Search Toolkit

This search toolkit is a combination of processes, guidelines, and resources to be followed throughout the employee search process.

Employee Search Files

• Overview of Search Process
  • Confidentiality Statement
  • Conflict of Interest Statement
  • Hiring Request Form
  • Recruitment & Hiring Guidelines
  • Search Approval Form
  • Search Committee Acknowledgement
• A quick guide to civil service exempt versus non-exempt positions
• Accessibility & Accommodations
• Exemption Standards for Teaching and Research Academic Professionals
• Exemption Standards for Principal Administrative Appointments
• Illinois Human Rights Act
• UIUC Nondiscrimination Statement

Resources for Understanding & Mitigating Bias

Gies Business is committed to a diverse, equitable and inclusive community. The resources below help to ensure searches are conducted equitably and without bias. They should be utilized by the search committee and hiring managers of every search.

• Office for Access and Equity
  • Recruitment Sources to Expand Diversity of Staff Search Pools
  • 8 Ways to for a Search Committee to Be Inclusive (The Chronicle)
  • How a Search Committee Can Be the Arbiter of Diversity (The Chronicle)
  • 16 Unconscious Bias Examples and How to Avoid Them in the Workplace (Built In)

• Project Implicit
  • Overview
  • Take an Implicit Bias Test
• Blind Spots Video Links
  • Broaden Perspectives
  • Challenge Assumptions
  • Enhance Objectivity
  • Overcome Stereotypes

Student Employee Resources for Managers

Follow the Student Hourly Hiring Process when hiring student workers or teaching assistants. The Student Supervisor Toolkit is an additional resource that may be helpful in managing student workers, building on the development of professional competencies that employers seek most and helping students connect their work to skills they can put on their resume.