Faculty Search Guide

The following guide empowers the faculty search process by providing step-by-step instructions, tools, and parameters for hiring.

 Faculty personnel are essential to realizing the university’s mission and the importance of a successful and well-run search cannot be overstated. Faculty searches entail a significant time and financial resource commitment.  All stakeholders participating in searches are responsible for understanding and adhering to this guide. This guide applies to all faculty search types, including full-time positions, regardless of tenure status, as well as to postdocs and adjuncts.

Inclusive Excellence

At William & Mary, Inclusive Excellence is a framework designed to advance William & Mary’s core values of belonging and excellence in a cohesive and collaborative way, throughout the university - from academics to procurement. The Inclusive Excellence model, reflects an understanding that inclusion is integral to every successful enterprise, not isolated initiatives. 

Expectation for Participating in Hiring

Any individual participating in faculty searches, in an evaluator capacity, is required to take a Faculty Search Committee Safe Hire training to stay current on the latest research on effective recruitment and hiring. We strongly encourage every full-time faculty to complete at their earliest opportunity. Faculty who fail to complete a workshop may be excluded from search participation.