Job Offer Process

Verbal Offer:

All offers must be approved by the CFO and COO before they are made. Once a final candidate is identified the recruiter can start the approval process. You may start reference checks (recommend three professional references) at the same time as approval is being reviewed (if not before). Once approved, a verbal offer can be made after verification with the Recruiter that everything is in order.

Work with the candidate to determine a start date. All new employees will start on a Monday or Tuesday if Monday is a holiday (excluding faculty who start July 1).  Allow at least two weeks from the time an offer is submitted (verbal offer accepted) to when an employee may start.

Formal Offer:

Once a verbal offer has been accepted and a start date is selected, the recruiter or operations manager for academic positions will create the offer letter. 

Hire Process:

  1. Verbal offer given
  2. Offer letter written
  3. People Center send the offer to the appropriate VP/Provost/President/Official for signature
  4. People Center sends written offer via Adobe Sign to new hire for digital signature
  5. Background check is sent to the employee via HireRight. Please allow 2 weeks for the background check to process.  Note: If the background check comes back unsuccessful, the People Center will resolve.
  6. Once the background check has come back as successfully passed, the new employee may begin working on their start date.