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Podcast: UW School of Medicine Faculty Thrivecast
Episode: Best Practices for Faculty Recruitment
Description: Dr. Sahar Rooholamini (Pediatrics; Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Retention) walks us through the steps for recruiting faculty using equitable, mission-aligned best practices. Dr. Rooholamini shares strategies for active outreach to gather a diverse pool of applicants, delineates key qualities of an exemplary job ad, and explains the role of the search committee in leading and standardizing the review and selection process. She recommends keeping your search criteria expansive to be inclusive of potential applicant qualities that you may not have initially envisioned. Finally, Dr. Rooholamini provides advice on how to balance considerations of internal and external candidates, and...