Identify Affirmative Action Placement Goals

Learn about placement goals and their role in job recruitment.

Based on federal requirements, UCSD annually:

• Reviews its staff workforce composition
• Identifies underutilization by comparing the workforce composition with the availability of women and people of color with requisite skills in the job market
• Establishes placement goals to increase the representation of women and people of color in underutilized areas.

Placement goals

• Serve as reasonably attainable objectives for applying good faith efforts to make all aspects of the affirmative action program work
• Represent a benchmark for evaluating university affirmative action progress
• Provide guidance for an employer to focus outreach and other efforts in job areas where women and people of color are underutilized
• Do not require the hiring of a person who is less qualified
• Do not require an employer to hire a specified number of persons, which is expressly forbidden

To determine if a job title has a placement goal, use the Lookup Underutilization Info tool.

If you are hiring for a job title with a placement goal, work in partnership with Talent Acquisition to develop a recruitment plan to ensure a diverse applicant pool.