Step 3: Advertise Position and Recruit Applicants

Form(s) Required: Contact logs for Search Committee members

The Search Committee is charged with recruiting qualified applicants for the pending positions, reviewing their credentials, and recommending the most acceptable candidates for consideration. The Search Committee will determine where and how it will advertise the position. The more creative and aggressive a committee is in its recurring efforts, the more likely it is to generate interest form a diverse pool of qualified candidates. Search Committees are encouraged to spend their time and efforts on methods (conferences, publications, listservs, and personal contacts) relevant to the position. Each committee member should maintain a contact log to indicate all contacts (letters, e-mails, telephone calls etc.) made during the search process.

OED maintains information regarding:

• Common Advertising and Recruiting resources for Academic and Service Disciplines
• Listings of
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU),
  • Traditional Women’s Colleges and Universities,
  • Native American Colleges and Universities, and
  • local and State (Tennessee) Colleges and Universities
• Managed listserv to Higheredjobs.com (job posting at no cost to the hiring unit) and other related links

The following resources can prove to be helpful supplements to other advertising and recruiting methods used by the search committee:

• Ads placed in professional journals, membership lists or vita bank services
• Departments and contacts at other universities offering relevant degrees
• Personal contacts to colleagues in the profession to solicit names of potential qualified candidates
• Internet resources, listservs, and/or e-mail lists
• Professional associations and conferences serving specific populations (ex. Women in Engineering or Association of Black Psychologists)
• The applicant pool from similar searches conducted by the department or other university departments recruiting similar types of positions
• Current employees
• Local and campus-based special interest commissions (Council on Interculturalism and Diversity, Commission for Women, Commission for Blacks, Commission for LGBT People, Exempt Staff Council, Employee Relations Committee, Center for International Education) as well as local community-based agencies (Knoxville Area Urban League, Community Action Agency, and Tennessee Workforce and Development, particularly the Veteran Administration unit).