Outreach Efforts for a Diverse Applicant Pool

Contact Human Resources to review the search process and the current faculty profile.
Determine recruitment goals for department.
Review strategies that will help to diversify applicant pool.
Send letters with position announcement that encourages individuals to apply to:
	1.	List of attendees from conferences
	2.	Other personal contacts/colleagues
	3.	Appointees from appointments section of Diverse Issues in Higher Education or other publications
	4.	Potential applicants from nominations list.
Post position announcement on the National Minority Faculty Identification Program website (please contact ccarter29@radford.edu).
Search for potential candidates to contact on the Directory of Minority Candidates website sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation:  http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/DirectoryOfMinorityCandidates/archieve/ResourceList/mindir/search.asp.
When making direct contact with those minority individuals nominated, describing the position and the institution, determining their interest, and  if interested, requesting additional information-resume, application, and names of references.
Visiting schools that graduate a large number of minority and or female individuals with the Ph.D. in the discipline.