Board Candidates are people who are on the board of directors for a non-profit organization. It is vital to establish a process to screen and recruit prospective board members in order to ensure your board is always properly staffed. Vacant board seats only cause business problems and make it more difficult for new members to move into the role.

Recruitment for board positions is typically handled by the nomination committee of the board and other interested parties. It is ideal that the committee will choose candidates with both board-level experience and relevant skills. In addition the committee should look at people with high intellectual standing outside of the corporate world (such as academics, government officials or supranational institutions as well as non-governmental organizations) and who have a track record of leadership in their respective fields.

Once a list of possible candidates has been compiled, the board chair may invite the candidates to a screening interview, and then to an open meeting with the entire board. The board will be able to meet the candidate and the person can learn more about the experience of being on the board.

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