Recruitment Toolkit
Choosing the right people for your research team is one of the most important things you do, but recruiting for your project can feel daunting. This toolkit aims to support you through the entire process, from designing a recruitment strategy right through to welcoming your new team members.
The Recruitment Toolkit will help you:
- design roles that fit your project’s needs
- ensure your job adverts speak to the right applicants
- run interviews that help you identify the best candidates
- plan an effective start for new recruits.
To get started, either work your way through the whole toolkit or pick resources from the selection below that best suit your current need.
Looking for an in-depth introduction?
If you’re new to recruitment, why not make your way through our detailed and structured exploration of everything you’d need to know to get started.
A thorough guide to recruitment with videos, downloadable helpsheets and links to further resources.
Videos
Dive straight in to these videos from our Recruitment Toolkit to watch Fellows and experienced PIs share their insights and experiences of recruiting a research project team.
Planning your recruitment strategy
Designing the role
Balancing person and project needs
Advertising the role
Conducting the interview
Providing an effective induction
Focused explorations
Take a closer look at some of the themes we explore within the Recruitment Toolkit.
Explore all our toolkit resources related to equality, diversity and inclusion in the recruitment process.
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Downloads
Take your pick of the worksheets and guidance documents provided in the Recruitment Toolkit.
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Links
Browse the additional recruitment resources we recommend in the toolkit.
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Upcoming events
If you’re a member of the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network, why not register for one of our events.
**NO RECRUITMENT EVENTS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE**
Share your feedback
We’d love to hear where this toolkit has had impact and what you think of it. Please share with us:
- how you’ve found this Recruitment Toolkit helpful
- what else would be helpful to add
- any issues or out-of-date content
- comments or suggestions for how to further improve accessibility
Copyright notice
These resources (except where marked otherwise) are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) licence.
Please attribute the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network and UKRI if you reuse them.