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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk51747602"><img width="190" height="90" style="width:1.9791in;height:.9375in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D69191.334343A0"><o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">An important message from FSU Office of Human Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b>This message has been approved by Shelley Lopez, Program Director, Communications/Special Projects, for distribution to all Department Representatives.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">In response to the continuously changing circumstances involving COVID-19, the University previously implemented a hiring freeze. We are now providing an update to the
current hiring restrictions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b>Effective September 23, 2020:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">All OPS appointments are now exempt from the hiring freeze and will no longer require an approved hiring exception form to advertise and hire.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">Contract & Grant funded Salaried positions are now
</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">exempt from the hiring freeze and will not require an approved hiring exception form to advertise and hire.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b>What remains in place:
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">All non-C&G funded salaried positions require an approved hiring exception form to advertise and hire with the exception of 9-Month Faculty.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">All 9-Month Faculty appointments are exempt from the hiring freeze regardless of funding.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">In the event there is a unique circumstance in which an exception is warranted to fill a critical position, the appropriate approval process must be followed. To request an exception, the department must complete the </span><a href="https://hr.fsu.edu/pdf/forms/employment/HiringFreezeExceptionRequestForm.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b>Hiring
Exception Form</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"> and submit through </span><a href="https://its.fsu.edu/service-catalog/communication-collaboration/electronic-signatures" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b>DocuSign</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"> to
Renisha Gibbs, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, for review and consideration.
</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">Add Amy Espinosa (</span><a href="mailto:amy.espinosa@fsu.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">amy.espinosa@fsu.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602">)
as the last recipient with action "receives a copy".<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b>Questions?</b> Please contact Amy Espinosa at
</span><a href="mailto:amy.espinosa@fsu.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><b>amy.espinosa@fsu.edu</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk51747602"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>.</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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