Commitment to an Inclusive Search

RPA Inc. believes in and has memorialized in its corporate policy and search procedures, full parity in opportunity and hiring, and makes a conscious commitment to assure full inclusion and the broadest possible reach in all the searches it undertakes.

• To address full access to opportunities, RPA Inc. assists clients in identifying venues for placing position announcements that will reach a broad spectrum of potential candidates. 
• Direct contact on behalf of client institutions includes proactive phone calls and email.
• RPA Inc. maintains a current and growing database of contact information for individuals in higher education and related professions and selects from this source individuals to target. In developing the population to which a position is to be exposed, a special effort is made to ensure that individuals currently employed at institutions with a broad range of missions and foci are included in our outreaches.
• In assembling information about candidates for presentation to clients, RPA Inc. requests information related to education and professional history only.
• In evaluating candidate qualifications, the firm notes and takes into account only factors related to the parameters of the position and the criteria established by the client institution in relation to the educational and experiential history of the candidate.
• RPA Inc. presents the full candidate pool to its clients and assists them in understanding and objectively comparing the characteristics and qualities each applicant possesses and provides evaluation instruments that focus assessment on those factors, without regard to age, ethnicity, gender, or any other factor unrelated to the position to be filled.
• RPA Inc. will, as a service to clients, develop and provide a survey to candidates eliciting anonymous information related to the composition of the candidate pool. As a general rule, this information is not provided to the client until the search has closed and is then given only in aggregate form so that the client can evaluate the effectiveness of the search process in achieving full inclusion.

Reaching a Broad Population:

• RPA Inc. assists in identifying venues for placing position announcements that will reach a broad spectrum of potential applicants with a variety of experiences and qualifications.
• Direct contact on behalf of client institutions includes phone calls and email directed to individuals who bring various skillsets to the candidate pool.