Submit a requisition
PageUp & Recruiting Process Module: Part 2
Additional Resources
Review Bargaining Unit Agreements
If the position is part of a collective bargaining unit and represented by a union (a "union position"), then read through the appropriate bargaining unit agreement ("union contract") for specific requirements related to the requisition of the approved job description.
Advertising Sources
Posting Sites Available from Talent Acquisition
- Amherst Internal Careers
- Careers at UMass Amherst
- UMass System Careers
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Inside Higher Ed Careers
- Diversity Jobs
Vendors for Additional External Posting
- Buyer Ads - Contact: Jeff McEvoy, jmcevoy [at] buyerads [dot] com
Requesting a Waiver
- Search waivers for PSU/USA/AFSCME need to be approved by Labor Relations and Union prior to submission to Talent Management.
- Attach approvals/backup to the documents tab of the requisition.
- All waivers are subject to review and approval by the Office of Human Resources.
Posting Language for Flexible Work Arrangements
- Learn more one the Flex Work at UMass page.
- If a position is eligible for a remote or hybrid work schedule we can advertise it as such with approved language per union.
- Add a note to the requisition if a position is eligible for remote or hybrid work and Talent Acquisition will add it to the posting text before advertising.
Types of Hire
- Types of Hire - formerly known as PageUp Recruitment Process Approval Path Combinations.
Recruitment Process
This process defines the various steps or statuses that an application will go through. It can be found in the Position Details section of the Job Requisition in PageUp.
Requisition Approval Process
This process determines the approval path and the approvers who will be involved in the job requisition process. It can be found in the User and Approvals section of the requisition in PageUp.
- Colleges, Departments, and Unit determine the number of approvers.
- Talent Management will always be the final approver, except for the direct hire process of Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellows, Post Docs, and Non-Tenure Tracks with an FTE lower than 50%.
Temporary (03) Positions
Searched
- Recruitment Process: Amherst
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Staff (Number of Approvers) Approvers
Identified Hires
- Recruitment Process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Staff (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- Identified temporary (03) positions do not require HR approval for waivers.
Staff Positions
This includes unit and non-unit positions, as well as non-unit academic appointments (i.e. Assistant/Associate Deans).
Searched
- Recruitment Process: Amherst
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Staff (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- Provost Office Staff no longer approves these job requisitions. Please add Provost Office Faculty to the faculty job requisitions with staff underlying duties.
Identified Hire
- Recruitment Process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Staff (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- All identified hire staff positions must have a waiver from Central Human Resources prior to submitting the requisition.
Spousal Hire
- Recruitment Process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Staff (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- All spousal hire staff positions must have a waiver from Central Human Resources prior to submitting the reuiqisiton.
Tenure Track Faculty Positions
Searched
- Recruitment process: Amherst TT Faculty
- Requisition Approval process: Amherst TT - (select school/college)
- Schools/Departments
- CICS - College of Information and Computer Sciences
- CNS - College of Natural Sciences
- CEO - College of Engineering
- EDUC - College of Education
- HFA - College of Humanities and Fine Arts
- ISOM - Isenberg School of Management
- SBS - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- SPHHS - School of Public Health and Health Sciences
- Schools/Departments
Spousal Hire
- Recruitment process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst TT - Pathways/Spousal Hire
- All spousal TT faculty positions must have an approved waiver from the Provost Office prior to submitting the requisition.
Pathways Hire
- Recruitment process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval process: Amherst TT - Pathways/Spousal Hire
- Pathway Tenure Track Faculty Searched positions can be added to the original hiring requisition without creating a new one.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty Positions
Searched
- Recruitment Process: Amherst
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Non-TT Faculty (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- Please add Talent Management as the last approver.
Direct Hire
- Recruitment Process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Non-TT Faculty (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- All direct hire Non-Tenure Track Faculty positions must have a waiver from the Provost Office prior to submitting the requisition.
- Please add Talent Management as the last approver for benefitted positions with an FTE of 50% or higher.
Spousal Hire
- Recruitment Process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Non-TT Faculty (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- All Spousal Non-Tenure Track Faculty positions must have a waiver from the Provost Office prior to submitting the requisition.
Pathway Hire
- Recruitment Process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Non-TT Faculty (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- Pathway Non-TT faculty searched positions can be added to the original hiring requisition without creating a new one.
Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow/Post Doc Positions
Searched
- Recruitment Process: Amherst
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst RF/SRF/Post Doc Search
- Please add Talent Management as the last approver.
- If there is no other designated departmental approver, the initiator should enter their name.
Direct Hire
- Recruitment process: Amherst Direct Hire/Search Waiver
- Requisition Approval Process: Amherst Direct Hire (Number of Approvers) Approvers
- Talent Management approval is not required for direct hire Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, and Post Doc.