University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Mentoring section of search process
To be filled out for each person who is offered an interview and submitted before person is interviewed.
Before interview period:
1. Has the person to be interviewed requested meeting with personnel in specific areas (clinical, education, research areas)?
a. If so, would any of these people be willing to serve as the First-Mentor for this person if they are hired? (First-Mentor: A faculty member who agrees to mentor a new faculty member for at least the first six months; need not be in the same department as the new faculty member).
b. If the person to be interviewed has not requested specific interviews, has a needs assessment identified UNM faculty members who could serve as the First-Mentor?
2. Will the interviewed person be filling a unique role at UNM which may limit the content mentors available on site?
a. If so, what process will be used to identify internal/external content mentors?
3. Are there gender/ethnicity considerations, which may be important to the person who is being interviewed, relative to their needs in identifying a mentor?
A question in the interview process requesting identification of particular needs in a mentor may address this issue.
Survey of Results from the Guidelines
(To be completed at the end of the hiring process)
1. Did the guidelines for addressing mentoring assist the committee in the process of hiring the new faculty member?
a) If so, please describe how?
b) If not, would changes in format/questions help?
2. Has the new faculty member been assigned a mentor?
a) If so, when will the mentor be expected to contact the new faculty member or what will the process be for initiating the mentoring relationship?
3. What is the time commitment on the part of the mentor?
4. Have criteria for success of the mentoring process been delineated?
a) If so, what are they?
b) If not, would SOM guidelines be useful?
Follow Up Survey with New Hire
Name: _______________________
Department: __________________
Date: ________________________
1. Do you have a mentor at UNM?
2. If so have you and your mentor met yet?
a) Who initiated the contact?
b) When did the initial contact occur (before coming to UNM, etc)?
c) What topics have you discussed?
3. If not,
a) is there a mentor named in your letter offer?
If so,
b) will you be contacting that person?
c) If no one is named, please contact your chair about addressing this issue.