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Working With Recruiters

Working With Recruiters: How to Land a City Manager Position

This Member Resource compiles a variety of best practices, insights and advice from multiple firms specializing in recruiting local government leaders.

Excerpt:

Cities often use recruiters with local government sourcing experience to help with their city manager search, for multiple reasons:

  1. Recruiters may be able to better summarize the responsibilities and desired qualities of a city manager candidate;
  2. Recruiters may be able to help create aesthetically pleasing brochures to catch attention and increase the applicant pool;
  3. Recruiters know the right kinds of questions to ask during the screening process, increasing the quality of candidates who reach the final interview stage;
  4. Recruiters may already know of candidates or have recommendations;
  5. A city may be able to incentivize a recruiter to stick to a tight time schedule.

Knowing how the recruiter process works could be the key to getting your foot in the door with the city of your choice.