Faculty Search Committee Training

Event Date: 
Friday, December 11, 2020
Event Location: 
Online
Start Time: 
1:00 p.m.
End Time: 
2:30 p.m.

Equal Opportunity and the Academic Resources Department are again partnering to offer several 60-minute training sessions designed to address challenges that may impact faculty search committees. This training is required for all search committee chairs at least once every two years; all other search committee members are strongly encouraged to attend.

The covered topics include:

  • Using PeopleAdmin, UNT’s electronic faculty applicant tracking system to make the work of the committee easier and more efficient
  • Best practices for attracting a diverse and inclusive pool of highly qualified candidates
  • Ways to ensure a consistent and fair process.
  • Appropriate and inappropriate questions to ask candidates in furtherance of UNT’s commitment to diversity and inclusion

Training sessions will be offered via Zoom throughout the Fall 2020 semester, including:

  • September 16, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
  • October 20, 2020 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
  • November 12, 2020 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  • December 11, 2020 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

If you have technical difficulties or cannot register through Bridge, please email Equal Opportunity at OEO@unt.edu, with the date you wish to attend. Please feel free to disseminate this information through your departments or to anyone you feel would benefit from this training.