Bulletin No. 1, 2012

10   Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2012 Staff Recruitment T he academic job market will likely be very competitive in Hong Kong in the years leading to and beyond 2012, as all the publicly funded universities enter an exciting era of expansion. How is the University progressing in its hiring of new academic staff? Prof. Benjamin W. Wah obser ved that since it will be imperative for CUHK to bring in the best recruits to support our burgeoning academic activities, it has begun the exercise as early as 2010, to prepare for pilot offerings of courses taught in 2012; while other new hires not directly related to first-year teaching in 2012 may be delayed to 2013 or later. He added that the influx of 3+3+4 resources is also a ‘golden opportunity’ to hire in strategic areas in order to expand current capabilities. ‘Our Faculties have developed new hiring plans to further enhance our strengths and build up our research. To be competitive in hiring the best academic staff, the University has provided new resources, including startup funds to help new faculty members in their initial years and bridge funds to help Faculties’ early recruitment efforts before July 2012,’ remarked Professor Wah.