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Employment Procedures:
Frequently Asked Questions
General
Information About Employment at
Palomar
How to Apply for Employment
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How do I apply for permanent employment at Palomar
College?
- How do I apply for part-time
faculty or temporary positions at Palomar College?
- Can I send a resume instead of
an application?
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What application materials am I required to
submit?
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How do I submit my application to you?
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Can you fax or email an application to me?
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Can I say "See Attached" instead of filling in
the requested information?
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How do I send letters of recommendation and
transcripts to you?
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To whom should my cover letter and/or letters of
recommendation be addressed?
- There aren't any positions
listed that I'm interested in. When will one be
available?
- Which positions am I qualified
to apply for?
- Can you make a copy of my
application for me?
- Do I need to include a typing
certificate with my application?
- I have a degree from another
country. Do you accept foreign degrees?
- I'm self-employed. Where do I
get the
Verification of Occupational Experience form?
Hiring Process Information
Website
Troubleshooting
Information for Interview
Candidates
Contact Employment Services
How do I apply for permanent employment at Palomar
College?
In order to consider you for permanent positions at Palomar College,
we need a completed application package for a specific open
position from you. You can learn of open positions and
get required application materials in one of the following ways:
Visit our website at
www.palomar.edu/hr/palomarjobs.htm to view current job
openings and download the required application materials.
Call our 24-Hour Job Line at (760) 891-7201
to listen to a recording of our current
open positions and request applications to be mailed to
you via postal service.
Stop by the Human Resource Services office in room A-1 at
the main campus in San Marcos to pick up application materials for current
openings. Office hours: Monday - Thursday, 7:30 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.; Fridays, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Send an email to
palomarjobs@palomar.edu to request an application via
postal service. We will need to know all of
the following information to send your application:
- Your first and
last name
- Your postal mailing address
- The title and department of the open position you
would like to apply for
Please note:
Employment Services is unable to send applications via email
or for positions that are not currently open to the public.
Application requests submitted via email or the Job Line are typically mailed within 1-5 business days
after we receive the requests.
If you request an
application during the business week on which a position
closes, we are unable to guarantee that you will receive
your application before the first screening deadline.
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How do I apply for part-time faculty or
temporary positions at Palomar College?
Part-time faculty and temporary positions have different
application procedures than permanent positions which are
specific to each position. To view current openings,
visit the following pages:
Part-time faculty positions:
www.palomar.edu/hr/ptfaculty
Temporary positions:
www.palomar.edu/hr/temporary
If you are interested in a
part-time faculty position that is not listed, you may
complete the
Part-Time Faculty Application for Employment and submit
it to the Human Resource Services office. We will
forward the application to the department you specified,
which will keep it on file and may contact you if a need for
an instructor arises.
Alternatively, you may contact the department
of your interest to inquire about potential opportunities. The
College's directory can be viewed online at
www.palomar.edu/onlinedirectory.
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Can
I send a resume instead of an application?
For all regular, non-temporary positions, a
separate, complete application package is required. Due
to the nature of our employment procedures we are unable to accept resumes alone as
application for employment. For part-time faculty and
temporary positions, application procedures may vary, so
please follow the application guidelines listed in the
individual postings for those positions.
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What application materials am I required to
submit?
The "Application Procedure" or "To Apply" section of each
position announcement lists specifically what documents are
required as application for that position.
Please note that all application materials must be submitted to Employment
Services by 4:30 pm on the position's first screening
deadline.
We are unable to consider any application that is missing one or more of the required documents or any
required page of the District application packet.
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How
do I submit my application to Employment Services?
All required application materials
listed on the position announcement are
due in our office at 4:30 pm on the date the position
closes. You may submit your application to our office in
one of the following ways:
Submit in person
at the Human Resource Services office in room A-1 on the
main campus in San Marcos. Office hours: Monday -
Thursday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Fridays, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
Postal service: Employment Services, Palomar College,
1140 W. Mission Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069
Fax: (760) 761-3530 (Please note: Faxed
application materials will be accepted only if
followed by a hard copy sent by postal
service.)
Due
to the nature of our employment procedures, Employment
Services is unable to accept any application materials sent via
email.
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Can you fax or email an application to me?
Employment Services has a dedicated fax machine
reserved only for receiving incoming applications and our
email address is reserved specifically for answering
questions applicants may have about the hiring process.
We
are therefore unable to fax or email applications to
candidates. If you are
interested in applying for an open position at Palomar
College, there are several other easy and convenient ways to
obtain application materials from us.
Click here to find out
how to get an application.
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Can I say "See Attached" on portions of the
application that ask me to write information that is already
listed in my resume or cover letter?
Applications that say "see attached" in all sections will be
considered incomplete.
It is important that your application be complete, detailed,
and clear, because our policy is to review completed
applications only.
Resumes and cover
letters often do not include all of
the information needed by HR and hiring committees to
determine whether an applicant qualifies for a position.
While we will accept applications that state "see attached"
in some, but not all, sections, please note that many hiring committees screen applications for
quality and presentation. Completed applications
with all sections filled out in their entirety are thusly
more likely to be granted interview consideration.
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How do I send letters of recommendation and
transcripts to you? Do they have to be mailed with my other
application materials, or will you accept them if they are
submitted separately?
You may send letters of
recommendation and transcripts (including placement files) to us in whatever manner is
most comfortable and convenient for you. We will accept
these materials whether they are sent with the application
package or under separate cover. Letters and
transcripts that are sent separately from the rest of the
application are placed in a special file and matched with
the remaining application materials when received.
If you are having these
materials sent separately from your application, we
recommend that you ask the senders to follow these
guidelines to ensure that Employment Services can easily and
quickly match the materials to your other application
materials when they arrive:
- Letters of recommendation:
Indicate the specific position title and department of your
interest in the letter.
- Transcripts and placement files:
Indicate the specific position title and department
of your interest in the mailing address (see below for
address formatting).
Letters of recommendation and transcripts may be sent via
the following methods:
- Postal service: Employment Services, Palomar College,
1140 W. Mission Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069. If
including the position title and department in the mailing
address, please request that senders use the format shown in
the example below:
Employment Services
Attn: Assistant Professor, English Search
Palomar College
1140 W. Mission Rd.
San Marcos, CA 92069
- Fax: (760) 761-3530 (Please note: Faxed
application materials will be accepted only if
followed by a hard copy sent by postal
service.)
Please note that we are unable to accept application
materials sent by email. Letters
of recommendation and transcripts sent under separate cover
must be submitted to Employment Services by 4:30 pm on the
first screening deadline.
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In the salutation section of my cover letter and/or letters of
recommendation, to whom should the correspondence be
addressed?
Correspondence does not need to be addressed to a specific
individual. A group of District representatives which we
call the Selection Committee will be review applications and
conduct interviews for the position for which you are
applying. The most appropriate way to address
this is as the Selection Committee. We suggest using a
salutation in your correspondence such as "Dear Selection
Committee."
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There aren't any positions listed on your
website that I'm interested in applying for. When will
one be available?
New
positions are listed on our website and Job Line as they
become available.
Click here to receive email notification of new positions as
they become available.
Regular, non-temporary positions are posted
on Friday afternoons throughout the year. As with
other community colleges in California, our
typical recruiting season for full-time faculty positions
extends from October through February for positions that need
to be filled for the following academic year.
Part-time faculty and temporary positions are posted upon
request by the department in need and may be listed at any
time.
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Which
positions am I qualified for?
All regular non-faculty positions have
specific educational and/or work experience requirements
that are listed in the "Minimum Qualifications" section of each
position announcement. In order to be considered for a
position, a candidate must meet or exceed these
requirements.
The minimum qualifications for
full-time and part-time faculty positions are determined by
the California Community College Chancellor's Office.
You can view the requirements for each academic discipline
by clicking here. If you are applying for a
faculty position and do not meet the minimum
qualifications in the discipline of your interest, you are required to complete
all applicable pages of the Equivalency
Qualifications Form portion of the application packet. If you are unsure of whether or not you meet the
qualifications, we also recommend completing this form to
ensure that your application will be considered.
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I need a copy of my
application. Can you make a copy for me?
All application materials become property of
Palomar College when submitted and cannot be photocopied or
returned. If you wish to have a copy of your
application, please make one prior to turning it in.
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Do I need to
include a typing certificate with my application?
Typing certificates are
generally not required as part of the application
package for any position, and do not need to be included
unless you choose to do so. In some rare instances,
however, some departments have required typing certificates for
administrative or clerical support positions. To be sure of whether or not a typing
certificate is required, please review the "Application
Procedure" portion of the position announcement.
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I have a
degree from an institution that is not in the United States.
Will you accept my degree?
All applicants who have
degrees from educational institutions outside of the United
States that are not accredited by agencies approved
by the U. S. Department of Education are required to have
their transcripts evaluated by an
appropriate United States credentials evaluation service.
Please note that some universities in Canada and some
other countries are accredited by agencies accepted by the U. S.
Department of Education. Be sure to check with your university or
college for its
accreditation status prior to arranging for
translations/evaluations of your transcripts.
If your original transcript is
in a language other than English, it will need to be
translated and evaluated by a credentials evaluation
service. Transcripts written in English only need to be
evaluated.
For a list of credentials
evaluation agencies, visit the National Association
of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at
www.naces.org.
Palomar College does not endorse or recommend any particular
agency on this site; however, we suggest this site since
all of the
agencies listed are reputable and well-known. Please
note that credentials evaluation agencies charge a fee for
their services and that we are unable to reimburse
applicants for these fees.
Employment Services will accept unofficial copies of
transcript translations and evaluations until date of hire,
at which time official, sealed copies will be required.
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I have
been self-employed. Where can I find the
Verification of Occupational Experience form that is
mentioned in the Equivalency Qualifications Form?
The Verification of
Occupational Experience form is not available to applicants
since it is only used to determine salary placement for
newly-hired faculty. The
form, if needed, is sent to successful candidates after an
offer of employment has been accepted and becomes part of their salary
placement paperwork.
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