Selection Advisory Committee Training
Employees serving on selection advisory committees for hiring play a critical role in helping Pasadena Area Community College District recruit, evaluate, and recommend the most qualified candidates in a fair, equitable, and legally compliant process. To support that role, EEO training for committee service is completed in two parts.

Part 1: Before Serving on a Committee
Employees must log into the Vision Resource Center and complete the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Considerations in the Hiring Process course (66 minutes) before serving on a committee. To access the VRC, enter your pasadena.edu single sign-on credentials, the press Launch to start the training video through Keenan SafeColleges.
This course provides a practical overview of lawful pre-hiring, hiring, and post-hiring strategies that support recruiting, selecting, and retaining a diverse group of highly qualified applicants. Topics include:

• Legal mandates related to correcting statistical underrepresentation in the workplace
• Best practices for hiring committees
• Recruitment strategies that broaden the candidate pool
• Creating a workplace culture where all employees feel valued and welcomed

This training can be completed on an as-needed, ad-hoc basis, so employees can complete it in advance of any committee opportunity. Employees who have completed EEO training within the past two years are not required to complete it again before serving. Current training records can be reviewed on the "EEO Training Records" card in LancerPoint.

Part 2: At the Committee's Initial Meeting
Once appointed to a committee, employees take part in a second training experience, Serving on a Hiring Committee: Your Role, Your Responsibility, Your Impact, delivered during the committee's initial meeting.
Where Part 1 covers the legal and conceptual foundation, this experience focuses on applying that knowledge as a committee member. It covers:

• Responsibilities at each stage of the process, including redacted screening, evaluating against core competencies, conducting fair interviews, and scoring with integrity
• Confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and protection from retaliation
• Real-world scenarios illustrating how bias can show up in committee discussions and how to redirect the conversation back to job-related evidence
• A practical self-check to use before finalizing any rating
• A recap of the core principles that guide fair, defensible hiring decisions

Questions?
Contact your HR Business Partner.