Search Process Toolkit

At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, recruiting and hiring new employees is one of our most important cooperative responsibilities. This toolkit offers resources to support you in recruiting top talent and making hiring decisions that uphold a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity.

Please bookmark this webpage instead of the individually hyperlinked documents below, to ensure you always access the most current and accurate information.

The contents of this page are current as of April 21, 2025, or later. For more information, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page or contact us at accessandequity@illinois.edu.

If your college or department plans to issue supplemental materials, guidance, or training regarding employee recruitment or hiring practices, please contact OAE for review to ensure that the content does not conflict with the university’s Recruitment and Hiring Guidelines, the Search Process Toolkit or the Inclusive Hiring at Illinois training.

Train the Search Team

Inclusive Hiring at Illinois Training

The Inclusive Hiring at Illinois training must be completed by hiring managers, search committee chairs, search committee members, and search coordinators before a position can be posted on the job board. Once completed, the training is valid for two years.

All participants must complete Part 1: Inclusive Hiring Core Principles.

Then, depending on the search structure:

If a search committee is assembled and you are assigned to one of the roles mentioned above, then you must complete: Part 2: Inclusive Hiring with a Search Committee.
If there is no search committee and you are assigned to one of the roles mentioned above, then you must complete: Part 2: Inclusive Hiring without a Search Committee.