Yountville, California
Town Manager
Presented by Sabrina Landreth, CEO
Ralph Andersen & Associates
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Ralph Andersen & Associates - Our Firm
Ralph Andersen & Associates' executive recruitment techniques have been developed and used successfully for more than 53 years. • Specializes in California municipal executive recruitment. • Recruiters with direct local government experience. Our project directors are seasoned public sector executives, having firsthand experience. • Decades of successful public sector placements - We have conducted more successful executive recruitments than any other recruitment firm since 1972. • National reach, local knowledge. Extensive database and network of candidates.
• Gold standard of local government recruiting.
• Refined instruments for stakeholder and community engagement.
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Your Recruiter: Sabrina Landreth,
Chief Executive Officer
• 25 years as local government executive.
• Extensive knowledge of all aspects of municipal management, experience working with council members, and expertise in recruitment and selection, including in smaller CA communities.
• Personally leads search from start to finish.
• Deep networks with top municipal talent statewide.
• Proven record of placing more than one hundred public sector executives in roles that produce lasting community and organizational success.
• Local knowledge and connection.
• Holds candidates to the highest standards of integrity, accountability, transparency and values-based leadership.
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Our Approach to Executive Search
The key elements of the full search process, tailored to fit the specific needs of the Town, includes:
• Developing a comprehensive position profile based upon information obtained in individual interviews with the Town Council, staff, and other stakeholders, as appropriate. • Extensive outreach via telephone, internet technology, and social media to qualified candidates throughout California and the Western Region.
• A marketing strategy that uses selected advertising to supplement the extensive candidate identification process, uses Internet and social media, and also uses our already established professional contacts throughout the region.
• A screening and assessment process that narrows the field of candidates to those who most closely match the needs of the Town and is based on preliminary research and videoconference interviews with the top candidates. Candidates’ education, experience, and credentials are matched to the criteria established in the position profile. • Delivering a product in the form of a search report that recommends a top group of candidates and provides the Town with detailed information about their backgrounds and experience. • Conduct final background and verifications, including references, on the top candidate. • Assist in negotiations of employment offer.
The Recruitment
Process
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KICKOFF MEETINGS WITH
COUNCIL AND
STAKEHOLDERS
DEVELOP
POSITION
PROFILE
OUTREACH &
RECRUITING
CANDIDATE
EVALUATION
REVIEW OF
CANDIDATES INTERVIEWS NEGOTIATION CLOSEOUT
Ø Customized stakeholder and community input incorporated throughout Ø CEO with you at every step of the process
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Community Outreach and Input - CUSTOMIZED
• [email protected]
• Listening Sessions
• Community Input Survey
• Highly specialized tools and Team
Why Ralph Andersen &
Associates?
• Strong California and national
networks that bring you top talent
from across the state and across the
country
• We have a dedicated research staff to
find passive candidates
• Our commitment to highest
standards of selection
• Proven community engagement tools
• We provide regular updates to the
Town Council
• Our consultants are personally and
professionally dedicated to
successful outcome of every search
• We provide a fair, thorough and
complete recruitment process
• Over 53 years serving local
government in California and
beyond
The successful search process relies heavily on person-to-person contact to identify outstanding potential candidates and, in the evaluation phase, to gain a complete understanding of the top candidates' backgrounds, experiences, and management styles.
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Sample Recruitments
Sample of Successful City/Town Manager Placements in
California Cities and Towns (see proposal for more)
ØPlacement guarantee
• Nevada City
• City of Los Altos Hills
• National City (current)
• City of Mill Valley
• City of Solvang
• City of Ojai
• City of Calistoga (Asst)
• City of Carpinteria
• City of Gilroy
• City of Goleta (Asst)
• Palos Verdes Estates
• City of Watsonville
Thank you for your consideration.
Presented by Sabrina Landreth, CEO
Ralph Andersen & Associates
We look forward to the opportunity
to work with the Town of Yountville.