Resources

Use of recruitment funds

• Faculty searches
• Non-Faculty searches

Recruitment strategies

Specific recruitment strategies and sources are used by St. Cloud State University to obtain the best possible applicant pool. Every effort is also made to notify and recruit applicants from underutilized groups.

In addition to utilizing the St. Cloud State University and Minnesota State Employment Opportunities sites, the Office of Human Resources also places ads for all unclassified positions and posts the NOV (Notice of Vacancy) on a variety of other web sites and in publications such as:

Online posting subscriptions Ads are placed by Human Resources for all faculty searches:

• HigherEdJobs.com –  Annual subscription
• MinnesotaDiversity.com - Annual subscription
• Higher Education Recruitment Consortium - MnState annual subscription
• MnWorks.com - Free job posting

Paid advertising

• The Chronicle of Higher Education – Academic Affairs covers the cost of the probationary/tenure track position online advertisement. Ad is approved and placed by Human Resources. 

Department recruitment efforts:

• Departments are encouraged to post positions on department web sites and other social media sources.
• Department specific professional journals, networks and affiliations are other great recruitment resources.
• Personal contacts with potentially qualified candidates, including current students or graduates of programs, especially women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged.

Additional recruiting resources

• Minnesota State Equity and Inclusion
• Listing of Historically Black Colleges and Universities ( HBCU )
• Online source for Graduate School information
• National Minority Faculty ID Program
• MinnesotaDiversity.com

• Office for Institutional Equity & Access
• Human Resources
• American Indian Center
• CARE: Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative
• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center
• Multicultural Student Services
• Student Accessibility Services
• Women's Center

• St. Cloud State Employment Opportunities website
• Minnesota State Job Opportunities website
• Confidentiality in Searches - Click on this link to a short video from Minnesota State regarding the law and confidentiality issues in searches. Please forward it to all search committee members and have them review it.  This will provide some basic concepts and fundamental law.
• Minnesota Department of Human Rights website
• Minnesota Management & Budget website
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) website

• Minnesota State Equity and Inclusion
• DiversityInc
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• Hispanic Outlook Magazine
• Higher Education Jobs
• Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
• Historically Black Colleges & Universities
• Inside Higher Ed
• MinnesotaDiversity.com
• Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
• National Minority Faculty ID Program
• The Academic Network/Minority Faculty Applicant Database
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Women in Higher Education