The Complete Academic Search Manual: A Systematic Approach to Successful and Inclusive Hiring,  by Lauren A. Vicker and Harriette J. Royer, is available on reserve at Mantor Library for UMF faculty and staff under “Affirmative Action Hiring”.  It may be checked out with your UMF I.D.  While our own search policies prescribe procedures that must be followed, this manual gives additional information and ideas helpful for both search chairs and Affirmative Action Observers.

Contents for Faculty Search Handbook

Links with an asterisk (*) are MSWord files.

Policies and Procedures       Personnel Policies and Procedures for Faculty*

I.       Position Approval
II.      Recruitment
III.    Documentation
IV.     Screening
V.      On-Campus Interviews
VI.     Final Selection
VII.   Contacting Finalists
VIII.  Follow-Up

Position announcement*

Boilerplate (see eCampus, Forms & Documents, President's Office)

Affirmative action information

Observer’s Report form*
Report form (for search chair)*
Information on affirmative action hiring*
Ethnic identification sheet  

Managing the search process

Sample tentative search schedule*
Pre-employment Inquiry Guide
(questions that may and may not be asked due to equal employment issues)
Sample evaluation grid
Sample letters to candidates*

a. acknowledgment of nomination
b. acknowledgment of receipt of application
c. letter to those who didn’t make the first cut
d. letter to those who didn’t make the cut after the phone interview
e. letter to phone interviewees not invited to campus (Note: Letters of congratulation are so much easier to write that samples have not been included.)

Suggested information to send to phone interviewees*
Sample letter to phone interviewees*
Sample telephone interview questions*
Sample letter to campus community inviting them to public presentation by candidate*
Sample questions for reference*
Sample schedule for candidate’s on-campus visit*