Faculty / Librarian Pre-search Process

Updated October 2009

The Office of the Provost and HRIS have created a new, streamlined electronic pre-search form designed to assign the search number and its appropriate approvals within the system at a faster turn-around time. An electronic self-identification process has replaced the EEO cards sent to faculty and librarian applicants. An additional benefit to the electronic format is that it enables us to automatically post faculty positions on the Northwestern jobs site and the Greater Chicago Higher Education Recruitment Consortium ( www.gcherc.org ).

The primary goal of GC HERC is to improve member institutions' recruitment and diversity efforts for both faculty and staff, with a particular focus on assisting dual-career couples in finding suitable employment for spouses and partners at academic institutions in the same region. The search engine permits two people to search jointly for higher-education positions in the Chicago area.

Process Purpose

Currently, faculty and librarian recruiting are handled through the Office of the Provost and the schools, whereas all staff recruiting is handled through the HR department and HRIS's eRecruit system. In order to upload information on available faculty and librarian positions to the GC HERC website, the job openings need to exist in the eRecruit database.  Since August of 2008 when this process was initiated, the demographics data collection for  faculty applicants has increased significantly because the self identify process has also been automated.  

Training

Faculty data coordinators must complete the HRS017 Faculty-Librarian Pre-search class in order to access the application and be able to create a faculty position and job opening, as well as send self identification requests to applicants.

For questions regarding training, please contact Eva de Souza at e-desouza@northwestern.edu . If you are unsure of which security role you will need, feel free to contact Laura Koepele-Tenges at lkt@northwestern.edu .

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Suggestions

If you would like to provide feedback on this process, please contact Emily Rutkowski via email at e-rutkowski@northwestern.edu .