Hiring Managers Tool-Box

Human Resources provides services guiding departments and hiring managers through the process of posting, recruiting, interviewing, and final selection.

Identify a Need

Departments who have a need for a new position, or need to refill a current position, can take an opportunity to review the organizational structure, current staff skills, and to advance the alignment of the current workforce with the departments needs and the University’s mission.

Posting a Position

When deciding to post an open position it is important not to miss any steps. Here you will find all the necessary information on how to successfully create a position for recruitment on the Texas Tech Careers website. More...

Hiring managers needing access will need to complete training which is available in Cornerstone. Questions regarding access can be sent to hrs.recruiting@ttu.edu.

Advertising

Advertising is essential for recruiting exceptional talent in alignment of the university's mission to advance knowledge through innovative and creative teaching, research, and scholarship. There are also several additional choices for advertising at the department's request.

• Work at Texas Tech: Advertising on Texas Tech Careers is automatic.
• Internet: The Internet is the fastest growing method of reaching candidates. Utilize departments social media pages.
• Newspapers: Although the dynamics in newspaper advertising is changing, advertising in local papers can be an option.
• Professional Journals: Professional journals are an excellent way of advertising for industry specific positions. Ads in journals generally have a longer life. Be sure to give yourself ample time to place the ad since journals are usually printed monthly or quarterly. Due to cost, these ads are generally reserved for national searches or high-level positions.
• Networking: : Networking remains the single most effective way to fill positions. Talk with other employees, universities, colleagues, professional organizations, and community leaders. Notify other universities with large numbers of graduates in your field. Attend industry job fairs and local professional organization meetings.

Please note the cost of additional advertising is paid by the hiring department and STAFF advertising must be requested by the External Ad Request Form.

External Ad Request Form

Reviewing Candidates

Hiring Matrix

The hiring manager is responsible for developing a hiring matrix to keep track of the candidate ratings. The hiring matrix is an invaluable tool the hiring committee can use to objectively and accurately assess and compare candidates’ qualifications. This also documents the hiring managers decision and demonstrates the candidates were reviewed on job-related criteria.  A hiring matrix is required for all staff positions.

Hiring Matrix

Interviewing

To hire exceptional talent in alignment with the university's mission to advance knowledge through innovative and creative teaching, research, and scholarship, this section will guide the hiring manager through successful phone screening and face-to-face interviews. More...

Reference Checks

Reference checking is conducted to verify a candidate's employment history, qualifications, and job-related performance. More...

Offer Process

Once reference checks are successfully completed, the department may extend a verbal or departmental offer letter. After the verbal offer is accepted and salary negations are completed, the department system users will complete this process for staff and the Provost office will complete this process for faculty.

Department Onboarding

At Texas Tech we want to ensure a positive work experience for our new employees from the very beginning of the first day. Part of the role we play as supervisors is to make that first day a WOW experience. Employees are excited to start a new job and we want to welcome them with that same excitement. We need to be intentional about preparing new employees so their first day can go as smoothly as possible. The Supervisor's Onboarding Guide was created to make the onboarding experience easy for you and for them.