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Talent Acquisition

Employment Verification: Refer to the Employment verification links at the Financial Affairs site. Talent Acquisition does not manage employment verifications and will not forward requests for employment verification.

Navigating our Site

If you click on the topics in the left navigation bar, you’ll find services our team provides.

Applicant Resources

Under Applicant Resources, we've provided resources to assist applicants in applying to positions at UCSC, including:

  • Detailed information about the Initial Review Date (IRD) and the Application Review Process
  • Detailed How to Apply module
  • Guidelines for Troubleshooting common issues in the application process
  • Frequently Asked Questions about the application process
  • Explanation of Applicant Statuses

Employee Resources

In the Employee Resources section, new and returning employees can learn more about the hiring process and access resources to help get acclimated as a new staff employee at UC Santa Cruz. This section includes:

  • An overview of the Hire Process Timeline
  • Pre-employment requirements for our for new, returning and continuing employees
  • Valuable links and information available in our Employee Toolkit

Hiring Manager and Search Committee Resources

  • The Fair Hiring Guide is a reference tool for all hiring committee members involved in a staff recruitment
  • Information about the Filing a Vacancy, with a detailed description of the different types of recruitments available to our hiring units, including pros and cons associated with each type of recruitment
  • Under Recruiting and Hiring Resources, campus partners, Hiring Managers and search committee members can learn more about our Recruitment process, Training opportunities, and our Advertising process
  • Easy access to the most commonly used recruiting tools, including Search Firm guidelines, information about background checks, and links to the Position Control Request and Job Opening Request Form in ServiceNow

Services Provided

  • Job fairs, outreach & applicant workshops
  • Applicant inquiries, issues & tech support
  • Application processing
  • Recruitment consultation
    • Recruitment plans & strategies
    • Recruitment related policy & procedure
      • Fair Hiring practices
      • Interviewing best practices
  • Recruitment & Hiring
    • Training for Supervisors/Hiring Committees
    • Recruitment advertising
    • Coordination of Interlocation Transfers (ILT)
    • Job offers
    • Hiring
    • Recruitment records (RDS)
  • Preferential Rehire & Reassignment consultation
  • New & returning employee orientation
  • E-Verify for Staff and non-Academic Student Employees
    • Requests to meet with students or staff that require e-verification will come from one of our team members (see Talent Acquisition Staff Directory via the left-hand nav bar on this page). Due to the sensitive nature of the request, you are welcome to verify its validity by reaching out to our shared inbox at hiring@ucsc.edu

For assistance with specific services for hiring units:

Got Questions? Join our drop in office hours every Tuesday from 11:00am - 12:00pm.
You can access the video call at this ZOOM link.
*Note we have a New Zoom link as of 7/2/2024

See the Locate your TA Consultant to contact your TAC for:

  • Recruitment plans & strategies

  • Questions regarding Fair Hiring

  • Interviewing best practices

  • Job offer inquiries

  • Questions regarding Recruitment Document Suite

Contact hiring@ucsc.edu for:

  • Applicant support

  • Job Fairs

  • General questions about the recruiting process and/or recruiting tools

  • Request to release additional applications

  • New and returning employee orientation

  • Authentification of E-Verification requests

  • Coordination of Interlocation Transfers from another UC

  • Recruitment records

For a faster response, please DO NOT email individual team members - use hiring@ucsc.edu for all generic inquiries.

Contact staffads@ucsc.edu for:

  • Advertising inquiries

For Recruiting Requests and Job Offers:

  • Job Builder - A tool for viewing and creating position descriptions for staff positions. Will serve as a workflow engine and repository for ALL STAFF job descriptions. Hiring units will use Job Builder to submit a Position Control Request for new positions or to revise job descriptions for existing positions needed for recruitment.
  • Job Opening Request Form - Used by the hiring unit to request a new job opening (open recruitment, campus only recruitment, non-recruitment, waiver of recruitment) and to identify selected candidate(s). This tool is also used to initiate job offers for open recruitments.
  • Existing IT Requests in ServiceNow - Select "Ticket Status" to see your open requests.

Contact the Background Check Team for:

  • Background check inquiries

  • LiveScan Coordination

Contact Amy Kile for:

  • Preferential rehires/Reassignments

  • Recruitment related policy

Contact Colette Grey for:

  • Inquiries regarding Search Firms

Staff HR Talent Acquisition Office Information

Phone: (831) 459-2009
Fax: (831) 459-3520
Email: hiring@ucsc.edu (preferred method for incoming communications)


Mailstop: SHR - 010
Office Location: 100 Enterprise Way, Suite E100, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Mailing Address:
SHR Talent Acquisition: Mailstop 010
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Talent Acquisition manages STAFF recruitment. For faculty and student employment inquiries, please reach out to the appropriate department below:

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT – Academic Personnel Office
Phone: 831-459-4300  Fax: 831-459-4473
apo@ucsc.edu

STUDENT EMPLOYMENT – Career Success
Phone: 831-459-4420  Fax: 831-459-3860
csuccess@ucsc.edu