Screening Guidelines

For help with screening applicants on the Online Employment System, please view our (pdf) Quick Tutorial for Screening Applicants.

Screening
The screening phase of the hiring process consists of reviewing all applications submitted for the open position. Your goal is to select those individuals whose education and experiences best match the requirements of the position.
After your job closes, the Employment Office will release all applications and documents to you for review.

Screening Process:

  1. Determine who will review the Employment Applications and give each person guest user access for the job.
  2. Develop a list of the most important requirements needed for the job.
    • Review the Employment Requisition duties and requirements.
    • Create a rating system using the job requirements. Note: This will also be valuable when completing the Application Evaluation Form.

  3. Review all applications and resumes using the list of requirements and rating system.
    • Applicant should meet minimum requirements
    • Consider skills that are "transferable" and not job specific

  4. Select 3-5 candidates to interview.

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