Diversity Efforts for Faculty Search Committees: Targeted Recruiting

1. A good place to start is by looking at our local talent pipelines: 

   • The SOM Alumni Office has current contact information for all of our minority SOM graduates.

   • The CALEB Project Advisor: Ellis Ingram

   • Excellence in Learning

   • Pathways to Success (PAWS)

2. Identify potential candidates by searching resumes on LinkedIn or Google for mentions of membership in  URM organizations or recipients of minority awards;

   • ​​Sample Google search targeting CVs on LinkedIn: diabetes minority award site:linkedin.com

   • Append this to a query to target online CV's in Google Searches: NIH minority fellowship cv file:pdf   

     • ​​…then use CTRL-F to find one or more of your search words in the CV

       • ​ e.g. CTRL-F minority

3. Look for resumes that mention membership in recognized organizations, including:

   • National Medical Association (NMA)/ Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

   •  Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)

   • American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)

   • Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS)

4. Some specialty societies have affinity groups, such as the American Medical Associations Women Physicians Section or an organization wide diversity initiative, such as the American College of Radiology Commission for Women and Diversity. Consider reaching out to leaders in those groups for referrals.  Some may have a Facebook group where you can post the job.    If you need help identifying possible affinity groups, contact us.

5. When searching social sites, pay attention to hashtags.  These can be used to search Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other sites to find affinity groups.  Searching with the full string, e.g. #Minoritiesinmedicine.  If available, use filters to narrow to groups. 

   Examples of useful hashtags are:

   #Blackmeninmedicine

   #Blackwomeninmedicine

From: AAMC's Diversity in the Physician Workforce: 2006 , as adapted by the University of Rochester School of Medicine.