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County administrator outlines recruitment options; staff recommends hybrid HR-plus-consultant approach
Summary
County Administrator outlined four recruitment strategies for his replacement and recommended a hybrid approach where HR handles technical screening while a retained consultant manages outreach and front-facing candidate recruitment; commissioners asked for time to consider and signaled openness to the hybrid option.
County Administrator Philip Smith Haines told commissioners May 27 that his employment agreement ends March 31, 2026 and that, to ensure a smooth transition, the commission should begin recruitment well ahead of that date. He presented four recruitment strategies: in-house promotion, open recruitment managed by internal HR, use of a national executive recruitment firm, and a hybrid option in which county HR handles…
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