Faculty Recruitment

Purpose

Search committee training is required for all members before persons can be granted access to search materials and applicant files from University Human Resources. Training is designed to provide committee members with information and resources to ensure they are well-equipped to carry out their service responsibility, in alignment with institutional mission and statements of aspiration. The overall goal is to ensure committee members apply best practices throughout all phases of the search process. Committee members will not be permitted to take part in search committee meetings or discussions until they have completed this required training. Search committee members will retain access to the course in Workday Learning throughout the search process. Committee members are required to complete the online training annually. The certification period restarts on July 1 each year.

Training

The training has two parts:

1. A 90-minute, online Search Committee Training course in Workday Learning, which includes required readings, a narrated PowerPoint presentation, surveys, and helpful resources for all candidates.

Within the training course, search committees are guided to the following resources:

Effective Faculty Recruitment (PDF) provides guidelines and best practices to support the search process. Search committee members are encouraged to share the Build Your Career at ISU (PDF) document with all candidates. Additional information is available on the community resources webpage. Also, please refer to the faculty template rating matrix.

Appendices (PDF) are included to provide useful sample questions and templates to use in the faculty search process.

2. A 60-minute, synchronous meeting with a faculty success advisor and human resources partner or coordinator. This meeting will take place after all committee members complete the online search committee training. The meeting may be conducted using different modalities (i.e., in-person, virtual, or hybrid). Committee members are required to attend a meeting for each search committee served.

Other useful resources

The Survey of Earned Doctorates (NORC, University of Chicago) provides useful information and comprehensive data about U.S.-trained doctorate holders in the fields of science, engineering, and health. Search committee members may use this resource to learn more about the characteristics of the candidate pool for their disciplines and open searches.

University Human Resources offers helpful resources pertaining to employment practices, guidelines, and policies.

For questions or more information, contact:

• Your committee chair, your college’s faculty success advisor, or your human resources partner or coordinator.