Join the Seminar Series on Academic Job Searching – Tuesday, Feb. 11, 11a.m.-noon in Carpenter 312
Presented by Dr. Dave Field, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering and Architecture.
Seminar 4: “Academic Job Search: Perspective of the Search Committee”
The job of the search committee is three-fold:
1. to identify the type of faculty member to hire (in consultation with the Dept. Chair and the faculty members),
2. to determine and execute a strategy to reach a diverse pool of qualified individuals (get them to apply), and
3. to identify the candidates that are most likely to be successful in the department and bring them to campus for an interview.
The process often involves examination of dozens and sometimes hundreds of applications that must be individually scored and/or ranked by members of the committee for future review of the HR department. While the required effort is significant, the task is one of the most important jobs that is done by faculty members as it directly impacts the composition and strength of the department for years into the future.
For more information about the seminar series, please see https://eecs.wsu.edu/~mehrizi/AcademicJobSearch.
Contact: Ali Mehrizi-Sani, mehrizi@eecs.wsu.edu.
