8.6 Evaluating the Search from a Diversity Perspective

If the department hires a women and/or a person who is ethnically and/or racially diverse, consider the factor that may have enabled it to do so and keep a record of good practices and successful searches for future reference.

If the applicant pool was not as large, as qualified, or as diverse as was anticipated, consider:

• Could the job description and/or position announcement have been constructed in a way that would have brought in a broader and more diverse pool of candidates?
• Could the hiring unit have recruited diverse applicants more actively?
• Were there criteria for this position that were consistently not met by women and/or persons of color?
• If women and/or persons of color were offered positions that they chose not to accept, what reasons did they offer? Are there things that the hiring unit could do to make it more attractive to such candidates in the future?