How to Recruit and Screen Board Candidates
Board Candidates are the individuals who are appointed to the board of directors. Having a process in place to select and screen potential board members is essential to ensure that your board is adequately staffed at all times. Board positions that are vacant can result in business losses and make it challenging for new members of the board to be able to assume their new roles.
The process of identifying candidates for board positions is usually conducted by the nomination committee of the board and other interested parties. The committee that nominates will select candidates with an experience of board level as well as relevant skills. The committee should also consider people with a high level of intellectual standing outside of the corporate world, for example, academics, government officials, supranational institutions, or non-governmental organizations, and who have demonstrated track records of being at the top in their field.
Once a list of candidates is compiled The chair of the board may invite the candidates to a pre-screening interview and then to a meeting with the whole board. The board can get to know the candidate and also experience what it’s like to serve on the board.
In the course of elections it can be helpful to have a detailed profile of the candidate that voters can access online. This will allow voters to make a more informed decision about the candidate they choose. Additionally, it may be beneficial to have an overall voting system on your ballot or let voters choose “abstain.” Both of these options can be easily configured in ElectionBuddy.
