The Chronicle: New Federal Rule on Running Online Job Searches Presents Host of Complexities to Colleges, Speaker Says
The clock is ticking for colleges to comply with a new federal regulation designed to tackle the challenges institutions face in complying with nondiscrimination laws when using the Internet and résumé databases in recruiting and hiring.
The so-called Internet-applicant rule actually went into effect on February 6. But the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which announced the final rule last fall, is giving federal contractors, which includes most colleges, a 90-day grace period during which the agency will not issue citations for technical violations.
At issue is how federal contractors define the applicant pool for a job opening in an era when the ease of applying for a job through the Internet as well as electronic résumé banks, both on campuses and on Web sites like Monster.com, has vastly expanded the field of potential candidates.
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