Avoiding Bias in Hiring

If you are involved in hiring employees, this training is for you. 

During this overview of unconscious bias and its impact on the hiring process, you will be provided tools and strategies for ensuring that the best candidates apply and are hired for open positions. 

Who has completed this course?

To view when you last completed this training, login to CSU Learn(opens in new window), select Transcript, change the date range to "All" and look for the course title in your training transcript. 

Available Training

Please contact Human Resources at humanresources@csuchico.edu if you require Avoiding Bias in Hiring Training in order to serve on a search committee. 

Frequency: This course is due every four years.

Who should complete the training?  Campus employees interested in, or responsible for, selecting job candidates for hire. Targeted toward faculty and staff search committee chairs, as well as anyone serving on search committees or interested in best practices to hire the best candidate for an open position. While an employee may join a committee before receiving training, Employment Services will make candidate applications available only after the entire committee has completed the training.  

Student employee recruitments:  At this time, Avoiding Bias in Hiring training is not required for staff/faculty interviewing student employees.

Contact: Questions about this course should be directed to humanresources@csuchico.edu.

Chico State is committed to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. As a campus we seek to cultivate and nurture a welcoming and inclusive campus where students, faculty, and staff have an equitable opportunity to thrive. It is essential that we afford this same opportunity to our job applicants. 

Beginning in January 2021, upon the recommendation of the University Diversity Council and with the support of President Hutchinson and her cabinet, all campus employees (staff, faculty and MPP's) who are involved in search committees are required to complete training on the topic of Avoiding Bias in Hiring.