Faculty Hiring Best Practices (FHBP)
The Faculty Hiring Best Practices (FHBP) Canvas course supports faculty involved in recruitment and search processes by providing a distillation of best practices in faculty recruiting.
The information and resources provided in FHBP supplement the direct support for faculty hiring that is provided by deans and their staff, and by the Human Resources team. The HR multi-step process is outlined on the HR website at Hiring a Faculty Member.
FHBP Completion Requirement
- Faculty who are serving on a faculty search must have completed the FHBP Course within the last three years. Faculty receive a certificate after successfully completing the course.
- The course has been revised significantly in the Spring of 2025 to reflect changes in several institutional processes and external contexts. For this reason, the Office of the Provost has asked all members of search committees to take the course, including holders of current FHBP certificates who completed the course before June 2025.
- Note that this course is distinct from the HR’s Search Committee Compliance Training course that members of all university search committees must have completed within one year of serving on a committee.
For questions and to be added to the course, please reach out to Vera Senina and Dalilah Smith-Santos.
Resources for Faculty Searches
The course includes reference to tools (sample job ads, interview questions, strategies, rubrics) that are useful for faculty searches; they can be accessed through the course or directly through the Faculty Hiring Best Practices Resources Folder (netID required).
Faculty Search and Hiring from Call for Proposals to completion of the hire is explained in the Faculty Search and Hiring Guide.
Each summer the OFE updates Montclair State University Student and Faculty Demographic Data to provide search committees with up-to-date analyses of their department, college/school, and university.