Recruitment Resources
Recruitment is the process whereby the candidate pool for a position is established, undergirded by the understanding that the final candidate chosen can be no better than those recruited into the candidate pool. All the work of evaluating and interviewing will be useless without the initial effort to recruit effectively a sufficiently large and talented pool of candidates able to yield a successful candidate.
All national searches must be advertised in at least one national journal. The closing deadline of the position must be a minimum of six weeks after the approval of the announcement by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity and should reflect the publishing schedule of the journal selected. Choice of the journal(s) used should be determined by identifying which will likely be read by candidates with the qualifications sought. For that reason there is no one "standard" advertising source.
Departments should determine how they can best use their advertising dollars. The recruitment plan will be more or less extensive to reflect the expected difficulty in accomplishing the task. Journals which target minority audiences are encouraged particularly if the search anticipates difficulty in generating a diverse pool. However, direct contacts with individuals and organizations may be even more effective in reaching the targeted groups. Advertising is expensive; reopening a search and re-advertising is even more expensive.
Journal advertising, while important, is only one piece of a successful recruitment plan. Personal contacts, organization contacts, professional meetings and internet sites should also be included. Some professional organizations and websites are included in this listing. You are invited to send other sites to the OEOD web contact person. Some organizations will advertise on their internet site. CSU does not currently subscribe to any of the internet online recruitment services (i.e., CareerMosaic).
The watchword for the successful advertising plan is "Where would the qualified candidate see our advertisement?"