Academic Leadership Toolkit

Office of Faculty Development and Advancement

Faculty Recruitment Procedure

Overview:

The faculty search committee training provides strategies to conduct effective searches and make high-quality hiring recommendations. Before the search gets underway, the hiring official (typically the dean or provost) and/or the search committee should develop a recruitment plan. The plan delineates outreach efforts and activities that will be taken to build the applicant pool.

Goals:

• Hire outstanding faculty
• Conduct an open, objective, and competitive search process
• Comply with federal, state and university regulations and policies

Authority and Responsibility:

• The dean/department chair is charged with stewardship of the entire hiring process from inception through welcoming a new faculty member into the department.
• The committee chairperson provides leadership to the search committee members and ensures consistency and fairness in how the search is conducted.

Common Pitfalls:

• Search committee chairs conduct searches without completing the required training.
• The hiring department must retain all hiring documents in the department for public record requests for 4 years.
• The hiring department must exercise due diligence by vetting a top candidate’s qualifications as presented during the application and interview process.

Resources:

• Faculty Recruiting
• Faculty Search Training (PDF)
• Faculty Search Toolkit
• Eminent Scholar Search Procedures (PDF)
• Employment Checklist (Faculty) (PDF)
• OMNI Training Guides