How to Start the Search Process

To initiate a professional search, the department must complete the Position Authorization Request (HRM-1), the Affirmative Action Plan, and the Announcement of Professional Vacancy (UP-5). These forms can be downloaded from the Forms page. Once this package is completed, it should follow the appropriate administrative channels specified in the revised Position Search Procedures published by Human Resources in March 2003. After the Affirmative Action Plan is approved and the HRM-1 packet has reached Human Resources, the position is posted in UAB 300 and on the Human Resources Vacancy web page and it is distributed to other SUNY campuses.  For further information on completion of the Affirmative Action Recruitment Plan, recruitment resources, sample letters for communicating with applicants and legal/illegal question for applicants, please go to the Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action Web Site. For information on search waivers, please refer to the policy memorandum published by the University Commission on Affirmative Action and the Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action on August 31, 2001.