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Commission declines to hire executive recruiter; reopens national city manager search
Summary
After debate about cost, timing and the value added, the commission voted to reject hiring an executive search firm for the city manager recruitment. The city’s HR director said hundreds of applicants are already in the pool and staff will continue recruiting through existing channels.
The North Miami Beach City Commission voted Oct. 21 to decline a contract with an executive search firm for the city manager recruitment and to continue a nationwide recruitment through existing channels.
Commissioners debated whether spending roughly $28,000–$34,000 for an executive search firm would hasten a hire and produce higher-quality candidates or whether the city’s own expanded recruitment effort and…
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