This timeline showcases the key milestones and steps in the College of Engineering’s faculty hiring process. For additional details and requirements, visit Procedures.
Step 1
Submit a hiring plan to CoE HR
Follow the instructions shared by the CoE Human Resources team via email.
Step 2
Establish search committee
A critical first step in an inclusive hiring process is to follow best practices for forming and preparing the search committee.
Step 3
Complete rubric and job ad
A commitment to recruiting and hiring from a robust pool of candidates requires aligning the faculty search process and search committees with evaluation rubrics, job ads and a clear evaluation process.
Step 4
Generate applicant pool
Search committees and the hiring unit should actively engage in generating a robust applicant pool and check in with the Office of Inclusive Excellence at their priority review deadline.
Step 5
Evaluate applications
Search committees should use best practices to complete their initial evaluation of applications and check in with the Office of Inclusive Excellence prior to inviting preliminary interview candidates.
Step 6
Conduct interviews
Search committees and hiring units should continue to follow best practices throughout the interview stages of the faculty search process.
Step 7
Identify finalists
After completing finalist interviews, work together to decide to whom to make an offer
Step 8
Debrief on search process
Units can improve future faculty search processes by documenting lessons learned from the recently completed search.