Search & Selection Process
Diverse Group of People on Zoom
Virginia Tech is an equal opportunity institution. Read our Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statement. For more information, read University Policy No. 1025: Policy on Harassment, Discrimination, and Sexual Assault.
Our university promotes competitive recruitment opportunities for all open positions to identify and attract a diverse and qualified candidate pool. Virginia Tech has a strong commitment to the Principles of Community, diversity, inclusion, and maintaining a work and learning environment that is free of all forms of discrimination.
Virginia Tech is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals. As a land-grant institution, the university believes a diverse workforce will enhance its ability to fulfill its mission of education, research, and public service.
Search Committee Charge Workshop
This workshop is designed for members of search committees who participate in the search and selection process. To participate in an employment search and selection process, the search committee must have completed the training within the last two years.
- Remain in Compliance with Federal Applicant Tracking Requirements and fulfill our legal, moral, and ethical obligation to ensure full and fair consideration of all applicants applying for positions at Virginia Tech.
- Manage a fair and equitable search process for the best qualified candidates.
- Aggressively recruit and select truly exceptional candidates from diverse backgrounds who will help Virginia Tech fulfill its mission and achieve the goals of its Diversity Strategic Plan and the Functional Affirmative Action Plans for the university.
- The workshop is available on-demand.
- Employees: Register and complete the workshop in the PageUp Learning Management System (LMS).
- Stakeholders who are students and non-Virginia Tech employees: If you are participating in a search and selection process with Virginia Tech, you will need to be manually registered for the workshop. Contact Jasmine Tucker at jasminewt@vt.edu for help.
Employees may check their individual completion record in the LMS under "My development plan." Verification of multiple search committee completions are available in the PageUp LMS system under reports; see these instructions to Review Search Committee Report for more information.
For questions about the search process or the content of the workshop, contact:
- Anita Jenious, director of affirmative action, ajenious@vt.edu, 540-231-7518
- Jasmine Tucker, senior affirmative action specialist, jasminewt@vt.edu, 540-231-5368
For questions about PageUp LMS, contact:
- HR Service Center, hrservicecenter@vt.edu, 540-231-9331
Diversity Recruitment Resources
To attract the best and most diverse pool of qualified applicants for each vacancy, departments should develop a strategic and robust recruitment plan. Careful consideration must be given to determine which sources will target a well-qualified and diverse applicant pool that can use local, regional, and national recruitment opportunities that will target and attract qualified women, minorities, persons with disabilities, or military applicants.
Sources may vary contingent upon the position. Resources can be discipline/position specific to assist in the efforts of attracting a viable applicant pool. Strategically select recruiting/advertising resources and making Good Faith Efforts (GFEs) also provides attainment for your Functional Affirmative Action Plan (FAAP) goals and objectives.
Using an assertive recruiting and advertising plan that utilizes multiple outlets in an effort to encourage the inclusion of qualified women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and military applicants is strongly encouraged. Without actively recruiting for a diverse pool of applicants, will make it hard to determine if the best qualified candidates have been enticed to apply.
See the resources below which will help you in developing a strategic and robust recruitment plan.