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Guidelines for Staff Searches

This document is intended for those who have been commissioned to conduct a good faith effort to fill staff vacancies.

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Table of Contents

• Purpose
• A general overview
• Fundamental Principles
• Checklist for Staff Searches
• A Good Faith Effort
• The Search Committee
  • Selecting the Committee Chair and EEO Designee
  • Role and Responsibilities of the Search Committee Chair
  • The Role and Responsibility of Search Committee Membership
  • Role and Responsibility of the EEO Designee
  • Preparing the Search Committee
  • Conflict of Interest
• The Vacancy Announcement
• Developing the Recruitment Plan
• Advertising the Vacancy
• Documenting the Nomination
• Sample documentation
  • Application Rating Matrix
  • Application Rating Form
  • Sample Narrative Statement and Nomination of Candidates
  • Sample nomination memo by the selecting official pursuant to 2nd interview
• Professional Reference Checking
  • Process
  • Internal Candidates
  • Do’s And Don’ts
  • Developing & Asking the Right Questions
  • What to do with the information
• Confidentiality
• Establishing a Salary Offer
• Offering the Position