Timeline
SEARCH PREPARATION
November: Engagement Meetings
WittKieffer consultants speak with key stakeholders to gather input for the leadership profile. Consultants meet with the search committee to review the search process and collect information for the leadership profile.
December: Leadership Profile Development
WittKieffer drafts leadership profile, search timeline, and recruitment strategy. Search Committee reviews and approves profile, timeline, and strategy.
RECRUITMENT AND CANDIDATE EVALUATION
December-February: Advertising, Recruitment, Screening
WittKieffer screens, recruits, and conducts initial interviews with prospective candidates. WittKieffer updates the search committee on the nature of the developing pool of applications and market feedback.
March: Search Committee Review of Candidate Materials
Search Committee reviews candidate materials and selects small group of candidates for first round interviews. WittKieffer verifies credentials and educational background of candidates of interest.
INTERVIEWING
Early April: First Round Candidate Interviews
Search Committee conducts in-person first round interviews of preliminary candidates using a structured interview guide. Committee identifies two to four finalists for second-round interviews.
Late April: Second Round Candidate Interviews
Candidates invited for second-round interviews. WittKieffer checks references and conducts assessments of finalists.
FINAL STAGES
Early May: Recommendation, Offer and Negotiation
Search Committee provides the Board of Trustees with feedback on finalists. The Board of Trustees selects the candidate of choice. Hiring authority makes an offer to the preferred candidate. Terms of the agreement are reached.
May/June: Announcement
Capital University will announce its next president.