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Creating and posting the job description:
- The search committee chair Chair should work with Business Services Manager to complete a Hiring Exception Form, if needed.
- Create Chair and Business Services Manager create a long version and a short version of job description/advertisement.
- Update Chair and Business Services Manager update or create position description, as needed.
- Jill Hunter is responsible for submitting all necessary documentation to the UMBC Human Resources Department.
- Jill Hunter is responsible for posting the job advertisement to the Chronicle of Higher Education, ALA, and Marylib. The Web Services Librarian should post the position to the Library website's employment page.
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- Jill Hunter receives, organizes, and copies resumes for all members of the committee.
- After the closing date and the distribution of resumes, the committee should be given one week to review applications. Chair may want to provide a checklist to aid in the evaluation process.
- Chair will schedule a FIRST MEETING meeting after the week of application review. Remind committee members to bring their calendars. This meeting should address the following:
- Chair should provide an overview of the search process, timeline, and committee responsibilities.
- Determine a ranked list of applicants to offer a phone interview. There is no set number, but committees often offer phone interviews to five or more candidates. Discuss with the committee one or two back up candidates in case the any initial candidates decline the interview.
- Determine dates/times available for phone interviews. Work with Library Administration to reserve 353G for these times. The length of the phone interview will range depending on the position, number of questions, and candidate. Offering half hour to an hour blocks is generally sufficient.
- Finalize phone interview questions.
- Chair contacts Jill Hunter with a list of names and times/dates of possible phone interviews. Jill contacts applicants and offers them the interviews and finalizes times and dates.
- Chair should schedule the phone interviews using the UMBC Google calendar and invite committee members. Interview slots can be labeled as "Held" until they are confirmed.
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