Recruitment Resources

RECRUITMENT

Search Committee

Although a formal search committee may not be assembled for all hires, departments often rely on key individuals with leadership roles to help screen and interview applicants. Whether a formal search committee is involved, or an informal team, it is essential to provide resources and trainings necessary for these individuals to approach screening, interviewing, and selecting candidates from an informed and thoughtful perspective.   

• Trainings:

  • Unconscious Bias training 

  • Recruiting and Hiring Best Practices

     

• Resources:

  • KUMC Recruitment and Hiring Guide

  • Sample Interview Questions, identifies appropriate and inappropriate/illegal types of questions

  • Affirmative Action FAQs

  • Employment and Recruitment Documents for Managers

  • KUMC Hiring Guide

  • AAMC Unconscious Bias in Faculty and Leadership Recruitment: A Literature Review

  • AAMC 21^st Century Health Care Workforce Development

  • AAMC Diversity Facts and Figures Series

  • AAMC GWIMS Equity Recruitment Toolkit

  • AAMC Altering the Course: Black males in Medicine

  • AAMC Reshaping the Journey: American Indians and Alaska Natives in Medicine 

  • NIH Scientific Workforce Diversity Toolkit

Policies 

• KU Nondiscrimination, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Policy

• KUMC Recruitment Policy

• KUMC Help Wanted Advertising Policy

• KU School of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Policy

 

Position Descriptions and Postings 

• See “Position Descriptions” and “Advertising the Position” sections of KUMC Recruitment and Hiring Guide

• KUMC Help Wanted Advertising Policy

Potential Resources for Posting Positions:

§ National Association of Medical Minority Educators § Minority PostDoc § Academic Diversity Search § American Association for Affirmative Action § Insight into Diversity § Workplace Diversity § Chronicle for Higher Education § DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education   § National Medical Association § Association of Black Cardiologists § The Black Perspective § Historically Black Colleges and Universities § Journal of Blacks in Higher Education § The Black EOE Journal § National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers § Society of Black Academic Surgeons

§  National Hispanic Medical Association §  Hispanic Outlook in Higher Ed §   Society for Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science §  Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists §  Native American Jobs §  American Indian Science and Engineering Society §  National Congress of American Indians  §  American Medical Women’s Association §  Women in Higher Education  §  American Association of University Women §  Association for Women in Science  §  Women in Endocrinology §  ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)

 Resources/materials for candidates:

• University of Kansas Office of Diversity and Equity

• KUMC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office

• School of Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion

• KU School of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Policy

• KU Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

• Diversity events calendar 

• Kansas City Community

  • Living and Working in Kansas City

  • Office of International Programs Passport to Kansas City  

• Salina Community

  • About KU School of Medicine – Salina campus

  • Salina Area Chamber of Commerce

• Wichita Community

  • About KU School of Medicine – Wichita campus

  • Living in Wichita

 

RETENTION

Information for Departments Related to Faculty Retention and Fostering an Inclusive Culture  

Resources:

• Mentoring Programs:  see “Mentoring Relationships” section of NIH Scientific Workforce Diversity Toolkit

• AAMC: Why Women Leave Medicine 

• AAMC Understanding and Addressing Faculty Salary Equity

• AAMC Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Planning Toolkit

• AAMC Assessing Institutional Culture and Climate webinar video  

Trainings:

Consider offering training sessions during departmental meetings.

• Equal Opportunity and Academic Compliance Office offers several in person training sessions, including:

  • Preventing Harassment in the Workplace

  • Understanding your Title IX Rights

  • Recruiting and Hiring Best Practices

• Unconscious Bias Training

• Safe Zone training, offered through the KUMC Office of Student Life

   

Resources for the KUMC Community

Events:

• Diversity events calendar 

• Community Conversations – find handouts and information from previous presentations and sessions. Community Conversations series includes:

  • Turning the page

  • Culture Hour

  • Sustainability

  • Health and Wellness

  • Crucial Conversations

Policies:

• KU School of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Policy

• KU Statement on Diversity and Inclusion  

• KUMC Religious Accommodations Policy

• KUMC Discrimination Compliant Resolution Process

• KUMC Title IX Policy

• KUMC Workplace and Campus Violence Policy

• KU Statement of Commitment to Safety 

• KU Statement of Commitment to Integrity and Ethical Conduct

 

 Helpful Links and Information:

• LGBT resources

• Gender expression/Gender identity

• Religious Accommodations

• Paid Parental Leave Guidelines and FAQs

• Lactation Support Policy

• Women in Medicine and Science

   

Links to Offices, Centers and Departments:

• Equal Opportunity and Academic Compliance Office

• University of Kansas Office of Diversity and Equity

• KUMC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office

• School of Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion

• School of Health Professions Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

• School of Nursing Cultural Enhancement and Diversity Committee

• Student Diversity Council

• Center for American Indian Community Health

• Institute for Community Engagement  

• JUNTOS Center for Advancing Latino Health

• Office of International Programs