The Office of Academic Recruitment Services (OARS)

The Office of Academic Recruitment Services (OARS) provides support to University departments in addressing equal employment opportunities associated with faculty recruitment. It develops and is responsible for providing an annual review and update of the UC San Diego Academic Personnel annual reports. 

It is the policy of the University of California consistent with its obligations as a federal contractor, to ensure equal opportunity without regard to religion, age, gender, race, disability, veteran status, or any other protected categories. These efforts conform to all current legal and regulatory requirements and are consistent with university standards of quality and excellence.   

Individuals Interested in applying to academic positions are invited to submit their materials on Recruit.  

Academic Recruitment Process

The Office of Recruitment Services website has been designed to provide a comprehensive guide to academic recruitment for UCSD. This guide will help departments to:

• Understand of the legalities and UC policies surrounding recruitments
• Have a clear division of roles and responsibilities during the course of the recruitment process
• Manage quick hires of non-senate academic staff
• Conduct and evaluate the effectiveness of outreach activities
• Follow step-by-step directions for each report in the recruitment process
• Provide equal employment opportunity to each qualified applicant
• Understand and use the applicant tracking system, Recruit

No matter what role you may have in the recruitment process, you will be required to:

• Read through the laws and regulations regarding recruitments
• Read through the roles and responsibilities page and follow up any additional required training for the role designated
• Read through the recruitment process from start to finish
• Contact OARS for questions only after reading through the recruitment process