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Special City Council Meeting May 24, 2004 Page 7 market. They are people that have good j obs and happy with that j ob, but if you present them with the right opportunity, they can become interested in the job. He said the purpose of this first stage of this process Task 1 and Task 2 of the proposal that the Council has is to try to generate the best qualified candidates. Once they do that, then they will start doing the screening process and they move through Task 3 and 4. Then, they start to screen those candidates and compare those candidates to the profile developed with the City Council. They will evaluate their resumes and the purpose of that is not necessarily to identify at this particular time who the finalists are. It is really to identify those candidates that appear not to meet the profile that the city has indicated. He said at this point, they will conduct interviews with those candidates to gather additional information about those candidates' work experience. Mr. Hartung said the only predictor of success in a position is past success in the same or similar position; so, as they go through these interviews, what they are trying to discover is what have these people actually done, what are their accomplishments, and what have they achieved in their previous position. Then they will move to the background reference checks by contacting people that are familiar with their experience. Mr. Hartung said they have the ability to check the newspaper web sites and get articles about the candidates. He said they also partner with an investigative service company in background checks in the area of educational verification, consumer credit records, criminal records, civil litigation records, motor vehicle and other records. He also said they were prepared to meet with the Council at key points at their direction as to where they are at various stages. Mr. Hartung advised that once they get reference checks, then, they will prepare a report for the City Council that will identify the recommended finalists. He said there would be four to six finalists. They will prepare a book for the City Council that will have the candidates' resumes, their interview notes, and their reference notes so the Council will be able to see what the references said about each of the candidates. They will also prepare some suggested questions for the interviews. He said they will help with the final interviews and help the Council with the final negotiations.