Identify Outreach Efforts
A goal as a Federal Contractor is to develop the largest, most qualified, and most diverse applicant pool possible by announcing the job opportunity through national publications and specialized groups. Departments outreach efforts must be robust as to attract a diverse and broad applicant pool.
Strategize Department Outreach
Below are resources to help the department implement the outreach and advertising plan. Departments should aim for a comprehensive and varied approach, especially for disciplines that are difficult to fill.
- List of outreach resources (free and paid options)
- OFCCP list of resources for Federal Contractors
- Departments at other universities
- Professional networking emails/activities
- Professional organizations’ websites
- UCSD professional groups
- Social media postings/campaigns (largely free)
- Department’s website (free)
- Department’s Facebook page (free)
- Fellowship programs
- Listservs (largely free)
- Conferences
- JobElephant
Evaluate the effectiveness of the outreach and search efforts. Passing on this evaluation to future search committees will help them do a better job.
As of July 1, 2023, Analyst will no longer need to copy and paste any outreach items sponsored by OARS. As always, outreach is always incumbent on the departments.
Additional Resources
There are various outreach resources that are available for departments to use. OARS recommends that the department use a variety of outreach activities to get the most outreach. Some of the resources available to use are:
- HERC: As a member of the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, UC San Diego is able to provide numerous benefits to departments in their efforts to recruit high-caliber, diverse faculty. Some of their benefits departments can use for recruitment outreach are:
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- HERC Partners and Sponsors that offer products, services, and resources HERC members will find valuable. Many partners and sponsors offer discounts to HERC members.
- Conferences and job fairs.
- E-books that can be used to attract and help underrepresented groups that departments can post to their websites:
- JobElephant: A full service advertisement agency that specializes in print and online job postings for recruitments. They use analytical tools to target job ad placement, track job posting analytics, and offer departments a variety of services. Some of these services include:
- Publication advertising deadlines and prices
- DiversityTrio which is a diversity and inclusion recruitment services that allows departments to target specific diversity niches.
- Horton Advertising Recommendation Engine is a data-based recruitment consultation service that provides recommendations on the top posting options to a department's open position.
- Circa: A leading provider of diversity recruitment and OFCCP compliance technology solutions. Circa offers assistance with:
- Recruit: The platform for all academic recruitments. Recruit offers services such as:
- Resume database as departments can leverage past recruitment applicant pools.
- Applicant search sources which asks applicants where they heard about the position.
- Employer Network for Disability Inclusion (EARN): A free resource that helps departments tap the benefits of disability diversity by educating organizations on ways to build inclusive workplace cultures. EARN offers information and resources to empower organizations to become leaders in the employment and advancement of people with disabilities. Some of these resources are:
- State and local resources that can help find candidates.
- Help to build internship pipelines for disability candidates.
- Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities (WRP) is a free resource that connects recent graduates with disabilities to employers.
- RecruitMilitary: A service that connects employers with high-quality veteran talent. RecruitMilitary services offered are:
- Job Fairs and military base events.
- Recruiting services where departments will partner with a recruiter who will analyze the hiring need and source candidates.
- DiverseJobs: The job site of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, the premier news source reporting on diversity, equity, and inclusion for over 35 years. DiverseJobs also offers:
- Extended Touch Package which allows positions to reach both active and passive candidates.
- Extended Touch Premium which is only for executive level positions.
- Diverse HR LinkedIn Program posts the departments position on the DiverseJobs LinkedIn page.
Reminder: All departmental efforts need to be documented and uploaded into Recruit.
For more information on outreach, please contact us at oars@ucsd.edu or sign up for our departmental newsletter here.