FULL-TIME FACULTYRECRUITMENT WORKSHOP

SPRING 2005

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AGENDA

• Overview

• Legal Update

• Vacancy Announcement

• Recruitment

• Screening

• Special Issues

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OVERVIEW

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

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LEGAL UPDATE

• Federal/State Standards

• Proposition 209

• Hiring

• Recruitment

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Request to advertise formAppendix 1, Guidelineson HR website

• Sample announcementAppendix 2 Guidelines

• Closing deadlines“hard” deadlines & pool sizeexamples and meaning (sec II.b. Guidelines)

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Academic rank and salary

Deans determine in consult with VPAA

• Appointment recommendation must conform

• Advertising salary range not required

• Past practice v. current market

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Degree Statement

Conforms with dept. ARTP policy

• Anticipate screening process

• Clarity of language critical

• Examples and definitions (sec II.A Guidelines)

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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

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

AA/EEO Reps

• Special attention to impact of language

• Qualification statements

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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

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RECRUITMENTOpen Recruitment

• University-posted announcement

• Send to colleges

• Fold into searches

• Follow hiring procedure (UARTP Section 6.10.E)

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RECRUITMENTDepartment

• Ads in discipline journals

• E-mail announcements/ads

• Conferences

• Letters

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RECRUITMENTResources

• CSU Forgivable Loan list

• Women & Minorities Doctoral Degree Recipients

• Campus-based associations

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RECRUITMENTAA/EEO REPS

• Leadership in designing recruitment strategies

• Network

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SCREENING

• All members present- deliberations/interviews (6.06.B.2 UARTP)

• Vacancy announcement “controls”

• 3 stages:paper screeningreference checkson-campus interviews

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PAPER SCREENING

• “Operationalize” criteria

• Committee agrees on meaning

• “Required” v. “preferred”

• Tip: groupings on screening form

• Doctorate/terminal degree

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PAPER SCREENING

• Keep it simple

• Weights v. “3 piles” system

• All members screen individually

• Consult with Dean at decision points

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SCREENINGAA/EEO Reps

• Special attention to: “operationalizing” criteria leadership on no discrimination leadership on no preference

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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)

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REFERENCE CHECKS

• Documentation on status of doctorate for ABD’s

• If checks reveal sensitive info, call HR before sharing with committee

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INTERVIEWS

• General comments (sec. XIII Guidelines)

• Additional Interview Questions Information (appendix X, Guidelines)

• All members present

• Schedule time for Dean’s interview

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INTERVIEWSQuestions

• Cluster questions

• OK to provide prior to interview not before arrival on campus consistent for all candidates

• Standard questions follow-up questions ok

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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)

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REFERENCE CHECKS AND INTERVIEWS

AA/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

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SPECIAL ISSUES

• Foreign nationals

• Timeliness

• Read most recent guidelines

• Dept./college appointment policies

• Waivers for FT lecturers