Position Development
Faculty who have served on many search committees tell us that the development of the position and the position description is the first important opportunity to open the door for a diverse applicant pool, or to make such a pool unlikely.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Strategies, discrimination and affirmative action laws and regulations.

Establishing and Using Screening Criteria
Concerns in developing, weighting and applying screening criteria.

Steps and Strategies for Developing a Position
Six steps involved in developing a position. Includes sample language of qualifications, duties and responsibilities, university and community.

Recruitment
Recruiting pitfalls and strategies. Along with the position development stage, the recruiting stage is an opportunity to get a more diverse applicant pool.

Screening
Screening pitfalls and strategies. Screening actually begins when you develop the position; as you identify minimum qualifications, you are already screening possible candidates.

Interviewing
Interviewing pitfalls, (bias, legal), pre-employment question guideline, interviewing principles and strategies for effective interviewing.

Selection
Four topics to think about when making a selection.

Candidate Negotiation
Pitfalls and strategies.