This page curates a selection of resources related to search and hiring policies and practices, as well as supporting all candidates.
General Hiring Resources
- Search and Appointment Guidelines for Tenure-Track Faculty, Directors, and Department Heads
- Recommendations for Short-Term and Long-Term Faculty Recruiting
- Permission to Search Form
- Faculty Position Announcement Template
- Interview Questions for Faculty
- Search Finalist Interview Guidance – Spring 2023
- Letter to Candidate Not Being Considered
- Sample Itinerary
- Reference Checking Form
- Sample Academic Administrator Scorecard
A&A Faculty Search Plan
The following document guides the college in attending to the diversity of the candidate pool for all faculty searches. This plan was developed in response to a charge from the Penn State Provost.
Hiring Resources: Neurodivergent Candidates
The following guide and slide deck were generated by the Penn State University Libraries to raise awareness of neurodivergence and to indicate best practices for search/hiring processes as well as supporting neurodivergent candidates.
- Interview Best Practices Guide (white paper)
- Interview Best Practices Presentation (slide deck)
Access & Equity Resources
Materials to assist with A&A searches and to be referenced by department heads/directors and search committees include:
- Revised text to be included in job postings
- Search committee recruitment spreadsheet template which can be customized and used to encourage committees to develop and keep track of their collective recruitment plans.
- An example of a rubric offered to help committees come to a common objective understanding of how they want to measure candidates in evaluating their qualifications
Two resources that we ask committee members to review prior to starting their work:
- Faculty search committee briefing from Assoc VP of Affirmative Action Suzanne Adair;
- Chapters 5 and Chapter 6 from An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence (2018), by Abigail Stewart and Virgina Valian. The texts are comprehensive and have summaries at the end with the main points.
Other university resources with additional rubrics, references and recruiting information:
- Penn State’s Inclusive Talent Acquisition website