Hiring Process
On this page:
- About the Hiring Process
- Plan and Start a Search
- Advertise and Recruit Candidates
- Screen, Interview, Select, and Hire
- Onboard and Orient
About the Hiring Process
The hiring process at Wright State involves planning and starting the search, advertising and recruiting candidates, screening, interviewing, and hiring a candidate, and onboarding the candidate. The university employs a strategic hiring process for all position vacancies.
Plan and Start a Search
1
Identify need
2
Initiate and complete approval process
3
Determine the type of search:
|
Type of Search |
Use for |
|---|---|
| Competitive search through posting process (external search) or using a search firm | |
| Dual career faculty hiring program | |
| Faculty opportunity hire program | |
| Internal/lateral transfer | organizational-directed or employee-requested transfers |
| Internal promotion—competitive or non-competitive | |
| Internal search | fulfilling classified positions with qualified current employees |
| Temporary employment | |
| Workforce reorganization | reorganizing workforce to further meet the mission, goals, and objectives of Wright State |
4
Develop position description. Find information about writing an effective job description.
Need to hire someone more quickly? Learn more about the expedited hiring process.
Advertise and Recruit Candidates
5
Determine scope of recruitment—national, regional, or local
