Project Lead: Keith Becker

Funding Approved: Fiscal Year 23
Project Status: In Progress  
Funded amount: $315,000 over three years

Colleges report that when recruiting faculty and senior-level staff into priority areas and hard-to-fill positions, deans and other staff expend considerable effort researching and connecting with external employers to assist in the job placement of partners.

The External Job Placement Services P3 project allows the university to leverage experts for whom this is a core business function while also conserving resources and promoting consistency across campus. 

Activities to date:

• Established an advisory committee to provide guidance and support for requests  
• Completed an RFQ and selected Corridor HR Solutions as the vendor of choice  
• Communicated updates of the program and vendor selection to Senior HR Leaders, the broader HR community, Associate Deans for Faculty, and Staff Council  
• Began receiving requests in Jan. 2023 and placed three partners of recruited faculty or senior leaders

 Next Steps:

In the second year of the External Job Placement Service Project, the team aims to broaden its communication efforts, ensuring all of campus is familiar with the available service. With the vendor now in place, they can actively engage in the fall hiring cycle and increase utilization of the service, ultimately expanding placements external to the university.