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 collaborated on five recruitments of faculty or senior leaders
  • Expanded the use of funds to include partners of current faculty to support retention efforts
  • Piloted expanded use of funds to support job search efforts of medical residents and fellows within the Carver College of Medicine. 
  • Allocated funds to expand the existing Dual Academic Career Fund to support salaries for partners of candidates being recruited for faculty positions. 
  • As of fall 2024, 20 partners had been referred to the program with 11 successful placements. 

 Next Steps:

In the third year of the External Job Placement Service Project, the team will work with the Provost Office and search committees to ensure the success of existing and new strategies. To ensure stakeholders are aware of the program, they plan to reach out to collegiate leaders and gain an understanding of their unique needs, analyze hiring data to identify peak hiring periods, integrate information about the program into Jobs@UIOWA and other stages of the recruitment processes, and include details about the program in onboarding materials for new deans.