As you begin the hiring process, please direct any prospective employees to our Careers webpage to explore the job postings available.
If you need any assistance through out this process, please contact our recruitment team or email employment@umsl.edu.
If you want to learn more about the hiring process, please check out our Virtual Training Library.
First, determine which position type:
- Flowchart for Staff Hiring Process (12/10/2024)
- Courtesy Appointments (8/18/2022)
- Hiring an H-1B Scholars (6/3/2022)
- Kuali Staff Job Posting Form
- Advertising a Position (12/10/2024)
Additional Staff Specific Resources -
- Full-Time Academic Hiring Process (12/10/2024)
- Adjunct Hiring Process (3/12/2025)
- Post-Doctoral Hiring Process (03/30/2023)
- Courtesy Appointments (8/18/2022)
- Hiring an H-1B Scholars (6/3/2022)
- Job Posting Form for Academic Positions (05/20/2024)
- Advertising a Position (12/10/2024)
After the job is posted, follow these steps:
Learn how to review application and change the status of an applicant in your application pool. If you need further assistance with this process, please don't hesitate to reach out to the recruitment team.
Access Applications:
Screening:
Information from UM System is coming soon and will be linked here.
Reference Checks (SkillSurvey) are recommended to be requested before the finalist interviews. Please review our Reference Checking at UMSL webpage to help guide you through the steps to complete this process.
Offers can be done after finalist interviews and reference checks are complete.
Offers for full-time faculty positions should only be made after the Provost has approved the terms of a particular offer.
- Verbal Offer Guide (4/26/2023)
- Moving allowance agreement
CBC's are initiated after the candidate has signed the offer letter the Recruit Team sent.
- Criminal background check (CBC) process (4/8/2022)
- Hiring Manager frequently asked questions about CBCs (3/25/2022)
- Criminal Background Checklist for International Scholars (form fillable) (3/21/2022)
- Additional Resources: HR-504 Background Checks and Criminal Convictions
Once the CBC is complete, Stripes will notify your new employee about completing preboarding & the I-9. Supervisors will receive status emails from UMSL HR if the new employees start date is coming up and they have not completed their I-9. After everything is submitted, processing will take anywhere between 2-3 business days. Supervisors, new hires and business managers will receive a congratulatory email on their new hires completion of their preboarding & I-9 process.