Executive / Faculty Search

NewSouth AssociatesNS offers traditional retained search consulting services, particularly for upper management positions, for companies, colleges and universities, independent schools, churches, and other eleemosynary institutions throughout the southeast. Our search process takes approximately 90 days to complete, though each search varies in length, and our clients’ satisfaction is guaranteed.

Our head searches begin with an opportunity statement, the result of a series of interviews with teachers, students, administrators, and Board members concerning the school, its current needs, its history, its current operations, its perceived strengths and weaknesses, and – perhaps most importantly – the expectations of the new head. Once finalized, this document is used as the main recruitment piece in confidential conversations with candidates. It also eventually serves as a Board charge for its new chief executive officer.

Next, we start the process of calling those sources and others who can help us develop an initial list of prospective candidates for a position. Some searches have required as many as 200 “sourcing calls”; however, most of our searches average 100-150 phone calls. Through these contacts, we will develop a list of 30 or so potential candidates. But the process does not stop there.

After narrowing the list of 30+ candidates to ten or twelve, NewSouth AssociatesNS will then engage each in a lengthy one-on-one in-person screening process, allowing us to cull the list to the top three or four finalists. We complete detailed write-ups on each of the finalists and send the reports to our clients. Our goal, in essence, is to make the client’s decision a challenging one! The client and its search committee will then select a candidate to fill the opening. NewSouth AssociatesNS is prepared to act as the negotiator between client and the chosen candidate(s) if so requested by the client.

If you are interested in learning more or engaging NewSouth AssociatesNS to handle your next search – whether for a headmaster, development director, or key faculty member – please contact David Bowman at 336.946.0265.