Resources

Search Committees
Places to Advertise Position Openings and Find Candidates

Search Committees

Establishing an Effective Search Committee

http://advance.cornell.edu/resources/Establishing-an-effective-search-committee.pdf

Tips from Cornell University for establishing an effective search committee that aids in the recruitment and hiring of new faculty members.

Diversifying the Faculty: A Guidebook for Search Committees

http://cohesion.rice.edu/CentersandInst/Advance/emplibrary/best-practices-checklist.pdf

A guidebook created by Rice University that provides a checklist of best practices when recruiting and hiring potential faculty members.

Enhancing the Quality of Science & Creating a Competitive Edge: A Research Presentation for Search Committees

http://www.cosorientation.ltc.arizona.edu/gdcos00.htm

University of Arizona provides a guide for search committees that assist’s in avoiding unconscious bias and offers information for performance evaluations.

Places to Advertise Position Openings and Find Candidates

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)

http://www.aacu.org

Founded in 1915, AAC&U's membership is comprised of institutions of higher education dedicated to ensuring that the advantages of a liberal education are available to all students regardless of background, enrollment path, academic specialization, or intended career

American Association of University Professors

www.aaup.org

Through assistance and advice to individual faculty members and administrators, state and federal lobbying, amicus briefs before the courts, support for collective bargaining, and other means, the AAUP helps shape American higher education and ensure higher education's contribution to the common good

Association of American Medical Colleges

www.aamc.org

“The AAMC and the medical schools, teaching hospitals, academic and professional societies, faculty, residents, and students we represent are committed to improving the nation's health through medical education, research, and high-quality patient care.”

NSF, Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards (2003)

www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/htmstart.htm

“The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)

www.sreb.org

Provides access to National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), and the National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellows Program and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (SLOAN)

The Minority and Women Doctoral Directory

http://www.mwdd.com/

Registry maintains up-to-date information on employment candidates who have recently received or are soon to receive a doctoral or master’s degree in their respective fields from one of the major research universities in the U.S.

CIC Directory of Women in Science and Engineering

www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/DirectoryOfWomeninScienceandEngineering

Aims to assist colleges, universities and other potential employers to recruit women in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics

Affirmative Action Register

www.aar-eeo.com

“AAR is a leading national equal opportunity employment magazine and website that connects employers to professionals who are seeking jobs, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual preference or disability”

The Chronicle of Higher Education

www.chronicle.com/jobs

“The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators”

UW Provost’s memo on Faculty Strategic Hiring Initiatives, 2004-2005 and Guidelines for Ensuring Faculty Diversity

www.provost.wisc.edu/hiring/facshi.html

UW-Madison “Hiring Web Site”

http://fpm-www3.fpm.wisc.edu/ohrd.CourseCreation/Default.aspx

UW College of Engineering “Useful Information for Faculty Search Committees”

http://www.engr.wisc.edu/faculty/

American Women in Science (AWIS)

http://www.awis.org/careers/jobsearch.html (magazine and online job listings)

American Chemical Society (ACS)

www.cen-chemjobs.org/ (Listing of job openings through the ACS Career Services).

American Physical Society (APS) – Career Center Webpage

http://www.aps.org/careers/employment/index.cfm

“The Career Center is free to all job seekers and provides you with access to the best employers and jobs in the physics industry”

Recruitment Resources

Rice University ADVANCE Database

features access to over 650 female graduate students and post-docs, their contact information, and research statements (download candidate CV’s and save search results to an Excel document)