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FULL-TIME FACULTY RECRUITMENT WORKSHOP SPRING 2005

FULL-TIME FACULTY RECRUITMENT WORKSHOP SPRING 2005. AGENDA. Overview Legal Update Vacancy Announcement Recruitment Screening Special Issues. General Info Searches authorized 34 searches 76% success rate 45 hires last year. AA/EEO Reps UARTP 6.06 tenured full member

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FULL-TIME FACULTY RECRUITMENT WORKSHOP SPRING 2005

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  1. FULL-TIME FACULTYRECRUITMENT WORKSHOPSPRING 2005

  2. AGENDA • Overview • Legal Update • Vacancy Announcement • Recruitment • Screening • Special Issues

  3. General Info Searches authorized 34 searches 76% success rate 45 hires last year AA/EEO Reps UARTP 6.06 tenured full member Department policy voting OVERVIEW

  4. LEGAL UPDATE • Federal/State Standards • Proposition 209 • Hiring • Recruitment

  5. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS • Request to advertise form • Appendix 1, Guidelines • on HR website • Sample announcement • Appendix 2 Guidelines • Closing deadlines • “hard” deadlines & pool size • examples and meaning (sec II.b. Guidelines)

  6. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTAcademic rank and salary Deans determine in consult with VPAA • Appointment recommendation must conform • Advertising salary range not required • Past practice v. current market

  7. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTDegree Statement Conforms with dept. ARTP policy • Anticipate screening process • Clarity of language critical • Examples and definitions (sec II.A Guidelines)

  8. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTOther Quals and Assignment • Other qualification examples (sec II. C Guidelines) • Tip: don’t describe ideal candidate • Use “preferences” for most flexibility • Assignments more than instruction (sec II.E Guidelines) • Note full range of duties or special duties

  9. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTAA/EEO Reps • Special attention to impact of language • Qualification statements

  10. RECRUITMENTUniversity Level • Chronicle of Higher Ed • Other national publications • Sac State web • CSU web • Sac State faculty/staff organizations • Sac State Bulletin • CSU Forgivable Loan Program participant list

  11. RECRUITMENTOpen Recruitment • University-posted announcement • Send to colleges • Fold into searches • Follow hiring procedure (UARTP Section 6.10.E)

  12. RECRUITMENTDepartment • Ads in discipline journals • E-mail announcements/ads • Conferences • Letters

  13. RECRUITMENTResources • CSU Forgivable Loan list • Women & Minorities Doctoral Degree Recipients • Campus-based associations

  14. RECRUITMENTAA/EEO REPS • Leadership in designing recruitment strategies • Network

  15. SCREENING • All members present- deliberations/interviews (6.06.B.2 UARTP) • Vacancy announcement “controls” • 3 stages: • paper screening • reference checks • on-campus interviews

  16. PAPER SCREENING • “Operationalize” criteria • Committee agrees on meaning • “Required” v. “preferred” • Tip: groupings on screening form • Doctorate/terminal degree

  17. PAPER SCREENING • Keep it simple • Weights v. “3 piles” system • All members screen individually • Consult with Dean at decision points

  18. SCREENINGAA/EEO Reps • Special attention to: • “operationalizing” criteria • leadership on no discrimination • leadership on no preference

  19. REFERENCE CHECKS • Solicited letters do not substitute for reference checks • Take charge of the process • General guidelines (sec. X, Guidelines) • Step-by-step protocol (Appendix 6)

  20. REFERENCE CHECKS • Documentation on status of doctorate for ABD’s • If checks reveal sensitive info, call HR before sharing with committee

  21. INTERVIEWS • General comments (sec. XIII Guidelines) • Additional Interview Questions Information (appendix X, Guidelines) • All members present • Schedule time for Dean’s interview

  22. INTERVIEWSQuestions • Cluster questions • OK to provide prior to interview • not before arrival on campus • consistent for all candidates • Standard questions • follow-up questions ok

  23. INTERVIEWS • No “courtesy” interviews • Check interview time against number of questions • Copies of RTP criteria • give during visit • RTP criteria section only • dept., college & university • required (sec. 6.10.E UARTP) • Include others (majors, faculty, others)

  24. REFERENCE CHECKS AND INTERVIEWSAA/EEO REPS • Special attention to: • language used in questions (Fall 04 Guideline App. 10) • linking candidates to campus/community resources • Disability issues, refer to Fall 04 Guideline, sec XIII D • making all candidates feel welcome

  25. SPECIAL ISSUES • Foreign nationals • Timeliness • Read most recent guidelines • Dept./college appointment policies • Waivers for FT lecturers

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