Staff Search Guide

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

Personnel are essential to realizing the university’s mission and the importance of a successful and well-run search cannot be overstated. Searches entail a significant time and financial resource commitment.  All stakeholders participating in searches are responsible for understanding and adhering to this guide.

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 personnel searches, in an evaluator capacity, is required to take a Safe Hire training to stay current on the latest research on effective recruitment and hiring. Individuals who fail to complete the training (every two years) may be excluded from search participation.

Confidentiality 

Search committee members or interview panel members whose job requires them to work with search and selection information are to uphold the highest levels of confidentiality. Except as required by law, information about job applicants and their background or work history will not be disclosed to other individuals within the institution who are not directly involved in the search process or disclosed to individuals outside the institution. No individual will release the name of a job applicant or information about the applicant without the applicant’s consent.