4.1.1sr - SRTC Procedure: Recruiting and Hiring

General Philosophy

Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC) is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. The College is committed to promoting a diverse workforce that is representative of the people of its service delivery area and to providing maximum opportunity for internal mobility within the organization. Affirmative action means taking active steps to recruit and advance qualified minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and covered veterans.

Positions

All vacant positions must be posted unless exempted by the TCSG Recruitment procedure. The Human Resources Director or designee must approve all job announcements prior to posting. A job announcement must be posted a minimum of five working days. The announcement should be posted in prominent locations, including suitable websites. A job may be posted internally or externally. Internal job announcements are open only to qualified, current Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) or SRTC employees. External job announcements are open to all qualified applicants.

Part-time employees and adjunct faculty may not be promoted to a full-time position unless a job announcement has been posted and a search conducted.

Advertising and Outreach

The Human Resources Director or designee must approve all recruitment advertising prior to placement. To ensure a diverse pool of candidates, whenever possible and practical, SRTC will list job openings with Team Georgia Careers, a statewide talent management solution for recruiting and retaining talented employees dedicated to the business of State Government. Team Georgia Careers offers many benefits to both job seekers and recruiters including cross-posting to other platforms that are helpful in recruiting qualified minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and covered veterans.

Screening of Applicants

Each applicant's experience, training, and education will be measured against the posted minimum job qualifications. An applicant who does not submit a timely application or whose application does not meet the posted minimum job qualifications shall not be interviewed or otherwise considered for the posted vacancy.

Whenever possible, Human Resources will conduct a pre-screening of all applicants and oversee the interviewee selection process by the Hiring Supervisor and/or committee.

Interviewing

Hiring Supervisors are responsible for interviewing applicants. Whenever possible, a diverse committee should conduct the interview process. For faculty positions, the appropriate Dean of Academic Affairs should be included on the panel. In making this determination, the interviewer(s) should consider along with other relevant factors whether or not an applicant has a preferred qualification. Criteria for determining which candidates are interviewed will be applied consistently to all candidates. Normally, each applicant interviewed should be asked the same questions and responses noted and rated by the interviewer(s). The Human Resources office will provide a list of appropriate questions for the hiring supervisor to select a panel of questions to be used. Questions that are not on the list should be approved by the Human Resources Director prior to being placed on the panel of questions for the interview packets. It is the Hiring Supervisor's responsibility to ensure that interview records are sent in a timely manner to Human Resources for retention.

During the interview process, care should be exercised to avoid questions that are not job-related. For example, questions related to disabilities, medical conditions, marital status, planned pregnancies, number or age of children are inappropriate. Pre-employment medical examinations or immunizations may not be required unless pre-approved by the TCSG Director of Human Resources.

Reference Checks

Satisfactory reference checks are a condition of employment. The individual in charge of the search, usually the Hiring Supervisor, is responsible for verification of the applicant's educational and employment background and credentials.

Prior to making an offer, the Hiring Supervisor must contact at least two of the applicant's references, one of which should be the current supervisor if possible.

Offers of Employment

Offers of employment are conditional upon completion and review of a signed employment application, satisfactory reference checks, satisfactory criminal background check, execution of the State's loyalty oath and, where required and approved by the TCSG Director of Human Resources, certification of the employee's medical and physical exams form. All offers of employment should be confirmed in writing and should be accepted in writing. Applicants who are offered a position must supply basic contact information used to initiate the background screening process (criminal, motor vehicle, academic, etc.) as appropriate.

Retention of Records

Human Resources must retain all records of the search and selection process for a period of three years. It is the responsibility of the Hiring Supervisor to ensure that these records are complete.

Responsibility

The Human Resources Director has the overall responsibility for ensuring this procedure is implemented.

Reference:
SBTCSG Policy 4.1.1: Recruiting and Hiring
TCSG Procedure 4.1.1p1: Recruiting and Hiring

Status:
Adopted: 11-17-2014
Implemented: 07-01-2015
Abolished: 09-18-2019
Reinstated: 02-04-2020
Revised: 08-23-2023