Hiring Staff & Faculty 2009

Thoughts for Hiring Faculty and Staff
Arlene Carney
August 20, 2009

Search Committees
Appoint a diverse search committee – gender, race, ethnicity, etc.
Be aware of the rank of women and faculty of color
If these faculty are always the junior faculty on the committee, their influence and contribution is limited.

Search Committees
Be aware of implicit biases that all of us have.
Try this web site at Harvard to assess some implicit biases.
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

Search Committees
Write an unbiased search advertisement.
Consider the broad sweep of candidates.

Search Tactics
Have recruiting materials available that address:
Relocation
Dual career coupleshttp://www1.umn.edu/ohr/rap/spousepartner/
Higher Education Recruiting Consortium (HERC)http://www.uppermidwestherc.org/home/index.cfm?site_id=4166

Search Tactics
Send these materials to all candidates.
You have opened the door to a discussion of dual career hires.
This will enhance the chances that the candidate will bring up couple issues at an earlier time in the hiring process.

Search Tactics
Link the candidates to programs for faculty
Wish You Were Here website
http://www1.umn.edu/wishyouwerehere/