Add Search Documents to Cornerstone Requisition

This job aid explains how to add and upload required search documents to a requisition in the Cornerstone system. It covers accessing Cornerstone, locating requisitions, attaching required recruitment and evaluation documents and submitting the requisition for completion.

How to Access the Cornerstone System
Search Documents Overview:
Add Search Documents to Cornerstone Requisition Steps

How to Access the Cornerstone System

Open internet browser and go to: apps.uillinois.edu
Select Cornerstone - Urbana (found on the Human Resources card)
Log in to Cornerstone using your net ID and password

Search Documents Overview:

Please keep the following documents and attach them to the cornerstone requisition, prior to submitting a Hire from Search appointment form:

Save copies of any advertisements that are manually posted.
Use this Recruitment Plan Recruitment Plan Spreadsheet to document and evaluate the outreach and recruitment efforts conducted for the search and attach a copy of the completed spreadsheet.
Save a copy of the evaluation criteria used to assess applications to determine who will be selected for interviews. Be sure to establish the application evaluation criteria before reviewing any applications. (The department is not required to save this document for civil service positions for which IHR conducts the credential review process.)
Save a copy of the interview questions/criteria. If there are multiple rounds of interviews, save a copy of the questions/criteria used during each round. As a reminder, please develop interview questions prior to the start of interviews, and use the same criteria to review everyone.

Add Search Documents to Cornerstone Requisition Steps

In the top right corner, click the three white lines to open the Navigation Menu
Go to Recruit, click the arrow, and then select Manage Requisitions
Enter the reqID number and click on Search
Go to My Jobs and select the requisition
Once the requisition opens, scroll down to the “Attachments” section
Upload the following documents to the requisition by clicking on the “+ Add Attachment” button; Please name each document using the following format:
1. Advertisements - req [req id number] - Example: “Advertisements - req 1011234”
2. Recruitment Plan – req [req id number] – Example: “Recruitment Plan req 1011234”
3. Evaluation Criteria - req [req id number] - Example: “Evaluation Criteria - req 1011234”
4. Interview Questions - req [req id number] - Example: “Interview Questions - req 1011234”
5. Other Documents - req [req id number] - Example: “Other Documents - req 1011234”
  1. This document may encompass supplementary documents that have not been detailed in sections a through d.
After uploading each document, click on the save button. You should see all your documents under the attachments section of the form.
If you require further document uploads following the initial submissions in sections a through e, please append a "2" to the document name. For instance, Advertisements 2 – req [enter the req ID number]. There is a maximum of 10 documents per requisition.
Click on Submit at the bottom of the form.