The Hot Springs Village POA Board of Directors has been working hard to find a new General Manager. Via email, on Monday, November 22, 2021, the HSVPOA Board updated the community regarding the recruitment/hiring of a new General Manager. The email is posted below.
HSVPOA BOARD BRIEF #13 – Nov. 22, 2021
GM Recruiting Update
“Understanding many Property Owners’ interest in the hiring of a new General Manager, the HSVPOA Board of Directors would like to share the recruiting progress thus far. To date, the Board has interviewed 9 candidates, representing a broad range of experience and expertise. Specifically, the variety of credentials among the candidates includes:
· POA staff members
· HOA/POA experience
· City Manager experience
· Significant hospitality/tourism experience
· Broad business and business executive experience
“Last week the Board determined that one of the 9 candidates met and exceeded all expectations and requirements described in the job description. An offer was extended to that individual. Unfortunately, personal circumstances prevented the candidate from accepting the Board’s offer.
“The Board has now asked the recruiter to provide additional candidates whose experience and expertise more closely match those of the one outstanding candidate. We anticipate interviews will continue immediately after the Thanksgiving holiday. While the process may appear to be taking quite a bit of time, the Board is committed to hiring not just “a General Manager” but rather “the right General Manager” for Hot Springs Village.”
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Jess Jackson
11/22/2021 — 9:31 pm
Maybe it’s time to look for a recruiting firm more experienced and focused. This is not a difficult fill. Apparently the one candidate was not vetted very well. Why not have your HM manager contact the trade association representing this position. They are always available to assist with searches. Once again, this a pretty easy fill.
Susan Posner
11/23/2021 — 5:55 am
Not rocket science, Bella Vistas is from here credentialed.
https://www.camicb.org/find-a-cmca
Susan Posner
11/23/2021 — 5:59 am
Whom ever it is should have certain credentials. Bella Vistas does.
https://www.caionline.org/LearningCenter/credentials/Pages/default.aspx
Tom Blakeman
11/25/2021 — 3:08 pm
Sorry, but it makes no sense why someone would be applying for, interviewed for and offered a job but declines for “personal circumstances”. I know, I know, shit happens. But this seems a stretch too far. Especially when it was just this one person – the only one? – who “exceeded all expectations and requirements”.
Susan Posner
11/26/2021 — 8:57 pm
Because the job requirements a deficient board came up with doesn’t match the need.
John Szczepaniak
11/25/2021 — 3:20 pm
Tom
I am wondering that myself and why would they even disclose that information?
Patrick McCarthy
11/29/2021 — 9:12 pm
John – I agree with you, why would they disclose this information. Quite frankly it reflects poorly on them.
I think they’re making this whole process too hard. We don’t need “the perfect candidate”, we need someone who has good qualifications and experience with good judgment who is willing to learn.
Among the candidates they only had one? That doesn’t say much for the list and reflects poorly on the company they selected. I just don’t have a lot of confidence in the Board going forward. They do too many things I would never do, to me it reflects on their judgment.
Susan Posner
11/30/2021 — 7:55 am
2022 budget version 2 (Governance-BOD-website)
Patrick McCarthy
12/01/2021 — 10:52 am
In 1910, a year after his presidency ended, Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech in Paris formally known as “Citizenship in a Republic.” It is better known today, though, as “The Man in the Arena” from the passage which goes, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles … The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.”
This is the other side of the coin, still I wish the Board would think better and do better, however, I think we should all temper our thinking and remarks based on the above – me included.
steve bylow
12/06/2021 — 8:03 am
I agree it is unusual to provide such a specific update on a GM selection and the search firm does not appear to have the right expertise but I am glad:
1. The Board is erroring on the side of transparency.
2. They are attempting to hire a candidate with significant relevant experience instead of someone who can grow into the job.
Steve
Linda
12/13/2021 — 1:25 pm
Vet wisely is all I have to say. Btw, David Twiggs may be looking for a new job, he is no longer with Sun City Grand after 20 months!
Linda
12/13/2021 — 1:25 pm
Vet wisely is all I have to say. Btw, David Twiggs may be looking for a new job, he is no longer with Sun City Grand after 20 months!