals laid a solid foundation with their selection process which really made my experience with Angela stand out. Read on and find out what made our experience truly positive.
Lessons from my Mentee
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We're looking forward to co-hosting the Jobtech Alliance meetup tomorrow with African Management Institute. Hope to see you there!
Hello Nairobi! It's time for another Jobtech Alliance meetup in partnership with Shortlist Professionals. Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 30th, 2024, and make it a date with us if you are in Nairobi because, as always, there will be ample time for networking. Click here to register: https://t.ly/ufLju
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The "Powering Performance: Strategic Talent Development for Business Excellence in Energy" event, organized by African Management Institute, focused on enhancing business excellence in the energy sector through strategic talent development. It brought together industry leaders, professionals, and experts to discuss best practices, innovative strategies, and the latest trends in talent development. The event aimed to empower organizations with the knowledge and tools necessary to attract, develop, and retain top talent, driving performance and fostering sustainable growth within the energy sector. Our Director Cassandra Kiereini joined the event to discuss the Energy Access Talent Initiative (funded by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and The Carbon Trust) and what the program is doing to attract and retain talent in the sector. It was a great opportunity to share the insights Shortlist has gained regarding the challenges and opportunities talent face as they build their careers in clean energy. The event was not only fun but also a fantastic platform for networking with other key players in the energy sector. It was inspiring to see so many dedicated professionals come together to advance strategic talent development for a more sustainable future.
What an incredible day we had at our "Powering Performance: Strategic Talent Development for Business Excellence in Energy" breakfast event. Huge thanks to Wangari Muchiri , George Aluru , and Desmond Mukolwe for advocating for practical training programmes, and emphasizing the significance of acquiring power skills in the ever-changing industry during the panel discussion. Special gratitude to Valerie Okinda from Ampersand Group and Cassandra Kiereini from Shortlist Professionals for sharing their experiences of seeing real business transformations through the Empowering Managers Programme and The Energy Access Talent Initiative. The highlight? Using AMI's problem-solving tools to help energy companies in attendance identify, understand, and solve the problems they face! Ready to dive into the learning and development action in the energy sector? Pre-register for our upcoming events [https://lnkd.in/dDBgVPpk] or book a consultation with one of our workplace learning experts [https://lnkd.in/d9Zsijtc]. Asha Mweru Mbowa Timothy Kuria Bernard Kariuki (MSc, PMD, BCOM) Januaris M. Marlene Matunga Winnie Ndimu Harold Angila #PoweringPerformance #TalentDevelopment #EnergyInnovation #AMIEnterprise
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Great session today with Microsoft and Bowmans (Law Firm) on responsible AI. How can we address some of the challenges ahead? Read more from our CEO Paul Breloff and watch this space!
CEO & Co-Founder @ Shortlist | Connecting talent to opportunity across Africa, Asia and beyond (we're always hiring!)
Thanks to Microsoft and Bowmans (Law Firm) for a great “Responsible AI” session today. Lots of talk on policy, tools, compute capacity, and of course talent & skilling. Made me realize we’re often conflating what are actually 4 distinct and wicked problem statements: (1) At a labor market level, how do we avoid large-scale unemployment and dislocation as Gen AI threatens a huge range of jobs (particularly junior digital jobs)? I find this particularly scary as the digital labor market is flat and borderless, and there’s a risk that many of the most entry-level digital jobs (the ones the rising generation of African youth could fill) will be wiped out by Gen AI imminently. (2) At a broad-based professional level, how can everyone do their jobs better with AI? The reality is that all of us, across careers, sectors and seniority, can and should be making use of Gen AI to boost productivity, use data better, and make ourselves obsolete. This isn’t confined to techies and programmers; this is relevent to pretty much everyone in broad “knowledge work” positions across ops, HR, finance, consulting, and more. (3) At an African youth level, how can young people “get a job in AI”, and what does that even mean? This is more about understanding and developing the specific career pathways into the AI universe, which we’re just starting to understand. This includes engineering of course, but also a broad range of other job types around data annotation and cleaning, prompt engineering, automation engineering, and much more. (4) At a social impact level, how can we design more AI-based applications and use cases to drive more value and impact to those who need it? AI is poised to disrupt and transform a broad range of how the world works day to day, and hopefully many of those applications and use cases make life easier for those most in need — applications around health, energy access, food access, livelihoods and income generation and more. (In fact, Shortlist Futures / Shortlist Professionals is about to launch a new fund looking at positive use cases for Gen AI for women’s economic empowerment, job access and income generation - watch this space!) While there are certainly many areas of overlap between these problems, each needs its own attention, research, and creative solutions. Others in the room (Winnie Karanu, Martin Ndlovu, Isis Nyong'o Madison, Rositsa Zaimova and many more) — what did I miss?
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🌟 Breaking News - our very own Ciara Marie Remerscheid has taken center stage in Channels Television Nigeria's groundbreaking documentary spotlighting women's empowerment in the energy sector! 🎥 The documentary features insights from our latest collaboration with The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), titled "Empowering Women in Clean Energy: Advancing and Retaining an Equitable Workforce." This report delves into the voices of women in the industry, offering crucial recommendations for fostering inclusivity, such as: ⚡ Implementing structured training programs ⚡ Establishing mentorship and coaching initiatives ⚡ Creating transparent pathways to career advancement ⚡ Introducing flexible maternity leave policies ⚡ Providing access to female role models 📽️ Eager to explore further? Tune in to the documentary via the link provided in the comments ➡️ #LetsChangeEnergy #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy
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We’re proud to be working with Power for All to find their next Chief Executive Officer! Power for All is a global campaign that advocates for the deployment of distributed renewable energy (DRE) to end energy poverty worldwide. With nearly 2 billion people lacking access to reliable energy, Power for All catalyzes market transformation and builds the demand for DRE, driving a faster end to energy poverty across the global south. This is an exceptional opportunity for an entrepreneurial leader and change-maker who can build on Power for All’s considerable track record and take the organization to its next level of impact and influence. We’re open to candidates with skills from a range of sectors and geographic backgrounds. Given Power for All’s focus, experience in the climate change or energy sector, especially within an African context, would be a strong advantage. The location is flexible, though we expect that frequent travel will be required to help implement campaigns and spend time with team members and key external stakeholders. To apply or refer potential candidates in your network, please connect with Dina El Zahed or Nancy McKinstry or through this link https://lnkd.in/ds94-pSu Read more about Power for All's work here (www.powerforall.org)
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As we close out #WomensHistoryMonth we want to spotlight our program, "Women for Green Jobs" with Shortlist Futures, The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and Value For Women Ltd.🔋🌍💡 W4GJ helps women access and succeed in #cleanenergy careers in Africa, specifically targeting job placements, career support and employer-level interventions across the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. This program works with over forty clean energy companies, including Husk Power Systems, Nuru, Sistema.bio / Sistema Biobolsa and Sun King, to support their growth by addressing equitable hiring challenges. As part of W4GJ, we have also published two reports on women in the clean energy sector: 1️⃣“Bottlenecks and Breakthroughs: Advancing Gender Equity in African Clean Energy” investigates the talent pipeline and recruitment barriers for women entering clean energy jobs 2️⃣”Empowering Women in Clean Energy: Advancing and Retaining an Equitable Workforce” addresses workplace challenges that limit women’s advancement and retention once they have entered the sector 📖Links to both reports are in the comments below ⬇️
The response to climate change can unlock opportunity for billions of people - making them safer, healthier, better nourished, empowered, and free. We must include the most vulnerable people - often women – in energy transitions that will help us transition away from fossil fuels and set a path for human progress and development. Today, women make up only 32% of the #renewableenergy workforce. A new report from The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) offers the energy sector's first pay equity analysis and identifies ways to improve women's opportunities and success within the industry. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g4kVEvkW #LetsChangeEnergy
Shortlist, GEAPP Share New Findings to Advance and Retain Women in Clean Energy Sector
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