Description
Discount caregiving résumé gaps when recruiting faculty. The University of California encourages faculty hiring committees to discount caregiving-related gaps in a candidate’s résumé. The university’s faculty search guide recommends including family-friendly language in faculty recruitment advertisements and advises search committees to “search for individuals with non-traditional career paths who may have taken time off for family reasons…or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academe.” In the US, the University of Florida, Case Western Reserve University, Stanford University, and Cornell University have also developed resources and trainings to ensure equity and diversity in faculty recruitment processes.
Lessons learned
Successful implementation of this practice requires the training of recruiters.
Example
University of California’s discounting of caregiving résumé gaps
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