Advertising and Outreach
Along with writing the job ad, strategies for advertising and outreach will have a major impact on the applicant pool. The ADVANCE grant can provide funding for advertising, so do not let the cost of posting be the deciding factor when composing your ad or deciding where to post it. Seeking out applicant databases focusing on women and minorities in STEM fields is an excellent way to expand the pool, as is using your network of colleagues to disseminate the ad. Further, ADVANCE can provide limited funds to support faculty travel to conferences in order to recruit.
Best practices:
- "Advertise appropriately and search aggressively."* Don’t depend on a single publication or site to post your advertisement
- Include the ad in any listserv or website maintained by professional organizations within your discipline
- Network! Send the listing to your colleagues at other universities and encourage people you meet to apply
- Make use of the many databases for minority Ph.D. candidates – as noted below, ADVANCE will help you do this automatically