2008 Woodie Awards
University in search of Human Resources director
Position narrowed down to three candidates, no set date for applicant to start
Sydney Elliot and Erika Helmerichs
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: News
SIUE is currently in the process of choosing a new director of Human Resources through the means of open discussion throughout the university community.
Three candidates were chosen as finalists for the position, and their résumé information was given out to the SIUE community. However, their names and previous employers had been blacked out and were not released until the day of their informal interview with the SIUE community.
Robert Vanzo, director of Administrative Services, said two of the three candidates running for the position are currently employed at large corporations in St. Louis.
"They were afraid that they might be branded disloyal for looking for other employment," Vanzo said. "That's when we decided to work with our legal department to protect their confidentiality."
Vanzo said an official e-mail was sent out from SIUE explaining the situation and why so much of the information on the résumés was unavailable at first. Two of the three candidates asked for this protection and the university granted it.
"I empathize with these people because I would really hate for them to lose a job because they were looking for a job here," Vanzo said.
Rick Enyard was the second candidate to have his name released to the SIUE community on April 17, but said he would have had no qualms with his information being released earlier.
"I always wanted to be as clear and open as possible so people could know how I can meet the needs of the university," Enyard said. "People should know who they are getting from the get-go."
Enyard said Vanzo told him the other two candidates had asked to have their information hidden in order to protect their current careers.
"I told Bob that he could choose to list my information, or he could choose not to," Enyard said. "He chose to make all three candidates uniform."
Enyard is currently working as a personal human resources consultant. He applied for the position at SIUE so he could "assist the university in meeting all of its needs."
Three candidates were chosen as finalists for the position, and their résumé information was given out to the SIUE community. However, their names and previous employers had been blacked out and were not released until the day of their informal interview with the SIUE community.
Robert Vanzo, director of Administrative Services, said two of the three candidates running for the position are currently employed at large corporations in St. Louis.
"They were afraid that they might be branded disloyal for looking for other employment," Vanzo said. "That's when we decided to work with our legal department to protect their confidentiality."
Vanzo said an official e-mail was sent out from SIUE explaining the situation and why so much of the information on the résumés was unavailable at first. Two of the three candidates asked for this protection and the university granted it.
"I empathize with these people because I would really hate for them to lose a job because they were looking for a job here," Vanzo said.
Rick Enyard was the second candidate to have his name released to the SIUE community on April 17, but said he would have had no qualms with his information being released earlier.
"I always wanted to be as clear and open as possible so people could know how I can meet the needs of the university," Enyard said. "People should know who they are getting from the get-go."
Enyard said Vanzo told him the other two candidates had asked to have their information hidden in order to protect their current careers.
"I told Bob that he could choose to list my information, or he could choose not to," Enyard said. "He chose to make all three candidates uniform."
Enyard is currently working as a personal human resources consultant. He applied for the position at SIUE so he could "assist the university in meeting all of its needs."
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