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Board receives materials for county administrator search; finalists to be ranked by commissioners
Summary
Cook County—s recruitment adviser said semifinalist materials will be distributed to commissioners, including work personality indices, disclosure statements and video interviews; two candidates withdrew, leaving 10 semifinalists for review ahead of the commissioners— ranked-selection meeting next week.
The board received an update on the county administrator recruitment process from Pat Melvin, the recruitment adviser. Melvin told the board he will distribute three documents to commissioners later in the day: a work personality index, an information disclosure statement and a recorded video interview for each semifinalist.
Melvin said the pool originally presented as 12 semifinalists has been reduced to 10 after two applicants accepted other positions; one additional video interview was still pending. "Basically, I just wanted to kind of give you an update and let you know that I'm going to be sending out some information later today. Basically, it's going to consist of the work personality index, the information disclosure statement, and then a video interview from our semifinalist," Melvin said. He explained the video interviews are recorded under a timed format in which candidates receive a short prompt and then record responses.
Commissioners asked about minimum qualifications used to screen applications. Melvin said the posted minimums were a bachelor's degree in public or business administration or a related field and five years of management experience in administration, human resources and public finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. He said 41 people applied for the position and DDA narrowed that field to the semifinalists.
Commissioners will review those materials and come to the board's next meeting prepared to identify their top candidates. Melvin recommended each commissioner bring a ranked list of up to five candidates; the board will then use a point system to aggregate preferences and select finalists to invite for in-person interviews. Melvin said commissioners will discuss candidates by number (not name) until names become public after the invitation to interview.
Ending: Commissioners are to review the materials distributed by the adviser and prepare ranked choices for the next meeting; staff will provide a points-based worksheet to aggregate commissioners— preferences.
