Change in hiring process for benefit-eligible non-teaching searches
Currently, search chairs are responsible for extending offers to the selected candidate. The search chair then notifies HR once the candidate has accepted an offer of employment. This decentralized process limits the time available to effectively engage the new hire in their on-boarding experience to the campus community and hinders the ability for consistency and compliance.
Effective Feb. 5, 2018, the offer process will change to a centralized model for benefit-eligible non-teaching positions. The revised process will provide a more engaging on-boarding process for the new hire by allowing additional time to complete new hire paperwork prior to the first day of work; ensure that the new hire receives the most up-to-date information about New Employee Orientation (NEO); and provide more lead time for the university to secure the new hire's technology (i.e. hardware, network, email, etc.) and access prior to their start date.
The revised process will not impact other hiring such as teaching (i.e. faculty, deans, chairs, etc.), search waivers or emergency hires at this time. We recognize that there will be situations in which the hiring department may need to speak to the selected candidate directly about the offer, and will work through those situations on a case-by-case basis. HR will communicate directly to search chairs who have postings in-process or who have new postings that are impacted by this change.
Additional information about the change is available on the HR website and will be provided in the Hiring Process Training: PD Development and Search forms training (registration is available in MyWSU>myTraining).