Geri . . . we are a primarily undergraduate institution that has hired
post-docs for one of our professors with funded research from NIH.  We
had to go through the normal institutional hiring practices. . . which
meant drawing up a job description, and advertising the position.  In
both instances I think the researcher had some possible candidates in
mind, but had to advertise and interview candidates as per our hiring
practices.   There was no search committee for this level position,
strictly up to the researcher.  One thing we did have to do was show
justification for the salary  . . . had to find comparable positions
with salary ranges for our personnel people who had no experience with
post-docs.  Hope this helps . . . Jackie

Jacqueline Givens
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road, #0111
Kennesaw, Georgia 30144-5591
PHONE:  (770) 423-6036
FAX:  (770) 499-3620
EMAIL:  xxxxxx@kennesaw.edu

>>> xxxxxx@CC.WWU.EDU 07/16/02 03:05PM >>>
 One of our biology professors just received a three-year grant from
NSF.
His original budget included two graduate students, but NSF had him
change
it to one postoc associate.  As a primarily undergraduate institution,
we
have almost no experience in hiring postocs.  My question is, how do
your
institutions handle the recruiting of postdocs in research
appointments?
The PI says that, in his experience at other institutions (and as a
postdoc
himself), recruitment handled in an informal way--the PI asks
colleagues at
other institutions if they have any reasonable candidates for the
position,
then selecting who he feels is the best of the bunch.  Our Equal
Opportunity Center has a different idea--full recruiting process,
search
committees, process evaluations, etc.

Even though the postdoc hired on the grant would be an employee as
opposed
to a  trainee, have any of you been able to bypass the standard
recruitment
procedures?  You can reply directly to xxxxxx@cc.wwu.edu.

Geri Walker, Director
Bureau for Faculty Research

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