Process Regular Hires

Overview

This document is designed to assist departments in hiring Regular employees in M-Pathways Human Resource Management System (HRMS) - Recruiting. The steps below illustrate the process and relationship. Click on the links for additional information and assistance with steps.

Step Department Applicant M-Pathways or EPC
1 Create a New Job Opening using M-Pathways. Sends e-mails to Approvers, in order they are listed. After approvals are complete, the job opening is ready for Applicants.
2 Approvers review and Approve/Deny Job Opening. Note: If denied, status changes to Denied and job opening can be resubmitted.
3 Uses Careers website to apply. Lists all Applicants that apply to job opening in the Manage Applicants group box for the job opening.
4 Interviews Applicants.
5 Extends verbal contingent offer to selected Candidate.
6 Accepts verbal contingent offer from department.
7 Dispositions all Applicants. Changes selected Candidate to "Interview" (provides easy access to the job offer in the next steps).
8 Prepares a Job Offer. Sends e-mails to Approvers, in order listed on job offer. Note: EPC must be the primary and last Approver.
9 Approvers review and Approve/Deny Job Offer. Note: If denied, cancels job offer and sends e-mail to the job offer creator.
10 EPC sends contingent offer e-mail to Candidate and notifies them of upcoming vendor background check.
11 Primary Approver listed on job offer initiates the vendor background check.
12 Receives e-mails from background check vendor and logs in and completes consent. UM Vendor sends notice to EPC when Candidate completes. EPC cuts and pastes SSN and DOB into Eligibility & Identity Page (under Applicant Data).
13 Primary Approver reviews the Restricted Table and the background check results and approves/denies the offer based on results.
14 Primary Approver finalizes job offer, sends Welcome letter with orientation information and completes Prepare for Hire page.
15 Sends appointment to temporary holding “suspense” table.
16 Completes a Search/Match for existing UMID or assigns new one if one does not exist.
17 Sends UMID e-mail to Candidate immediately, if no issues found.
18 Sends e-mail to hiring team with new employee’s start date.
19 Sends uniqname setup e-mail to Candidate. (Instructs Candidate to set up uniqname and UMICH password, or update password if Candidate already has uniqname.) (Not applicable to Michigan Medicine staff.)
20 Follows e-mail link or contact information to either set up or update uniqname and UMICH password. (Not applicable to Michigan Medicine staff.)
21 Sends onboarding e-mail to Candidate in nightly process after uniqname is assigned. (Not applicable to Michigan Medicine staff.)
22 Completes onboarding process using Wolverine Access > Self Service
23 Sends appointment to Job Data in nightly process when onboarding process is complete.
24 Sends final message regarding Employee Self Service options when date in Job Data has been reached.

Additional Information

Job Opening – Quick Reference

Job Opening Checklist and Cheat Sheet

Manage Applicants – Quick Reference

Job Offer – Quick Reference

Job Offer Checklist and Cheat Sheet (Regular)