CU Careers: Step-by-Step Guide

Search Committee Experience

This guideshows the ways in which search committee members can participate in the evaluation process of candidates. It will also explore the various methods in which department users can share candidates with search committee members and enable collaboration.

Within CU Careers

Accessing Candidates: From Candidate List

CU employees and certain POI types can log into CU Careers through the portal and are able to review the profiles of candidates who have applied to postings in which they have been identified by a department user or HR as a Search Committee Member.

  1. From the CU Careers welcome center, click on View Requisitions

  1. Click on the number to the left of the Requisition Title column (this is the number of candidates who have applied to the posting)
  1. Click on the column header “Selection Status” two times to reorder applicants so that priority candidates appear at the top

Accessing Candidates: From Shared Folder (optional)

An alternative to accessing candidate profiles from the requisition and candidate list is through shared candidate folders. Folders can be utilized by your department user to store high priority candidates that await your review.

  1. From the CU Careers welcome center, click on View Candidates

  1. On the left side of the screen in the Quick Filters panel, click on the grey folder icon tab
  1. Click on the arrow to the right the blue folder “Shared”
  1. Click on the name of the folder containing the candidates you’d like to review
  1. Within the candidate list to the right, the candidates contained within the folder will appear in a list for your review

Reviewing Candidate Applications

When reviewing candidate applications within CU Careers, the Prescreening section within the candidate profile and the Attachments tab that contains all application materials can be utilized to review a candidate’s qualifications.

  1. Click on the name of the candidate whose profile you would like to review
  1. 5. a department user or HRe been identified as a Search Committee Member. review the profiles of candidates who have applied toTo review the candidate’s answers to prescreening questions included in the application, click on the small arrowto the right of the Job Submission tab at the top of the screen.Within the drop down, click on Prescreening Questionnaire to be taken directly to the section
  1. Review prescreening questions and answers. A green check mark next to the answer denotes the candidate’s response.

  1. To review a candidate’s attachments associated with the job submission, click on the Attachments tab to the right of the Job Submission tab on the candidate’s profile
  1. Click on the document within the File Name column to download the document to review, or click on the document within the Converted File to view it in HTML form within your browser

Outside of CU Careers

Reviewing Candidate Applications

Candidate applications and materials can be exported from CU Careers and shared via a PDF file. This method of reviewing candidate profiles can be utilized by both employees and non-employee search committee members whomay not have access to review candidates within the system.

  1. You will receive an email from Human Resources University of Colorado () with the subject line “[Name of user who has shared files with you] has shared candidate information with you.”

  1. Click on the hyperlink contained within the email which will prompt the PDF file to begin downloading
  1. Once the file has been downloaded to your computer, open the file. This will open a page within your internet browser with a tab titled SharedDocument
  1. Candidate profiles and application materials are contained within this file. Scroll down to review.

NOTE: Per the note on the bottom of the first page, click on the name of a candidate file attachment to view that file in the best format.

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September 2018 | Prepared by: Employee Services