The following resources may be helpful in your recruitment and selection processes. The resources are organized by the process phases outlined in the module. While some resources - particularly those serving as templates for documenting the recruitment and selection process - may be geared toward a specific employee type, many can be easily adapted to the specific circumstances of your recruitment and selection process.
Planning
Screening
Selection
Many Schools and Units provide resources for the recruitment and selection process. You should always review the information for your area and contact your human resource representative or appropriate school/unit administrator to learn more.
The research on how implicit bias on a variety of characteristics (race, sex, disability, socioeconomic status, etc.) may impact the workplace is growing. Some studies of interest for recruitment and selection are:
- Bertrand, Marianne; Mullainathan, Sendhil (2004). "Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination." The American Economic Review, 94 (4), 991-1013.
- Goldin, Claudia; Rouse, Cecilia (2000). "Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of 'Blind' Auditions on Female Musicians." The American Economic Review, 90 (4), 715-741.
- Hernandez, Morela; Avery, Derek; Volpone, Sabrina; Kaiser, Cheryl (2018). "Bargaining While Black: The Role of Race in Salary Negotiations." Journal of Applied Psychology.
- Madera, Juan; Hebl, Michelle; Martin, Randi (2009). "Gender and Letters of Recommendation for Academia: Agentic and Communal Differences." Journal of Applied Psychology, 94 (6), 1591-1599.
- Moss-Racusin, Corinne A.; Dovidio, John F.; Brescoll, Victoria L.; Graham, Mark J.; Handelsman, Jo (2012). "Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (41), 16474-.
- Reeves, Arin (2014). "Written in Black & White: Exploring Confirmation Bias in Racialized Perceptions of Writing Skills." Nextion Yellow Paper Series, 2014-0404, 1-8.
- Trix, Frances; Psenka, Carolyn (2003). "Exploring the color of glass: letters of recommendation for female and male medical faculty." Discourse & Society, 14(2), 191-220.