Peggy is the Assistant Director of Human Resources and Recruitment at Western Connecticut State University. With a background in Human Resource Management, Peggy is responsible for both the recruiting and on-boarding of new hires at the university. She walks us through the entire process, from navigating the Applicant Tracking System to the final interview and job offer. Find out why having a clean and clear resume is imperative to any job search.
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My name's Peggy Boyle, I'm the assistant director of human resources for recruitment at West Conn. We hire faculty, maintenance staff, clerical staff, management staff, and I'm involved in all of the recruitment and hiring processes for all those different levels. So, first we work with the hiring manager. The position, of course, first has to get approved, to make sure we have money for the position, and then we develop an ad, and that gets posted to various sites, depend upon the position that we're recruiting for. And then we collect the applications in a holding email box in human resources or in our diversity office, depending upon the job. And then the search committee develops a screening grid, which helps them rate each applicant and the materials that they presented. And then they get it down to a reasonable number of applicants and they either have telephone interviews or they bring them to campus for interviews. And they usually meet with an assortment of people on campus. And then they, a search committee makes a recommendation to their hiring supervisor, maybe the dean or a VP or associate vice president. And the finalist is selected. I get the lucky phone call to call them up and (laughing) ask them if they want to work for West Conn, and then we do reference checks, and maybe a pre-employment physical for certain staff, and do their appointment letters and then we do background checks and we get them started.
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