How to hire an adjunct business instructor

How to hire an adjunct business instructor, step by step

Here's a step-by-step adjunct business instructor hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an adjunct business instructor job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new adjunct business instructor
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your adjunct business instructor job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an adjunct business instructor for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them an adjunct business instructor to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire an adjunct business instructor that fits the bill.

   This list presents adjunct business instructor salaries for various positions.

   Type of Adjunct Business Instructor	Description	Hourly rate
   Adjunct Business Instructor	Postsecondary teachers instruct students in a wide variety of academic and career and technical subjects beyond the high school level. They also conduct research and publish scholarly papers and books.	$12-52
   Faculty	A faculty member is a professional whose primary responsibility is to provide teaching and research to students in colleges and universities. Faculties must work with colleagues to design a curriculum to keep up with the changes in the discipline... Show more	$20-73
   Business Management Professor	A business management professor specializes in teaching business courses at universities and colleges. They are responsible for developing curricula and coursework materials, crafting presentations and handouts, administering examinations and quizzes, grading the students' papers, monitoring their academic progress, and arranging indoor and outdoor activities... Show more	$25-74

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Business Administration
   • Teaching Methodologies
   • Economics
   • Student Learning
   • Human Resources
   • Student Performance
   • Syllabus
   • Course Content
   • Business Management
   • Business Courses
   • Professional Development
   • Instructional Materials
   • Educational Programs
   • Curriculum Development

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage course creation, syllabus creation, student grades, student counseling, and real-life application of courses.
   • Educate students on benefits of organizational learning with emphasis on leadership, knowledge management, organizational communication and economics.
   • Develop and create informative presentation on Dropbox cloud service.

   More adjunct business instructor duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your adjunct business instructor job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. An adjunct business instructor salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, adjunct business instructors' average salary in south carolina is 59% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level adjunct business instructors earn 77% less than senior-level adjunct business instructors.
   • Certifications. An adjunct business instructor with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in an adjunct business instructor's salary.

   Average adjunct business instructor salary

   $53,224yearly

   $25.59 hourly rate

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   Entry-level adjunct business instructor salary

   $25,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 17, 2025

   Average adjunct business instructor salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$94,137	$45
   2	New York	$69,045	$33
   3	Rhode Island	$66,790	$32
   4	Oregon	$64,552	$31
   5	Pennsylvania	$60,599	$29
   6	Washington	$56,251	$27
   7	Florida	$54,688	$26
   8	Louisiana	$54,365	$26
   9	New Hampshire	$53,165	$26
   10	Missouri	$52,015	$25
   11	Virginia	$51,583	$25
   12	Wisconsin	$49,614	$24
   13	Minnesota	$49,184	$24
   14	Texas	$48,690	$23
   15	Wyoming	$46,901	$23
   16	North Carolina	$43,535	$21
   17	Georgia	$40,657	$20
   18	South Carolina	$36,961	$18

   Average adjunct business instructor salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Kern Community College District	$146,881	$70.62	18
   2	4CD Live	$140,918	$67.75
   3	Lakeland University	$128,073	$61.57	2
   4	LA State University Continuing	$116,335	$55.93	370
   5	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	$112,722	$54.19	42
   6	Salve Regina University	$106,457	$51.18	20
   7	Southern New Hampshire University	$92,241	$44.35
   8	Lee College	$86,099	$41.39	23
   9	Portland State University	$84,532	$40.64	22
   10	Riverland Community College	$81,257	$39.07
   11	St. John Fisher College	$80,942	$38.91	8
   12	Virginia Commonwealth University	$78,272	$37.63	182
   13	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	$77,201	$37.12	219
   14	Widener University	$70,967	$34.12	13
   15	Point Loma Nazarene University	$68,288	$32.83	47
   16	Bethel University	$65,758	$31.61	28
   17	Messiah College	$62,769	$30.18	13
   18	Viterbo University	$62,231	$29.92	11
   19	SUNY Morrisville	$61,117	$29.38	10
   20	Berkeley College	$60,774	$29.22	7

4. Writing an adjunct business instructor job description

   An adjunct business instructor job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of an adjunct business instructor job description:

   Adjunct business instructor job description example

   • Experience with general accounting principals preferred. QuickBooks experience desired;
   • Prior post-secondary related teaching experience of at least 1 year in subject matter is highly preferred;
   • A bachelors degree is required for faculty members teaching business and business administration courses. If the bachelors degree is not in the assigned teaching field, at least two years of related work experience or evidence of specialized training or competency in the assigned teaching field is required.

   Benefits

   • Training & Development
   • Fun & Energetic, Family-Based Environment
   • Continuous Growth Opportunities
   • Medical, Dental, & Vision Options
   • Health Savings & Flexible Spending Options (HSA & FSA)
   • Basic Life & Accident Insurance
   • Short & Long-term Disability
   • 401K Retirement Plan
   • SCI is an Equal Opportunity employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

   About Southern Careers Institute

   SCI has been changing lives for over 60 years, now and were just getting started. We offer certification-based training with programs in Medical, Business, Cosmetology, Skilled-Trades and Technology with campuses spanning across central and South Texas as well as online. Our students can graduate most of our programs in under one year and with real-world experience under their belt.

   Our company believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities and does not discriminate against any employees, applicants, or job seekers on the basis of race, color, sex, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, gender identification, sexual orientation, or any other protected group status as defined by law. As part of our compliance with equal employment opportunity and affirmative action laws, we invite you to voluntarily self-identify your ethnicity and gender in the following section. The completion of this section is entirely voluntary. Your response to this section, or refusal to respond to this section, will not affect your opportunity for employment, or the terms or conditions of your employment with the company in any way. Please complete the information below, which includes the option to choose not to self-identify. This information will be kept confidential and separate from your application for employment and company personnel file. The information you choose to provide will be used solely for the purposes of EEO-1 reporting to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and will not be viewed by any hiring managers during the application process.
   

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find adjunct business instructors for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your adjunct business instructor job on Zippia to find and recruit adjunct business instructor candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit adjunct business instructors, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new adjunct business instructor

   Once you've found the adjunct business instructor candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new adjunct business instructor. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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