Office for Equity, Diversity, and Global Outreach


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Recruitment/Hiring Procedures and Resources

Getting Started

  • Recruitment Process Checklist (departmental support staff)
  • Tip Sheet - A step by step guide to conducting a search (search chairs)
  • Filling Broadbanded Positions - NDSU Policy 202
  • Filling Non-broadbanded Positions (academic staff and executive positions) - NDSU Policy 304
  • 2000 Band Jobcode Table
  • Resources for filling position openings - A bibliography of resource materials to help search committees.
  • NDSU guidelines for developing position descriptions
  • Citizenship Discrimination - Relevant laws and policies regarding citizenship discrimination

    • Recruit Workforce

  • RW Manual for Departments with Non-broadbanded Positions


    Tools for encouraging a diverse applicant pool

  • Useful websites for faculty searches (divided by acadmic area) - Links to sites for job postings or access to diverse applicants within academic areas.
  • Minority Related Colleges and Universities - Contact information for sending position announcements.
  • ND Veteran's Preference:

    -- NDSU Procedures in Recruitment/Selection for Nonbanded
    Positions Subject to ND Veteran's Preference Law
    -- ND Veteran's Preference Claim Form
    -- Screening Action Sheet (Microsoft Excel File)
    -- Legal Watch - North Dakota Veteran's Preference Law

    Screening and Interviewing
  • Reference Checking Guidelines - Helpful hints on telephone reference checks
  • Employment Inquiry Guide - College and University Personnel Association
  • Interviewing Guidelines for ADA Compliance - Pre-Employment Inquiries
  • Employment Q & A - prohibited and lawful interview information. (*provided with permission from the General Counsel's Office at the Catholic University of America)
  • Other NDSU resources for interviewing (available on loan from Equal Opportunity Office)

    "Interviewing - Getting Beyond the Image" The 26-minute video is available from the Equal Opportunity Office (1-7708) for use by on-campus departments. The video is particularly appropriate for search committees and supervisors who are conducting interviews. The video illustrates several different types of interviewing questions and also suggests how to effectively plan, structure and manage an interview to get the most helpful information.

    "Interview Guide for Supervisors," 5th edition. This booklet is published by the College and University Personnel Association and contains sections on legal considerations (both general and specific), the preemployment selection process, and information on how the Americans with Disabilities Act affects the hiring process.


    Information on making an offer
  • Steps for Submitting a Request to Offer
  • Memo from VP Schnell regarding standardized appointment letters
  • Pre-Employment Criminal Record Disclosure


    • Equity and Diversity Forms Page

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