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opportunity : Diversity Positive recruitment
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Tips and tools
Web sites recommended for CGIAR recruitments
This section provides an introductory list of cost-effective
online job sites that offer access to women or developing country nationals
when advertising CGIAR jobs. This is not a complete list; it is meant
to serve as a guide for the types of sites that can be helpful to your
applicant search.
In addition to general job sites, you should also plan to advertise on
more targeted sites, such as science sites, professional association sites
and list serves, women’s association and networks sites, university
and research institute sites, candidate and country-specific sites.
For instance, discipline-specific association sites offer direct access
to a target group. These associations often offer job free postings as
a benefit to their members. Many qualified women and developing country
scientists are affiliated with universities or other research institutes,
so Centers must ensure they are highly visible to these institutes, especially
those known to be producing graduates in the relevant disciplines.
Diversity Alert
A truly global sourcing strategy will encompass several
types of Internet sites and always will include women’s sites and
the sites of developing country universities and associations.
Web sources change constantly, so it is important to
build and maintain your own list. Continuously add your own proven resources,
delete those irrelevant to your Center or those that are no longer functioning.
The following list contains a broad sampling of useful sites, list serves
and URLs and offers basic information you will need to determine if you
wish to seek further information on the site itself. The sections themselves
are further divided geographically.
(A) most recommended sites for disseminating announcements including:
- top ten sites for CGIAR job announcements;
- science, agriculture and development sites available at no cost;
- global and regional recruiting sites available for a fee; and
- women’s associations and networks reachable via email;
(B) science agriculture and development sites available
for a fee;
(C) networks and research institutions reachable via email including:
- agriculture and development institutes and networks;
- fisheries and aquatic resources institutes and networks; and
- animal health institutes and networks.
We have furnished both URL and email contact information where available. For the sites that require payment, prices quoted are as of 2005.
Good Practice
Tap at least five new sources for
each job advertised and monitor the results of all Internet advertising
for effectiveness. This will help assure that you are casting the net
widely rather than recycling the same set of names and sources. HR should
ask respondents where they first saw the job advertised and keep simple
tables to determine if the site is a good choice for future vacancy announcements.
Establish relationships with career service departments
at universities. These are set up specifically to help their graduates
and alumni find jobs. Career service departments want to work with well-respected
employers such as the CGIAR Centers.
Encourage Center staff members to participate in Ph.D.
seminars at their alma maters and to tell Ph.D. candidates about the opportunities
and advantages of working in the CGIAR Centers.
Establish “sibling" relationships with universities
and colleges in several countries that offer the training and diversity
your Center seeks. Online career services of many universities offer some
of the following:
a. online, comprehensive, job search handbooks;
b. moderated online fora and/or automatic direct contact with students
who register for the service;
c. ways to exchange news and information on career-related opportunities,
including career services events, internships and employment opportunities;
and
d. links to other job listing services for which students can register.
It is usually possible to disseminate information about CGIAR Centers
through these resources.
Note: We encourage users to recommend to G&D any
new sites found to be effective for diversity-positive recruitment and
to inform us if they find changes in the contact information for the sites
listed here.
Most recommended sites for disseminating announcements
Science, agriculture and development
sites (at a fee)
Networks and research institutions (via email)
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