Talent Acquisition & Employment

To address talent needs, talent acquisition works in partnership with hiring managers to identify candidates for job openings and builds pipelines for future needs.

Planning for recruitment

Before you begin, ensure you are aware of UC policies and local procedures on conducting an effective recruitment to ensure you hire for the right skills and competencies.

University of California Diversity website
Career Tracks
A job classification system that enables UC to define job titles consistently within each location and across the university.
UC employment policies
Affirmative Action/EEO
Information about the university's obligations under affirmative action and equal employment opportunity.
California Pay Transparency and Applicant Salary Inquiry Restrictions (Assembly Bill 168 and Senate Bill 1162)
Information about the university's commitment to pay equity and pay transparency during the recruitment process.
Pre-employment Testing
This eCourse provides guidelines and resources about the key issues surrounding pre-employment testing of applicants for university positions.
Available through the UC Learning Center. (13 mins.)
Guidance on Recruitment Through the Use of Social Networks
Systemwide guidelines about the use of University social network accounts (such as LinkedIn Recruiter) to identify and recruit candidates for University employment in staff positions.
Local campus procedures for the recruitment of internal and external candidates through social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and others may be implemented in accordance with these guidelines.

Here are some resources to help you plan for hiring new staff:

Executive Recruitment and Search
UC approved search firms, internal search resources, and additional guidance and tools to assist with executive recruitment and searches.
HR Mythbusters
Outlines common myths around recruitment, promotions, and other UC policy-related issues and provides best practice guidance for managers on how to handle these types of situations. Your location’s procedures should be taken into consideration before changing an established procedure.
UC Hiring for Success
This eCourse training guides hiring managers and other UC personnel through each step of the hiring process and the policies, laws and values that underlay UC talent acquisition.

Updated in 2022 to feature increased guidance on incorporating equity, diversity and inclusion principles and best practices into recruitment, search and hiring efforts, as well as additional, new activities to prepare learners for more effective hiring and just-in-time resources that can be used during actual hiring efforts.

Available through the UC Learning Center. Part of the UC Systemwide People Management Series and Certificate. (60 mins.)
Search Advisory and Hiring Committee Best Practices
Identify and review the important roles committee chairs and individual committee members play in making a successful hire. Includes strategies and techniques for ensuring equity through identification and management of biases that may influence search or hiring processes, and laws and UC policies and procedures that govern hiring practices. (30 mins.)
- Search Advisory and Hiring Committee Best Practices Resource Library
  Includes links to laws, policies, studies, reference materials and other resources that complement the topics covered within this eCourse.
UC Managing Implicit Bias Series
A six-course online training series designed to increase awareness of implicit bias and reduce its impact at the University. The series reinforces the UC diversity, equity, and inclusion values that enable the University to attract and retain a top talent workforce, and it further supports the UC commitment to developing effective leaders and managers of people. It is intended to supplement existing location programs and resources.
Diversity Resources
To help recruit a diverse talent pool, a listing of diversity web sites has been developed to increase efforts in this area. Workplace diversity is essential to help grow and evolve as an organization. The listings provide sites that are geared towards Veterans, women and people from diverse cultures. Keep in mind that diversity is not limited to race and gender, but expands to diversity of experiences and perspectives.

Interviewing

Interviewing is one of the most important parts of the hiring process. With preparation and planning, you’ll be able to conduct interviews that provide you with solid information to assist in making successful, long-term hires.

Interview Committee Guide
Overview for hiring managers and interview committee members on best practices for conducting effective and legally compliant committee interviews.
Unconscious Bias Resources and How Unconscious Biases May Impact Reviewing a Resume
Avoid unconscious bias in the interview setting. Understand how unconscious bias may affect important interviewing decisions for committee members and those who interview.
UC Core Competencies
A foundational tool for the assessment and development of staff and people managers.
Behavioral Interview Questions Database (PC only)
Download your own personal instance of an Access database with almost 400 behavioral interview questions, based on one or more of the UC Core Competencies.
- Due to the nature of this file type, you may encounter a security warning when opening this file, but it is safe to open and use
- Use Chrome or Firefox to download
- System Requirements:
  - Microsoft Access 2016
  - Microsoft Excel 2016
  - Windows 8.1
- Behavioral Interview Question Database User Guide
  Guide for using the Behavioral Interview Question Database.
Sample Interview Questions
Database of behavioral based sample interview questions by functional category.