Recruitment Toolkit

RAS Process Overview

• Recruitment, Assessment and Selection Checklist

  Comprehensive overview of the RAS process.

• Standard Recruitment Flowchart
• Internal Recruitment Flowchart
• Centralized Recruitment Flowchart

Determine Type of Recruitment

• General Information Regarding Recruitment

  A document summarizing whether or not an open recruitment is required. Includes information on Graduate Assistant and Employee-in-Training recruitments.

Recruitment Preparation

• Intake Meeting Overview
• Intake Meeting Form
• Recruitment Lifecycle

Creating a Vacancy

• PVL Manual
• JEMS Waiver Reasons
• Business Title Guidelines
• Tips for Writing Unique Responsibilities
• JEMS Education Tab Best Practices
• Developing Inclusive Job Criteria
• Recruiting with Multiple Job Titles on One PVL
• Companion PVLs
• Minimum Job Posting Periods
• Steps for Hiring After a Position has been Approved and Posted
• Recruitment File Checklist

• Diversity Connect and Advertising

  This initiative supports the recruitment of top diverse talent and ensures affirmative action compliance in all open positions at UW–Madison

• Unconscious Bias Video - Hiring the Best and Brightest

  A resource for hiring committees.

• Supplemental Guidebook - Hiring the Best and Brightest
• International Hires Recruitment Guidelines

  Description of guidelines to comply with requirements of the Department of Labor for recruitment of international hires.

• Best Practices for Job Postings to Qualify for Permanent Residency and H-1B Sponsorship in Teaching Occupations
• Integration of jobs.wisc.edu with external job boards

  Information related job boards that integrate with jobs.wisc.edu and are scraping our jobs automatically

• Indeed User Guide

  Description of the functionality of Indeed.com, and steps to sponsor jobs with this source

• Sponsoring a Job on Indeed Central

Recruiting Using Social Media

• How to Recruit on Social Media
• How to Create a Facebook Account
• Facebook Best Practices
• How to Create a Twitter Account

Reviewing Materials

• Assessment and Evaluation Plan

  A form to be used by hiring administrators to document the steps of the assessment and evaluation process used for recruitment.

• Guide to Redacted Application Screening

  Redacted application screening is the practice of removing personally identifiable information from application materials in order to reduce bias in the recruitment process.

• Applicant Materials Screen (AMS) training documentation

  AMS is a step-by-step process for assessing applicant materials based on pre-determined, job-related, and non-discriminatory criteria.

• AMS Process Flow Chart
• AMS Worksheet #1

  Download and save this worksheet to use in the AMS process. (.xls file)

• AMS Worksheet #2

  Download and save this worksheet to use in the AMS process. (.xls file)

• AMS Worksheet #3

  Download and save this worksheet to use in the AMS process. (.doc file)

• AMS Tracking Tool

  Download and save this file to track your AMS results. (.zip folder – open to access the .xlsm file – requires Excel 2007 or newer)

• Application Screening Form

  Used to screen and evaluate application materials.

Helpful Websites for Creating Screening Criteria

• O*net
• OPM’s Delegated Examining Operations Handbook

Interviewing Resources

• Interview Dos and Don’ts

  An overview of best practices for facilitating interviews.

• Interview Evaluation Form

  Used by interviewers during or after an interview to summarize their evaluation of the candidate.

• Interview Questions and Notes Sheet

  Used by interviewers to take personal notes in the interview.

• Interview Summary Tracking Tool

  Used by search committee or hiring administrator to document the outcomes or summary of interviews.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Interview Questions
• Quick Guide to Interviewing
• Virtual Interview Best Practices

Reference Check

• SH/SV Reference Check Process in JEMS
• SH/SV Automated Process FAQs
• SH/SV Reference Check Policy FAQs
• Guide to Reference Checks

  Best practices and strategies for conducting reference checks, including sample questions.

Selecting a Finalist

• Hiring Reason Form

  This is an optional form to be used by hiring administrators to document the reason a candidate was selected for a position.

Offer Letter Templates: Template letters to be used to confirm terms of an appointment with the selected candidate.

• Offer Letter Attachment

  Updated 9/21/2021

• TTC New Title Language for Offer Letters
• FLSA language for recruitments
• Health and Safety Guidelines Regarding COVID-19 – New Employee Information

Academic Staff

• Renewable
• Fixed-term Terminal
• Non-Exempt

Faculty

• Tenured Faculty
• Probationary Faculty

Student Assistant

• Project/Program Assistant (Annual)
• Project/Program Assistant Reappointment Letter (Annual)
• Project/Program Assistant Reappointment Letter (Academic)
• PA Non-Exempt (Annual)
• PA Non-Exempt (Academic)
• Research Assistant
• Teaching Assistant Appointment Letter (Academic)
• TA Non-Exempt (Academic)

Limited Appointee

• New to UW (without Concurrent Faculty Appointment)
• New to UW (with Faculty Backup Appointment)
• Current UW Faculty and will also hold Concurrent Faculty Appointment
• Current Academic Staff Employee
• Current Exempt University Staff Employee
• Current Non-Exempt University Staff Employee

Rehired Annuitant

• Rehired Annuitant

Temporary Employee (TE)

• Temporary Employee

University Staff

• Ongoing
• Fixed-term Finite

• JEMS Hire Training
• JEMS Summer Hire
• How to Determine the Effective Date for a Hire
• Completing Hires in JEMS Hire via TREMS - Updated 10.07.16
• Completing Hires in JEMS Hire - PVL Not Required or PVL Waiver