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WSES had a deep and broad understanding of student affairs so knew exactly the qualities and qualifications necessary for a successful candidate. As a result, the pool generated was superb. WSES exceeded all of our expectations!
—Kim Waldron, Search Committee Chair
Colgate University

We were impressed by your understanding of student affairs and higher education. We found the preliminary planning / review meetings to be very helpful. Your suggested course of action / timetable worked well. (We thought that your suggestion for the Search Committee to spend time with each direct report was great). The Search Committee developed a good sense of student affairs issues thanks to your preparation and suggestions. You obviously spent time developing the quantity / quality of the candidate pool, and we appreciated your advice and insights as we narrowed the pool.
—Deborah Fullam, Search Committee Chair, Vice President and Controller, Lebanon Valley College

Bill was easy to talk with and available when we needed him. He provided the committee co-chairs timely updates, via phone and email. I felt “in the loop” for the entire process.
—William Brown, Search Committee Cochair, Vice President for Enrollment, Lebanon Valley College

Leila and Bill brought outstanding expertise to the table. The pool was strong, deep, and appropriately tailored to our needs. Support throughout the process was excellent.
—James Kulich, Search Committee Chair, Executive Vice President , Elmhurst College

As Chair of the College's Search Committee, I believe that the model you proposed to us for conducing the search, which we followed almost to the letter, in terms of both process and timing, was absolutely appropriate. I believe it gave us the best chance of getting the best possible candidates to choose from. Additionally, the process allowed us to move quickly enough so that loses of potential candidates were minimized.

Your team was wonderful to work with. The most important part of that was your personal responsiveness. I was able to reach you almost any day of the week, and about fourteen or fifteen hours a day for almost seven months. I only remember a couple of times that I did not reach you immediately or get a call back in less than an hour. Similarly, any time we asked you to join us at a meeting, you did, and you responded fully to any questions we had or advice we sought. When questions emerged regarding information your team provided, you followed up quickly and got further information to us rapidly.
—Richard Fenton- Search Committee Chair, SUNY Brockport

Developed excellent candidate pool for a position we thought would be very hard to fill.
—Mary Dunn - Director of Human Resources, Curry College

Several Areas with high level of satisfaction:
· Use of web to present candidate materials
· Initial recruitment of interested/strong candidates
· Reference checks, as well as initial interviews with selective candidates, and presentation of these materials for committee review.
—David Parkyn - Provost and Senior Vice President, Elizabethtown College

Not only was WSES very knowledgeable but there also was lots of room for flexibility regarding the actual job description.
Bill showed enormous respect for the process and all the parties involved (including the candidates and the members of the search committee)
—Claire Sterk, Senior Vice Provost
Search Committee Chair- Vice Provost for Enrollment and Academic Services
Emory University.

Bill was very easy to work with and immediately, and effectively responded to every request. The process was thorough and helped streamline the process at every step of the way. I would highly recommend him to any one.
—Dr. Laura Wankel, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services, Seton Hall University

Bill Spelman’s approach to the entire search process was very professional, very thorough, and, for us, very successful.—Robert Sullivan, Vice President
for University Development, The Catholic University of America

Thanks for all of your efforts. I know I can depend on you to know the right thing to do and to make the process easier for us!—Karen L. Pennington, Vice President Student Development and Campus Life, Montclair State University

Once again, you are to be commended for identifying such excellent professionals and for giving us the opportunity to bring them to our campus.
—James Gump, Committee Chair, Associate Professor of History, University
of San Diego

Bill, I believe the process went smoothly and quickly as intended.
The campus was pleased with the three candidates. It's great that it work out okay. Thanks again for the leadership.—Paul Bissonnett, Vice President
Finance and Administration, University of San Diego

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