Developing a Staff Recruitment Plan

At UC Riverside we strive to achieve excellence in our workforce through diversity. As the university moves into a period of growth, we have the opportunity to build the diversity of our staff. It is important that applicant pools include a range of highly qualified candidates, including candidates from underrepresented groups.

Staff Recruitment Plan Sample

Position: Management Services Officer III (MSO III)

Responsibility: This search will commence March 1, 2003. The position is the business and administrative staff officer for the department of Genetics. The department chair, working with the Dean’s Office, will assume responsibility for coordinating this search. Human Resources will provide assistance in writing the job description, identifying job requirements, and preparing the employee requisition; recommending appropriate recruitment sources; drafting sample interview questions; reviewing applications/resumes and referring the highest qualified candidates for consideration for interview; serving on the search committee.

Position Description: This is a vacant MSO III position. The department chair, with input and assistance from the Dean’s Office and Human Resources, will prepare a new job description.

Diversity: To achieve excellence in our workforce through diversity, a variety of advertising sources will be used: job announcements will be sent to appropriate professional groups (e.g., Academic Business Officer Group); targeted mailings will be sent to potential applicants; the job announcement will be posted on HR’s web site (

Advertising Sources: Salary for this position will be commensurate with experience. Possible advertising sources include:

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Cost

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Date

UCR Employment Opportunities Bulletin / None / 03/14/2003
HotJobs.com / None / 03/14/2003
Los Angeles Times Executive Market Place / $3500 / 03/20/2003
IMDiversity Website / None / 03/15/2003
Higher Education Jobs On-line / None / 03/30/2003
UC Employee Outreach Consortium List Serve / None / 03/14/2003
UC Employment Managers List Serve / None / 03/14/2003
NAACP Job Faire / $1000 / 03/22/2003
ABOG List Serve / None / 03/13/2003

Search Committee: Search committee members will include the department chair, one or two faculty, a business officer from another academic department, a representative from the Dean’s Office and a representative from Human Resources.

Timeline

Completed By: 2/28 3/28 4/28 5/28

Finalize job description / Chair / X
Approve recruitment plan / Dean’s Office / X
Obtain estimates and approvals / HR / X
Place ads / HR / X
Collect resumes / HR / X
Preliminary review of resumes / HR / X
Draft interview questions / Committee / X
Select candidates for interview / Committee / X
Interview/refer candidates / Committee / X
Interviews finalists / Chair / X
Conduct reference checks / Chair / X
Make job offer / Chair / X

Records: The department will maintain interview questions and notes. The department chair will record the reasons for non-selection of candidates interviewed and forward this record as well as all the applications/resumes to Human Resources.