Office of Career Preparation

Collecting Resumes/Applications and Interviewing Candidates

Students will submit resumes and/or applications for your posted on-campus employment opportunities. You select how you would like to receive these or any other documents. This may be through your SOU CareerLink account, email, fax or in-person. Below are some recommended guidelines to facilitate appropriate communication with students.

1. When you receive application documents, respond to the student within 48 hours. Inform the student that you have received their documents and provide a hiring timeline. It is recommended that you communicate with students via phone or email.
2. Once you have selected candidates that you would like interview, contact them to schedule an interview.
3. During the interview process, it is recommended to remain objective and follow EEOC guidelines. Interview guide provided by SOU Human Resource Services.
4. Once you have selected your candidate(s) that you wish to hire, contact the candidate(s) and make an employment offer.
5. Once an offer has been accepted, contact all candidates (interviewed and non) to inform them that an offer has been made and accepted by another candidate(s).