Unlike many traditional executive recruiting services, La Piana Associates provides highly customized assistance for a select number of nonprofit organizations seeking to recruit and retain new talent. The recruitment, selection, and hiring process for executive staff is time consuming, requires a large investment, and carries an extraordinarily high consequence of error. We assist your search committee, board, or executive director in this challenging process. We undertake no more than 2-3 searches at any one time, ensuring individualized attention to your needs.

The following services are available:

• Requisition and Analysis: We will walk you through a review of the job description, clarifying the skills, experience, and education needed. We will help you to craft the selection process from beginning to hire.
• Source Applicants: We will write the ad copy and place ads on the web and in appropriate print outlets, achieving broad distribution by using multiple source outlets known for recruiting skilled nonprofit managers.
• Personalized Search: Using our extensive knowledge of the field and its leaders, we can supplement a traditional search with phone calls to likely candidates - and those likely to know attractive candidates - to assess possible interest in the available position.
• Create Hiring Template: We will create a criteria checklist for each stage of the process, helping the selection committee to screen applicants effectively.
• Pre-Screen: We can serve as the recipient of resumes, sorting and presenting them to the hiring committee by filtered priority.
• Check References: Negligent hiring, misrepresentation, and potential liability abound in the hiring process. We will check references of all viable candidates, documenting findings and presenting them to the selection committee. If requested we will use outside firms to do extensive background checks to validate all aspects of potential employees' educational and professional histories.
• Facilitate the Interview Process: We will craft specific behaviorally-based questions and scenarios specific to the client's needs. We can facilitate the interview process. We can coordinate an interview committee and train its members in sound employee interview and selection techniques.
• Facilitate the Selection Process: We can facilitate the discussions of the selection committee and create a matrix for decision-making.
• Craft the Offer, Compensation, and Negotiation Process: We can assist in the negotiation and acceptance process. This is a critical step in getting the preferred candidate to accept the offer, without causing the organization to compromise its internal equity standards.
• Facilitate the New Hire Orientation and Initial Management Process: We can create a specific orientation process for an organization or for individual positions. After the cost and time of hiring, it is essential to ensure success and help the newly hired individual get up to speed as quickly as possible.