Our Process

We spend time on location with our clients, connecting with your appointed representative groups and stakeholders. With the institution’s collective recommendations and views, we build a comprehensive needs analysis and assessment for the position.

Hyatt-Fennell, in collaboration with the client, produces a search profile clearly depicting the expectations of the position, ideal qualifications of the successful candidate, and a complete background on your institution’s unique priorities and distinctive culture.

While advertising in appropriate publications and posting on professional websites and email lists are expected parts of any search, we go further by reaching out through our network to qualified individuals and by canvassing institutions and professional organizations for viable candidates. Critical to the process that leads to the identification and interviewing of semi-finalists, our firm’s associates engage in careful review of résumés, degree verification, and extensive interviewing before presenting applicants to the search committee for consideration.

We equip organizations with guidelines for semi-finalist interviews, recommending a format for the interviews and candidate-specific questions.

Thorough due diligence is conducted for finalists, including litigation background and publicity checks. We personally contact listed and non-listed references to ensure a well-rounded picture of the candidate.

We equip organizations with guidelines for semi-finalist interviews, recommending a format for the interviews and candidate-specific questions.