Career Employment

About the Hiring Enhancement Program
The hiring process can be overwhelming and time consuming. If you don't invest time in the process, you could live to regret your hiring decision.

We want to help you be as successful as possible in balancing your time spent in this critical process and ensuring that you are getting the most qualified, best-fit candidate.

Our program, trainings, and resources are driven by your suggestions. Please feel free to contact us directly or through our suggestion e-mail at HiringEnhancement@uky.edu.

 

Employment Teams

You now have employment teams to provide day-to-day assistance, employment compliance as well as proactive and strategic guidance with the hiring process. Each team consists of an Employment Specialist and Consultant that can provide guidance and service from A to Z throughout the hiring and selection process. Please see below for your dedicated employment team.

Campus
Louie Bosworth - Specialist
257-8733
Lewis.Bosworth@uky.edu
Crystal Gabbard - Consultant
257-9632 
Crystal.Gabbard@uky.edu

Hospital
Stephanie Vessel - Specialist
257-9630
Stephanie.Vessel@uky.edu

Leslie V. Wooten - Consultant
257-9647
Leslie.Wooten@uky.edu

HealthCare
Sharon Bruce - Specialist
257-9758
Sharon.Bruce@uky.edu

Christy K. Fitch - Consultant
257-9628
Christy.Fitch@uky.edu

Solutions

Consultations
We provide individual and department consultations to assess your current hiring practices and processes, as well as the hiring and selection skill levels within your department, high turnover positions and future staffing needs.

Trainings
We facilitate trainings for all levels of experience, which include: Legal Considerations: The Dos & Don'ts of Interviewing, How to Develop an Effective Job Posting, Behavior Based Interviewing series and more.

Resources
We continually develop resources such as interview guides, phone screens and reference check guides to enhance your current hiring and selection process as well as provide guidance on how to maximize these resources.

Interested in a customized consultation, training or resource for your departments? Start here.

 

Newsletters

As a hiring official, we recognize the challenges that you face in your day-to-day jobs and we want to help you maximize the value of time spent on the hiring process. The Hiring Enhancement Program newsletters share with you time saving tips and best practices so that you hire right, the first time!

November 2009

October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009

April 2009
March 2009


If you would like to receive the newsletter and subscribe to the Hiring Enhancement Program listserv, please send an e-mail to leslie.wooten@uky.edu , subject line “Opt-In”.

Calendar of Events

How to Develop an Effective Job Posting
Tuesday, December 8th
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
231 Student Center Addition

 

Hiring & Selection Tools

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Phone: (859) 257-9555 · Fax: (859) 323-8512
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