Recruitment Process

Before filling an administrative and professional faculty vacancy:

· Fill out a PR23. http://www.radford.edu/~pers-web/forms.htm


Before advertising the position:

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Contact Human Resources prior to initiating search procedures to review procedures for conducting a search in accordance with the Affirmative Action Plan.

· Submit advertisement to Human Resources for review.


Other outreach strategies:

· Review the workforce profile to determine if you need a recruitment goal in filling the vacant position(s). 
  · Contact Human Resources to review the search process and the current faculty profile.
  · Determine recruitment goals for department.
· Examine the strategies used to solicit applicants.
· During screening, establish and apply consistently written criteria that are objective and that relate to the requirements of the position.  Make and keep a record of the criteria and how they were applied.
· Prepare the interviewers and create a list of written questions.  Ask the same questions of each applicant.  Make and retain relevant notes of each interview.
· Keep the records for 3 years.
· Review accommodations for the disabled.
· When the selection process is over, quantify the applicant flow and selection data and review the results.
· The key to legal employment inquiries is to ask only questions that will provide information about the person’s ability to do the job with or without reasonable accommodation.


Note: Search committees may want to view the interviewing video: 

More Than a Gut Feeling, available in the Human Resources Library (call extension 5008).


Radford University does not discriminate with regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, national origin, religion, or political affiliation in the administration of its educational programs, activities, admission or employment practices. Inquiries may be directed to the Director of Human Resources at P.O. Box 6889, 704 Clement Street. Telephone: voice (540) 831-5421; hearing impaired (540) 831-5128.


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