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� 11. THE SEARCH PROCESS AND SCHEDULE ' We recommend a five-step process as follows: � Define job qualifications and requirements for the position , —the"Recruitment Profile." • Identify and recruit qual�ed candidates. L • Evaluate prospective candidates. • Make recommendations, coordinate the selection process and facilitate employment. , • Establish evaluation criteria and fotlow-up. , Each step of this process is described below. A. Define Posit�on Profile , We will meet with the City Manager, departmental personnel and others (if the City Manager wishes)to leam the City's needs, focus and requirements such as experience, education and training as wetl as preferred � management style and personal traits. In developing the recruitment profile, we wiil spend a considerable amount of time at the beginning of the process in Decatur to gather additional information about the City and to ascertain, the unique challenges of the job and the general environment within which the position � functions. Once we have gained the necessary information, we will prepare a draft recruitment profile and review it with the City to arrive at a general agreement regarding the specifications for the position. The final profile will � include information about the Decatur area, the City government, the department, major issues to be faced, the position and the selection criteria established. B. ldentifv Qualifled Candid$tes ' We will first review our database to find those candidates whom we may already know and/or already have on file who may meet your specifications. Although the above process is valuable, we will rely most heav�y , on our own contacts in related fields and on our own experience. In other words, through "networking,"we will conduct a professional search for the best-qual�ed candidates and invite them to apply far the position. SMC will prepare and place advertisements in appropriate professional joumals, local newspapers, and ' specialty publications to encourage applicants to apply. Candidates will be instructed to send resumes directly to SMC. We will acknowledge all resumes received and thoroughly screen atl potential candidates. C. Evaluate Prosaective Candidates ' Preliminary Screening and Progress Report.... Criteria for the preliminary screening will be contained in � the approved "Recruitment Profile." They may include such items as education, technical knowledge, experience, accomplishments, management styte, personal traits,etc. Screening of candidates against those criteria will be based on data contained in the resume and other data provided by the candidates and on our , knowledge of the organizations in which they work. At this stage, each must meet the minimum qualifications specified in the recruitment profile. We then conduct telephone irrterviews with those candidates who appear "on paper� to be best qualified for the position. Through this process, we will narrow the applicant group to about 10 sem�nalists. � We will meet with the City to provide a progress report on a number of sem�nalist candidates. These individuals will be top prospects who clearly meet the City's specifications for the position. With guidance ' from the City, we wiA narrow the semifinalist candidate group on the basis of refined criteria. During this DECATUR,ILUNOIS 2 ,