February 2008

• Position created and posted on university’s job site
• Acceptance of search committee members to participate

March 2008

• First meeting of the search committee
• Develop recruitment plan
• Place on HR Executive Leadership Opportunities website (http://hr.uth.tmc.edu/Executive_Searches/executive_searches.html)
• Place advertisements
• Initiate candidate contacts

April 2008

• Continue candidate prospecting
• Receive applications/resumes
• Review candidates (electronically)
• Conduct interviews
• Identify three finalists

May 2008

• Interview finalists
• Extend offer to selected candidate

This timeline should be considered a working document, subject to revision as needed. If additional time is required, the timeline will be revised accordingly.