Bootcamp Overview: Your 5-Day Action Plan

The higher education hiring landscape has shifted significantly. New federal guidelines, public scrutiny, and heightened expectations for transparency have made it more challenging for institutions to run searches that are fair, compliant, and successful. Your committee will learn how to run searches that protect institutional credibility while ensuring the right candidates say yes.

This 5-day institutional bootcamp equips your search committee with the structure, tools, and confidence to move from posting to hire with clarity and purpose. Together, we’ll sharpen your process, strengthen the candidate experience, and align each step of the search with your institution’s mission and culture, so you don’t just fill a position, you make the right hire.

    1. Clarify the role’s purpose in the current environment.

    2. Distinguish non-negotiables from flexible preferences

    3. Align committee expectations to avoid mixed signals

    4. Recognize what candidates are looking for in today’s market

    1. Present institutional values and mission clearly

    2. Spot alignment and red flags in candidate materials

    3. Navigate federal and state compliance requirements

    4. Ensure consistent messaging across all touchpoints

    1. Write postings that attract and reassure candidates

    2. Build evaluation rubrics for fairness and consistency

    3. Interrupt hidden biases that influence decision-making

    4. Communicate transparently to build candidate trust

    5. Coordinate with HR and leadership effectively

    1. Avoid common pitfalls that undermine credibility

    2. Run structured and consistent interviews

    3. Ask questions that reveal alignment and resilience

    4. Reduce risks tied to bias or compliance issues

    5. Making Decisions in a Climate of Uncertainty

    1. Evaluate finalists with institutional priorities in mind.

    2. Manage dynamics between stakeholders

    3. Make defensible decisions under scrutiny

    4. Prepare for complex outcomes

    5. Strengthen candidate experience for retention

    6. Capture institutional lessons for future searches

5-Day Bootcamp Curiculum

  • Daily Q&A (support → daily interaction)
  • Resources, Materials, Tools
  • 5-Part Clarity Framework

Who is This For?

  • Search Committee Members

    who want a clear, structured approach to navigate today’s hiring climate.

  • Search Committee Chairs & Academic Leaders

    who need tools to guide committees and align searches with mission.

  • HR Partners & Institutional Administrators

    who oversee compliance and protect institutional credibility.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Equip your search committee to conduct fair, transparent, and defensible searches. In just five days, your team will gain the structure, strategies, and tools needed to attract, evaluate, and hire the right candidates with confidence in today’s higher ed climate.

By the end of this bootcamp, your committee will know how to:

  • Clarify the role’s purpose in today’s hiring climate.

  • Design processes that are fair, compliant, and defensible.

  • Identify red flags and “green lights” in candidate behavior that may indicate risk, misalignment, or challenges

  • Align committees, HR, and leadership for consistency.

  • Identify and interrupt bias in candidate evaluation.

Early Bird Bonus 🎁

Register your institution by September 15, 2025 and receive a complimentary private coaching session with Nicole (value $1,500).

What you’ll get:

  • ✔️ Tailored guidance for your active or upcoming search
  • ✔️ Real-time feedback to strengthen process, compliance, and candidate experience
  • ✔️ Actionable next steps to align committee, HR, and leadership

This bonus is available only to early registrants and pairs with your 10-seat institutional enrollment.

Offer expires September 15, 2025 — no exceptions.

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PRICING

Institutional Enrollment – $3,500

Each $3,500 institutional enrollment covers up to 10 seats. Seats may be assigned to one full search committee or shared across smaller committees or departments.

Register Your Committee – $3,500

Need More Than 10 Seats?

Each institutional enrollment covers up to 10 committee members. If your committee is larger, or if you’d like to share enrollment across departments, you can purchase additional seats at $500 per person.

For additional seats email [email protected]

Meet Dr. Nicole R. Robinson

Founder of Cultural Connections by Design | Higher Ed Consultant | Leadership Strategist |

Dr. Nicole R. Robinson is a nationally recognized academic consultant and former university associate vice president with 25+ years in higher ed leadership. As founder of Cultural Connections by Design, she helps institutions build inclusive, purpose-driven cultures using her signature 4P’s Culture Framework™—(People, Place, Process, and Power. Nicole has supported more than 150 colleges and universities in navigating culture challenges, leadership transitions, and strategic planning, helping institutions build people-centered cultures that align mission with practice.

FAQ

  • How many seats are included in the institutional enrollment?

    Each institutional enrollment includes up to 10 seats for one committee. Seats may also be shared across smaller committees or departments as needed.

  • What if our committee/group has more than 10 members?

    You can purchase additional seats at $500 each. Every additional seat provides full access to the 5-day bootcamp, live sessions, toolkits, and the community.

  • Can multiple committees from the same institution participate?

    Yes. Seats may be allocated across smaller committees or departments, as long as each participant is assigned their own seat and login. Logins cannot be shared among multiple people. If your institution needs to cover more than 10 participants, you can purchase additional seats at $500 each, or multiple institutional enrollments for full committees.

  • Will the sessions be recorded?

    Yes. All sessions are recorded. If you are unable to attend live, you’ll still receive access to the recording and materials for two weeks. We do encourage live participation for the best interactive experience.

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