The Retailer has filled out a profile form similar to yours giving the job requirements, skills and attributes.    

Simple Identification and Matching System

The matching system connects Retailers and Kitchen Designer-candidates, who have the same passion, skills and abilities.  Retailers will develop their own search criteria – one that fits their job requirements, skill-sets, and experience and company culture – with your abilities, in a 24/7 format.  Fill in your Kitchen Designer-profile and let the system work for you.

Tools and Resources

Our Tools and Resources area will guide you through the hiring process from helping you develop a resume to resigning your job.

Hands-On Customer Service Support

A Project Manager from Keercutter Connection, will partner with you to:

• Describe the job opportunity
• Set up your interviews
• Provide feedback and guidance

Registration Information

Set up your profile with personal contact information and account login information with password protection.   After this phase is completed, you will receive an email from Keercutter Connectionwith user name and password for your records.

Terms and Conditions

NOTE:  For questions please call Keercutter & Associates @866-835-4914

In this section, there is 1 required activity:

1. Read the Terms and Conditions document and check the electronic acceptance box

The Questionnaire

NOTE: This site saves every cell from stage to stage.  If you time out and log back in, the system will start where you left off.

Build your profile by identifying your skills, abilities, attributes, interests, design experience, and personal traits by checking, ranking, and highlighting the information in the different sections.

The Waiting Period

NOTE: Log into your account regularly. 

Keercutter Connection’s match system makes the matches at 12:00 Midnight CST daily. Log into your company account at www.keercutterconnection.com to view your match.  In your personal account you have the ability to:

• Update Kitchen designer profile
• Change password
• Change your questionnaire
• View and manage your connections
• Access the Tools and Resources available

Manage Your Connections

NOTE: You are identified by a Designer ID number only.  You will be notified through your Keercutter Connection account, when there is a Retailer with interest in your profile.  And, you will receive a call directly from a recruiter from Keercutter Connection to discuss the details.

Facilitating the Interview Process

NOTE:  Once a Retailers shows interest, Keercutter Connection will assign a Project Manager to you.  Your Project Manager will facilitate the process with you from start to finish. 

Step One: Connecting with you- the Kitchen Designer Candidate.  Your Project Manager will:

• Validate your profile
• Determine your seriousness about your job search
• Review updated resume, career progression and salary history
• Describe the job opportunity and company culture
• Solicit your interest and fit in this opportunity
• Get commitment to continue on the process
• If you are not interested, your Project Manager will let the Retailer know
• If you are interested, we will reveal the company name
• Ask you to rate your interest on scale of 1-10 and why
• Identify 3 different times/dates of availability for interview
• Describe the next step in the process – The Homework Assignment

The Homework Assignment

Your Retailer will be sending you a written Homework Assignment.  Log into your account to see these questions and respond.  

The Interview Stage

NOTE:  At first face to face, you will fill out an employment application.  Be prepared with employment dates, salary history and reference list.

The Project Manager will coordinate all the interviews required, on both sides of the match; set up and confirm, times, dates, and locations.  That confirmation will be in the form of a telephone call and an email.  

The Feedback Stage

Every time you talk to the Retailer, your Project Manager will follow up to get feedback from you.  Your Project Manager will:

• Find out what you liked and didn’t like about the company, people etc.
• Find out how you see yourself fitting into your showroom and culture
• Ask you to rank you level of interest between 1-10 and why
• Discuss future steps in the process
• Review compensation; validate what your present package looks like presently and what you are looking for
• Discuss commissions payout schedule and how that will effect the start date
• Review counter offers

The Reference Stage

NOTE: Confidentiality is HUGE at this stage.  Do not list any reference that put your present employment at risk.  Make a list of references:

• Name
• Their contact information including phone number
• Work relationship (boss, peer, subordinate, customer, factory rep)
• List at least one person from each of these categories: a past boss, a peer, and a customer.

The Offer Stage

If both parties are still interested, your Project Manager will assist with offer considerations by:

• Reviewing the “counter offer” possibility
• Discussing an acceptable offer

The Offer

The offer will be delivered to you, by the Retail employer:

• It will be presented verbally and will include salary and details of benefits, and a start date
• Followed up by a written offer, requiring a signature of acceptance
• Acceptance will be expected within 24 hours after offer is extended

Offer Acceptance

NOTE:  This is a critical time.  You will be expected to:

• Call the Retailer immediately to accept the offer
• Determine with the Retailer when (date, time) you plan to give notice
• Discuss with the Retailer what you believe will happen when you give notice – will you be terminated immediately or will you ride out your two weeks.
• Write a resignation letter.  Your Project Manager will assist you to develop this.

Resignation and Giving Notice Stage

NOTE: Again, this is a critical time. 

Stay in contact with your new employer.  Visit the showroom, find out what will be expected in the first week.