APPLICANT SCREENING PROCESS

A screening committee will recommend full-time and certain part-time personnel to the administration. For professional positions, the Professional Standards Boards will recommend personnel; for paraprofessional positions, an Advisory Screening Committee will recommend personnel.

The process for selecting new employees will comply with the College’s equal opportunity and non-discrimination policies.

The President shall establish procedures regarding the selection of new employees.

Procedure 4210B

APPLICANT SCREENING PROCESS

The Associate Vice President of Human Resources will initiate and coordinate the hiring process. The Professional Standards Board or the Advisory Screening Committee will recommend selected candidates to the administration.

Initiating the Process
The Associate Vice President of Human Resources will initiate the selection process after receiving the applications. The applications will be given to the appropriate screening committee:

• To the Professional Standards Board for professional positions, or
• To the Advisory Screening Committee for paraprofessional positions.

The Associate Vice President of Human Resources will instruct the committee regarding the College’s equal opportunity and non-discrimination policies.

Selecting Candidates
The Professional Standards Board, or the Advisory Screening Committee will review the applications and encourage using the scored screening forms which outline the criteria specified in the position description. After the applications are screened, the Professional Standards Board, or the Advisory Screening Committee, will submit to the administration its recommendation for which applicants should be interviewed.

Hiring Employees Under Age 17
The College President must approve the hiring of any employee who is under the age of 17. Supervisors desiring to hire someone under the age of 17 must begin the approval process by contacting the Human Resources Office.

Adopted November 19, 1981
Revised March 13, 1986
Reformatted October 7, 1986
Reformatted February, 2012
Revised July 15, 2015
Reformatted December 14, 2022