What sets us apart is our unique work as “Ethical Head-Hunters™”. We will not be asking your city to spend money on costly advertising. Running ads has become incredibly expensive. A small ad, 3 columns by 6 inches, in one national paper recently topped $7000.00. Use two or three major city papers and you can blow your entire recruiting budget in one weekend. The challenge is an Ad will usually only guaranteed that you will find the very best of the unhappy and the unemployed and then only if they happen to be looking at your ad the day it runs. Statistics tell us at any one time as few as 10% of the work force is actually open to the idea of a job change - but not looking. Today's municipal professionals have well founded concerns about confidentiality and jealously guard their personal privacy rights.

The fact is that top candidates are not looking at ads in the paper or internet job postings and would NEVER risk blindly sending their resume to anyone . . .would you? The best people have their heads down and are working hard, yet they will take the time to hear about "what's out there" when approached in a professional manner. Municipal executives at this level rely on retained executive recruiters to contact them directly to give them the inside story on new opportunities. They appreciate being confidentially represented when they are interested.

With 2 million fewer people in the generation following the “baby boomers”, local governments can anticipate a serious labor shortage in the coming years reaching the level of a “Perfect Storm” in 2010. This makes recruitment all the more difficult - and more important - than ever before. With Ravenhill Group to assist you, you can relax knowing that you have the expert help and advice you will need to identify, interview and recruit key people. We are active participants at conferences such as CAMA, AMTC, AMO, ROMA, SUMA, AUMA, LGAA just to name a few. Our key people have developed deep relationships with top municipal administrators and professionals from coast to coast. City Managers making hiring decisions at this level rely on Ravenhill Group to conduct a talent search which insures that all the right candidates have been identified, contacted and presented for consideration in a well-timed confidential manner.

City plans and organizational changes are cause for confidentiality concerns. Municipalities depend on the discretion and professionalism of companies like Ravenhill Group to maintain confidentiality throughout the process.

As professional retained recruiters Ravenhill Group will undertake an organized, research based effort that will result in the maximum benefit for all parties. We guarantee the highest possible probability of success for the city as well as the advancement of the candidate's career.

Ravenhill Group has invested years in the development of public sector research capabilities and cutting edge recruiting techniques. This will insure that our public sector clients and the managers and professionals we work with get outstanding results on every search assignment.

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Please contact Ravenhill Group executive search and recruitment firm for more information.