<p dir="ltr">Hi Adam,<br>
On 21 Nov 2014 12:36, "Adam Nelson" <<a href="mailto:adam@varud.com">adam@varud.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Douglas,<br>
> While I think it's ok to let a recruitment agency do some work, Afrinic can't just outsource the whole thing or there will be a very mediocre pool of candidates.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I didn't suggest a completely outsourced process. I said that a hybrid of in-house and outsourced should be used to leverage the strength of both sides.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">> I was thinking an ad in the Economist and industry sites/periodicals and an all hands on deck approach from the Afrinic secretariat/board/community. Choosing the next leader is probably the most important event for the future of Afrinic we'll see for some time.<br>
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> -Adam<br>
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Douglas Onyango <<a href="mailto:ondouglas@gmail.com">ondouglas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> All,<br>
>> While internal knowledge of the community is key, I think it may confines our search team to only the community, which may or may not deliver the very best candidate. <br>
>> Couple this with admin & and logistical requirements needed to look for executive candidates in a short period of time and think involving an agency would be more efficient.<br>
>><br>
>> My suggestion is to engage a competent agency which can take care of the logistics and initial vetting of candidates, they can then forward the cream to an internal team for a final round of interviews.<br>
>><br>
>> This path gives us the best of both worlds with the shortest turn around time.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 20 Nov 2014 11:46, "Mark Tinka" <<a href="mailto:mark.tinka@seacom.mu">mark.tinka@seacom.mu</a>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Thursday, November 20, 2014 09:44:57 AM Bill Woodcock<br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > > Speaking from my own experience on the ARIN board when we<br>
>> > > had a similar transition to make, I’d say that<br>
>> > > “recruitment professionals” are an unmitigated disaster.<br>
>> > > They’ll find you a set of generic and mediocre<br>
>> > > candidates, none particularly prepared for the task.<br>
>> > > After two false starts using “recruitment professionals”<br>
>> > > we gave up on them and hired someone we knew was capable<br>
>> > > of handling the job, and who wouldn’t flake out. And<br>
>> > > that’s worked out really well for us.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I'd tend to agree, in this case.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > We know the community, and that's an advantage worth<br>
>> > exploiting.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Mark.<br>
>> ><br>
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