Recruitment and Selection Information
All student staff members must attend and participate in Fall Student Staff Training, First-Year Move-In Experience, and the Upper-Division Move-In Experience as outlined in the position agreement. These events will typically take place during the first two weeks of August.
We strongly encourage all applicants to begin communicating these dates and expectations with their summer employers, internship sites, or other commitments to ensure their availability. Housing and Residential Experience reserves the right to take job action and/or rescind final offers of candidates who fail to attend and/or participate in these mandatory operational dates.
Head Resident Advisor Application Timeline:
- Application Opens: Tuesday, October 15th, 2024, at http://vanderbilt.erezlife.com/
- Application Closes: Friday, November 15th, 2024, at 11:59 pm CST via eRezLife
- Notice of HRA Status: December 2024
Resident Advisor Application Timeline:
The New Resident Advisor hiring process is a two round process consisting of an application/video review and a live virtual interview. After a thorough review of a candidates application and video responses (round 1), qualified candidates will be invited to the live interview stage (round 2), held in January. The live-interview stage will be the second and final round of the interview process.
- Application Opens: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024, at http://vanderbilt.erezlife.com/
- Application Closes: Friday, December 6th, 2024, at 11:59 pm CST via eRezLife
- Notice of New RA and Returning RA Status: February, 2025
Tabling Events: 11am-1pm
- Monday, October 21st-Rand Sidewalk
- Thursday, October 31st-The Commons Center
- Monday, November 11th-Rand Sidewalk
- Monday, December 2nd-The Commons Center
RA Info-Sessions
- Monday, October 21st. 7:00pm. Sarratt 325/327
- Wednesday, October 30th. 7:00pm. Kissam C210 MPR
- Wednesday, November 13th. 7:00pm. Kissam C210 MPR
- Monday, November 18th. 7:00pm. Sarratt 325/327
- Monday, December 2nd. 7:00pm. Kissam C210 MPR
- Monday, December 16th. 1:30pm. Zoom Link (https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/99678227582)
- Monday, January 6th. 7:00pm. Zoom Link ( https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/96543102967)
2025-2026 Mandatory Dates:
These dates are tentative given the finalization of the academic calendar for the 2025-2026 academic year. However, these dates fall into the normal range for Fall Training and official move in dates. Again, we strongly encourage all applicants to begin communicating these dates and expectations with their summer employers, internship sites, or other commitments to ensure their availability.
Fall 2025 Move-In Dates
- Saturday, August 2, 2025
Fall Semester (August 5, 2025 to December 15, 2025)
- HRA: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
- First Year Move In: TBA
- November Break Closing: TBA
- Semester Closing: TBA
Spring Semester (January 3, 2026 to May 10, 2026)
- Spring Training: Friday, January 3rd, 2026
- Semester Closing: TBA
Important Information:
- You may view the Head Resident Advisor Job Description and Resident Advisor Job Description.
- Housing and Residential Experience recognizes the importance of student staff members’ extracurricular involvement. To ensure a successful balance between academics, employment responsibilities, and personal commitments, we encourage all staff to carefully consider their time allocation and areas of commitment to ensure their success and well-being. While we appreciate the value of all experiences, Housing and Residential Experience expects student staff responsibilities to be prioritized after academics.
- Housing and Residential Experience reserves the right to change required dates, employment responsibilities, and compensation based on departmental and university operational changes. Housing and Residential will provide notice to the 2025-2026 Student Staff Team of those changes and options available to them should they exist.
- Contact the Office of Financial Aid to determine how the role may affect you specifically.
Questions?
Email Selection and Training at staffselection@vanderbilt.edu. Please allow for 72 business hours for a response.