Recruit Web Site

The faculty recruitment process at UCI is managed by the web application “Recruit.” NACS has improved Recruit’s applicant interface based on feedback from applicants as well as the academic personnel analysts who manage faculty recruitment.

Since its launch just over three years ago, more than 15,000 applicants have used the Recruit system.  The system allows applicants to apply electronically and enables the search committee to see applicant files online. Recruit is part of Academic Personnel Systems, built as a partnership between the Office of Academic Personnel and NACS, and based on an earlier version from ICS.

Extensive help is now available on-line for all Recruit users — not only for the applicants, but also for their references, academic personnel analysts and for search committee members who may be unfamiliar with the system’s interface. The on-line help is organized by job or task. For example, a member of a search committee will easily find help on how to review documents or filter the view of a large applicant pool. Compared to printed materials, on-line documentation has become increasingly prevalent because of the advantage in updating the content as well as instant accessibility.

The Recruit website can be found at http://recruit.ap.uci.edu/

Recruit Web Site

Recruit is a campus-wide, Web-based program for managing the faculty recruitment process. Recruit is part of Academic Personnel Systems, built as a partnership between the Office of Academic Personnel and NACS.

Recently, an important demographic data-gathering component was integrated into the system. This data was previously collected and managed through the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity’s Faculty Applicant Survey Tracking system or “Fast”.

Recruit adapted the capabilities of the Fast system and now collects and stores anonymous applicant demographic data for all academic recruitments. Once an applicant fulfills the application requirements for a faculty position, Recruit links them to the survey. There they are asked to report sex and ethnicity anonymously on a one-page questionnaire.

Recruit administrators produce aggregate reports, enabling search committees and equity advisors to ensure the applicant pool represents multicultural and otherwise diverse populations, in compliance with federal regulations regarding equal opportunity and affirmative action in employment.

Since its launch just over two years ago, Recruit has been used by more than 11,000 men and women seeking a faculty post. In addition, Recruit’s data bank currently houses 50,989 applicant files and maintains 18,523 records for references.

The Recruit website can be found at recruit.ap.uci.edu