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William Spelman Executive Search (WSES) becomes a President-level partner with the National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), a non-profit consortium devoted to helping campuses recruit and retain the most outstanding and diverse faculty, staff, and administrators and assisting dual-career couples find employment that responds to their unique needs.

In an ongoing commitment to support those in higher education, WSES’s corporate sponsorship begins a direct connection between WSES’s campus clients and higher education executive professionals with HERC, an organization providing over 17,000 job listings at 550+ colleges, universities, teaching hospitals, research laboratories, and government agencies. HERC offers a comprehensive job board custom designed for faculty, staff and executive jobseekers who are exploring employment opportunities in higher education. HERC also offers job search tools for dual-career couples who seek positions within a commutable distance of each other, an especially important resource for higher education professionals. In addition, HERC offers its members professional development opportunities to discuss best practices for recruitment and gain other valuable insights from higher education experts.

“We’re a company helping campuses recruit higher education executives, so it’s important for us to align with organizations that are making such a positive contribution to higher education recruitment,” said William Spelman, President of WSES. “Our partnership with HERC exemplifies our support of the academic community.”

Campuses interested in becoming a HERC member may contact the National HERC’s Executive Director, Nancy Aebersold at nancy@nationalherc.org.

Higher education executives interested in exploring job opportunities at HERC’s member campuses are encouraged to visit the National HERC website.

Additional details about the WSES/HERC partnership will be announced periodically.