UW-MADISON
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING RECRUITMENT  (updated 6/99)
An approved Position Vacancy Listing (PVL) is required before open recruitment begins. Open recruitment is required for faculty, academic staff and limited positions at UW-Madison; exceptions are listed below.


I. Open Recruitment and PVL Not Required:

1.Zero-dollar appointment. Honorary Associate/Fellow appointment (Visiting Scholar);
2. Temporary faculty teaching appointment in another department;
3.Emeritus appointment (for prior faculty only): D21NN, D22NN, D23NN, D24NN;
4. Military science appointment as collateral faculty;
5. Adjunct appointment (if zero-dollar or less than half time).
6. L/I appointment if appointment will terminate within a three-year period with no prospect of continuing;
7.Visiting appointment if appointment will terminate within a three-year period with no prospect of continuing;
8. Teaching supervisor appointment;

II. PVL Not Required, but the department must have publicly announced appointment or

admission procedures used to recruit appointees:

1. Research Associate
2. Postdoctoral Fellow
3. Postdoctoral Trainee
4. Research Intern
5.Post Grad Trainee 1-7 Assistant
6. Intern (Non-Physician)
7. Grad Intern/Trainee
8. Fellow
9. Scholar Assistant

 

 10. Trainee
11. Advanced Opportunity Fellow
12. Teaching Assistant
13. Research Assistant
14. Program/Project
15. Undergraduate Assistant
16. Undergraduate Intern
17. Housefellow/Resident

III. Open Recruitment Not Required. Prior written approval from Academic Personnel Office is required (use PVL waiver form):
 

Appointment for 25 percent time or less;

  1. Emergency appointment (e.g., unexpected enrollment);
  2. Appointment for period of fewer than six weeks' duration);
  3. Temporary appointment to replace appointee on leave of absence;
  4. Degree completion for TA, PA, Undergraduate Assistant/Intern (fixed term terminal appointment);
  5. Degree completion for TA, PA, Undergraduate Assistant/Intern (fixed term terminal appointment);
  6. Training completion for employees-in-training, justifying title change but no change in duties.
  7. Temporary acting administrative appointment; e.g., Acting Registrar (cannot be converted to a permanent appointment without open recruitment);
  8. Appointment of re-employed annuitant other than emeritus professorial title.
  9. Minority or female candidate, if hire is to address underutilization*;
  10. Sole source, if recruitment inappropriate, i.e., the position will exist only if this particular individual is interested and available or if a current employe is transferred to another position*;
  11. Spousal hire, if final acceptance of a candidate is contingent upon his/her spouse finding employment in the area*;
  12. Referral priority, if academic staff is in lay-off status or on notice of layoff or a long-term academic staff is on notice of non-renewal.
  13. Movement from faculty to academic staff position & vice versa after necessary approvals obtained.
    14.

 

*Special exceptions to open recruitment may be granted by written approval from either the Equity and Diversity Resource Center or the Academic Personnel Office; a PVL is required. Submit PVL & written requests for the exceptions to Academic Personnel Office.                                              (6/99)