Recruitment Resources
- Appointment Letter Templates
- CALS Hiring Bonus Program
- Criminal Background Check (CBC) – Policy, tools, and information on when a CBC is needed
- Faculty/Leadership Hiring Best Practices
- Faculty Recruitment – Faculty-specific recruitment resources
- Funding/Position Requests for AS, US, LI, and TE – Required for all AS, US, LI , and TE waivers and open recruitments on all funding sources
- HR Systems (JEMS, TREMS, HRS, etc.)
- I-9 Verification of Identity and Employment Authorization
- Interviews
- Virtual Interview Guidance for Faculty/Limited
- Virtual Interview Guidance for Academic and University Staff
- Sample Interview Prep List
- Quick Guide to Interviewing
- Interview Dos and Don’ts – An overview of best practices for facilitating interviews.
- Sample Behaviorally Based Interview Questions
- Sample Competency Based Interview Questions
- Interview Evaluation Form – Used by interviewers during or after an interview to summarize their evaluation of the candidate.
- Interview Questions and Notes Sheet – Used by interviewers to take personal notes in the interview.
- Interview/Relocation Expenses – Business Services policy on recruitment expenses
- International Hires Recruitment Guidelines – Description of guidelines to comply with requirements of the Department of Labor for recruitment of international hires.
- Operational Area Guidance – Provides operational areas examples and information on identifying operational areas
- Post Degree Training Appointment Hiring and Appointment Info
- Recruitment Records Retention
- Recruitment File Checklist – Describes necessary items retained in the recruitment file
- Recruiting Using Social Media
- Recruitment, Assessment and Selection (RAS) Policy – Applicable to Academic Staff, University Staff, Limited and Faculty Appointments; may also be used for temporary employees and student appointment but this is not required per policy
- CALS Recruitment, Assessment, and Selection (RAS) Plan – CALS Specific procedures which accompany the RAS policy
- Recruitment, Assessment, and Selection (RAS) Checklist – OHR’s step-by-step, role-based checklist
- Rehired Annuitants – Important information on hiring WRS retirees
- Recruitment Related Trainings
- Recruitment Toolkit – OHR’s toolkit
- Reference Checks
- Guide to Reference Checks – Best practices and strategies for conducting reference checks, including sample questions.
- Standard Recruitment Process Flowchart
- Student Assistant Hiring and Appointment Info
- Student Hourly Hiring and Appointment Info
- Student Job Center
- Title and Standard Job Description Library – This library has titles, salaries, and title-specific information for all jobs at UW–Madison
- TREMS Recruitment Workflow – Visualization of CALS open recruitment process in the Talent Recruitment and Engagement Management System (TREMS)
- TREMS Application Statuses and Sample Communications Associated with Applicant Statuses
- TREMS Training – for those who work with recruitments – contact your unit’s CALS HR Manager with questions
- Unpaid Appointment Hiring and Appointment Information