Institutional Collaboration to Support Your Diversity & Dual-Career Recruitment

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1 Institutional Collaboration to Support Your Diversity & Dual-Career Recruitment Join over 700 institutions working together to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in our recruitment, retention, and advancement practices.

2 Shaping the Future Together The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium Our Promise to Members (HERC) is a national non-profit association HERC exists to advance the higher education community by connecting institutions with the people, knowledge, and partnerships that make their workplaces even more successful. established by human resources, faculty affairs, and diversity leaders. We represent and serve over 700 colleges, universities, university-affiliated hospitals, and research entities that believe increasing diversity and assisting dual-career couples is vital to recruiting a workforce that brings distinction and excellence to their institutions. VISION To promote equity and excellence in higher education recruitment worldwide. MISSION HERC advances the ability of member institutions to recruit and retain the most diverse and talented workforce and to assist dual-career couples. We partner with members and connect neighboring institutions to make the most of all of our resources. Working together, we power one of the largest higher education job boards, provide unrivaled dual-career assistance, and make professional development more actionable by sharing experiences and best practices. When you make the strategic investment to join one of our regional HERC chapters, you will have more resources to recruit and retain the most diverse and talented professionals and help shape the future toward a more inclusive higher education workforce. In short, HERC helps members to be equitable, hire the best, and support a diverse workforce.

3 A Superior Job Board & So Much More HERC provides recruitment and retention resources developed by members for members. We understand that successful recruitment is more than posting positions on a job board and culling resumes. It is a purposeful, collaborative, and evolving process one that we work to support every day. HERC Benefits Include: Collaborative Community Connect with peers and thought-leaders at regional meetings and conferences so you can incorporate best practices from other leading institutions and experts into your search committee processes, diversity plans, and dual-career programs. Diverse Candidate Pool & OFCCP Compliance Reach the most talented and diverse candidates through HERC s job board, diversity outreach, and partnerships with organizations serving women, racial and ethnic minorities, military personnel and veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Membership includes unlimited job postings that reach more than 200,000 monthly visitors. Dual-Career Assistance Collaborate with peers in your region, increase visibility of your dual-career program through HERC s website, and support dual-career couples with HERC s dual-career job search and resources. SUMMARY OF HERC BENEFITS Job Board Unlimited job postings and CV/resume access Professional Development Free to all employees Dual-Career Support Dual-career network and resources OFCCP Compliance Diverse candidate pool, representation at national diversity conferences, and advertising to support institutional compliance Member Discounts Discounts on products and services with companies that support higher education talent acquisition and management Partnerships Organizations that serve underrepresented populations promote HERC and your jobs to their constituents Inspiring Professional Development Participate in monthly, diversity-focused, professional development webinars with thought-leaders addressing important recruitment and retention topics. Webinars are FREE to your entire faculty and staff and qualify for HRCI and SHRM continuing education credits. Member Discounts HERC negotiates discounts with companies that support higher education talent acquisition and management and non-profit organizations on behalf of our members. These discounts include reduced rates on additional diversity job boards and conferences, talent management technologies, advertising in diversity publications, and additional institutional resources such as leadership training.

4 5 Reasons to Recruit with HERC Our approach is simple. HERC membership includes all of the following job board benefits to ensure the highest level of visibility, accessibility, and success for your jobs. 1. REACH Reach over 200,000 monthly visitors and over 80,000 registered active and passive jobseekers through daily job alerts sent every time new jobs in their fields are posted to our site. 2. DIVERSITY More than 34% of HERC s highly educated, registered jobseekers, are minorities and more than 63% are women. 3. ACCESSIBILITY Our job board is 508 compliant and mobile optimized. As of 2015 all professional development webinars for jobseekers include transcriptions for hearing-impaired individuals. We have received an impressive response from our jobs posted on the HERC website, and the return on investment has clearly been better than our paid advertising. Nancy Roddy Human Resources Management Analyst National Science Foundation 5. VISIBILITY Every job posted to your regional website will also be posted on the HERC-wide website to maximize visibility. HERC also partners with leading job boards to cross-post your jobs on their sites, making the most of your budget and reach. 4. COST-EFFECTIVE Membership includes unlimited job postings, access to our CV/resume database, and an institutional profile with your diversity statement and a link to all your jobs on one page.

5 HERC s Diverse Candidate Pool HERC connects institutions with highly educated and diverse candidates through our job board, representation at national diversity conferences, and advertising to underrepresented populations. Education Level (66,148 Respondents) MASTERS 39% DOCTORATE 26% ASSOCIATES 5% HIGH SCHOOL 7% BACHELORS 23% Gender (65,339 Respondents) Veteran Status (65,714 Respondents) TRANSGENDER.4% VETERANS 6% MALE 35.8% FEMALE 63.8% NOT VETERAN 94% Race* (60,286 Respondents) Professionals with Disabilities (34,389 Respondents) WHITE 65.3% PACIFIC.2% AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKAN.7% TWO OR MORE RACES 4.4% ASIAN 9.5% HAS DISABILITY 4% BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN 19.9% NO DISABILITY 96% *Ethnicity of HERC jobseekers is 8% Hispanic, based on 61,669 responses The date range represented is February 13, 2013 February 29, HERC Jobseeker Registration Survey. Responses are voluntary.

6 Photo Courtesy of OH/WPA/WV HERC A Community United by Shared Values Our work is inspired by five fundamental values that shape our decisions, actions, and the resources we provide members. They form the cornerstone of our organization and define the HERC experience. Our Core Values DIVERSITY An inclusive workforce shaped by a multiplicity of perspectives makes for greater experiences and outcomes. HERC History The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) was founded in the spring of 2000 by colleges and universities in Northern California that sought ways to collaborate on addressing dual-career, diversity and employment outreach challenges at their campuses. HERC was subsequently established as a member governed non-profit, 501(c)3 organization. EQUITY Transparent access to career opportunities and advancement inspires achievement and strengthens our institutions. COLLABORATION Together, we address the most pressing issues of faculty and staff recruitment and retention by bringing greater resources to shared challenges. PARTICIPATION When we collectively take part in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion we create lasting impact within higher education that will be valued for generations. EMPOWERMENT Enriching knowledge advances personal growth and institutional success.

7 Join a Chapter or Form a New HERC HERC is growing! Visit to request more information about joining a HERC in your region. Help Form a New HERC Chapter If you do not see a chapter in your state and want to join, we are ready to help you form a new HERC in your region. The Central HERC office works closely with institutions to introduce HERC to their region and to build support for forming a new regional chapter. New HERC Development Grant HERC offers a New HERC Development Grant of up to $5,000 to help institutions cover costs for laying the groundwork for an effective new HERC region. If your institution is interested in taking the lead for your region contact Nancy Aebersold, Executive Director of HERC, at nancy@hercjobs.org to learn more. Regional HERC Chapters as of June 2016

8 The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium is a project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.