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Union County human services board adopts formal candidate interview process
Summary
The Union County Human Services Advisory Board voted to adopt a structured interview procedure for vacancies: the chair will circulate candidate information, at least two board members (one from the executive committee) will conduct virtual panel interviews, and the clerk will schedule interviews to appear on the full board agenda for discussion.
The Union County Human Services Advisory Board voted to adopt a formal process for interviewing applicants for open and vacant positions.
Board members approved a proposal that, when applications are received, the human services board chair will email applicant information to the board and board members will designate at least two members to complete interviews, one of whom must be a member of the consolidated Human Services Executive Committee (chair, vice chair, or an additional executive committee member). The clerk, identified in the meeting as Crossells, will coordinate interviews with panel members and applicants.
The proposal calls for interviews to be conducted virtually. If a panel interview occurs at least one week before a scheduled advisory-board meeting, the results will be placed on the next meeting’s full agenda for review and discussion by the whole board; interviews held closer to the next meeting will be placed on the following month’s agenda. If the advisory board votes to move an application forward after that review, staff said the nomination would be sent to the Union County Board of County Commissioners for consideration.
Board members and staff discussed several implementation options during the presentation. Staff said the panel may be a fixed pair of panelists designated in advance or assembled on a case-by-case basis; either approach is acceptable provided at least two members agree to participate. One board member asked whether all advisory-board members would have an opportunity to view applications and participate; staff replied that the applications would be emailed to the entire board and that the board could permit anyone who wished to join the interview but that a minimum of two participants is required.
A motion to approve the application-process proposal was offered and the chair called for the vote; the board recorded the motion as passed.
