Working Smarter, the UC initiative that envisions ten distinct campuses using one efficient administrative framework, has designated UC Recruit as one of its signature projects. UC Recruit provides for secure online academic hiring that supports the commonality of Academic Personnel business practices across the UC system.

Originally developed at UCI in 2006, Recruit automates and streamlines much of the academic recruiting process.  From job posting, applying, reference gathering, reviewing by the search committee, selecting a hired candidate and, finally, archiving all materials in accordance with University policies and legal considerations, the system also aids campus equal opportunity employment efforts and annual Affirmative Action reporting requirements. At UCI alone, over 33,000 applicants have used Recruit with over 191,000 documents and reference letters uploaded into the system, saving paper and time for increasingly over-assigned staff and faculty committees juggling multiple priorities.

In 2011, UCI’s AP Recruit system (re-branded UC Recruit) was adopted for system-wide deployment at all ten UC campuses, eliminating redundancy and further reducing costs.  Along with its home campus, those that are running UC Recruit include San Diego (2009), Berkeley (2012), Davis (2012), Santa Cruz (2012), and San Francisco (2012). The remaining 4 campuses (Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, and Santa Barbara) are slated to be in production by the end of Summer 2013.

For more information about UC Recruit, please email recruit@uci.edu or visit UC Recruit site at http://sites.uci.edu/ucrecruit/about-recruit/ .