Best Practices: Recruitment, Staff Development and EEO/AA/Diversity
Awareness
Objectives
- To improve staff recruitment and retention strategies
- To provide staff training and development opportunities
- To increase promotional opportunities
- To increase diversity in the workforce
Strategies for Supervisors and Human Resources Contacts
- Compose a Recruitment Plan for each job opportunity
- Develop effective marketing materials and strategies
- Network on and off campus by attending key meetings and conferences
- Make announcements at Department Chair and Academic Business
Administrator (ABA) meetings
- Communicate opportunities to key campus groups, such as the
Staff Association and
Alumni Association
- Widely advertise using local, regional or national publications depending
on your target pool
- Send job announcement notices to other institutions, professional groups
and targeted list-serves
- Personally contact existing employees to inform them of job openings
- Subscribe to professional organization newsletters and advertise in their
publications
- Form department search committees with diverse membership
- Expand the search if the applicant pool is not sufficiently diverse
- Showcase your department at community outreach fairs and special events
- Make reminders to supervisors as part of performance appraisal process
regarding responsibilities related to
UCSD Standards
Develop Web Based Resources and Links
Referrals and Campus Resources
