TABLE OF CONTENTS
Templates
Letter of Hire for University Executives on Board or Regents Contracts
Letter of Hire for Tenurable Faculty on Board of Regents Contracts
Letter of Hire for Contract Professionals on Montana University System Employment Contracts
Letter of Appointment for Non-tenurable Faculty
Letter of Appointment for Non-tenurable Faculty on Multiple Year Appointments
Letter of Appointment for Professional Hires (including Contract and Research)
Letter of Appointment Modification
Forms
Position Description Questionnaire for Contract Professionals
Position Description Questionnaire for Faculty
Recruitment Authorization Form
USRA Appointment Policy and Form
Summer School Appointment Forms for Faculty Appointees
Charts and Tables
Permissible and Impermissible Questions
Salary Guidelines for Tenurable Faculty
100.00 Introduction
110.00 Limitations and Use of This Manual
120.00 Presidential Authority
130.00 Confidentiality
140.00 Conflicts of Interest
150.00 Quick Facts
160.00 Definitions
170.00 Overview of the Recruitment and Hiring Process
210.00 RAF/Approval to Recruit
220.00 Types of Appointments and Titles
230.00 Position Descriptions
240.00 Vacancy Announcements
250.00 Recruitment Procedures
260.00 Recruitment Sources
270.00 Advertisements
310.00 Evaluation Criteria
320.00 The Legitimate Candidate Pool
330.00 Evaluating Applications
340.00 Finalists
400.00 Interviewing Candidates
410.00 Purpose of the Interview
420.00 The Campus Visit
430.00 Committee’s Role in the Interview Process
510.00 Selection
520.00 Negotiating the Hire
530.00 Hiring Tenurable Faculty
540.00 Hiring Nontenurable Faculty
550.00 Hiring University Executives
560.00 Hiring Contract Professionals
570.00 Hiring Coaches
580.00 Hiring Professional Hourly Appointees
590.00 Concluding the Search Process