How to hire a campus technologist

How to hire a campus technologist, step by step

Here's a step-by-step campus technologist hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your campus technologist 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 a campus technologist for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect campus technologist also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   Here's a comparison of campus technologist salaries for various roles:

   Type of Campus Technologist	Description	Hourly rate
   Campus Technologist	Computer support specialists provide help and advice to people and organizations using computer software or equipment. Some, called computer network support specialists, support information technology (IT) employees within their organization... Show more	$10-17
   Help Desk Coordinator	Help desk coordinators are in charge of supervising help desk staff members who are responsible for helping customers privately either by phone, email, or in person. Generally, they are tasked to hire, schedule, and provide feedback and evaluations to employees... Show more	$13-27
   Desktop Support Consultant	The duties of a desk support consultant vary on their line of work or industry of employment. Most of their responsibilities are likely to revolve around reaching out to clients through calls and correspondence, answering inquiries, troubleshooting, and providing corrective measures, all to attain customer satisfaction... Show more	$15-30

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Troubleshoot
   • Printers
   • Computer System
   • Campuses
   • Technical Support
   • Technical Assistance
   • A/V
   • Technology Equipment
   • Problem Resolution
   • SharePoint
   • Network Connectivity
   • Laptop Computers
   • Video Conferencing
   • Computer Lab

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage user accounts and support network/email in a Novell Netware environment.
   • Dissemble and reconfigure workstations to same location or move to another location.
   • Assist faculty and staff troubleshoot issues with their electronic devices that prevent them from completing their schoolwork and/or job duties.
   • Restore technical services due to outages; relocate workstations as well as installation and configuration of hardware and software systems.
   • Experience in editing/managing SharePoint master pages and layouts
   • Propose and create a centralize database for departmental document retention to meet compliance requirements and streamline workloads of administrative staff.

   More campus technologist duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your campus technologist job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A campus technologist salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, campus technologists' average salary in south carolina is 36% less than in connecticut.
   • Seniority. Entry-level campus technologists earn 42% less than senior-level campus technologists.
   • Certifications. A campus technologist 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 a campus technologist's salary.

   Average campus technologist salary

   $13.56hourly

   $28,214 yearly

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   Entry-level campus technologist salary

   $21,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 14, 2025

   Average campus technologist salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Connecticut	$34,943	$17
   2	Minnesota	$30,214	$15
   3	North Carolina	$28,432	$14
   4	Missouri	$26,508	$13
   5	Ohio	$24,549	$12
   6	Texas	$22,990	$11

   Average campus technologist salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	CBIZ	$59,874	$28.79	4
   2	LifePoint Health	$41,683	$20.04	199
   3	Saint Luke's Health System	$32,807	$15.77	17
   4	Tarrant County College	$31,370	$15.08
   5	Cleveland Clinic	$31,081	$14.94	137
   6	Yale New Haven Health	$30,715	$14.77	43
   7	Irving Isd	$30,365	$14.60	1
   8	University of Texas System	$29,815	$14.33	23
   9	Woodfords Family Services	$28,779	$13.84
   10	Consolidated Management	$27,689	$13.31
   11	Summa Health	$27,588	$13.26	9
   12	Barnes & Noble	$27,208	$13.08	4
   13	INTEGRIS Health	$26,903	$12.93	26
   14	Pearson	$25,182	$12.11

4. Writing a campus technologist job description

   A job description for a campus technologist role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a campus technologist job description:

   Campus technologist job description example

   For more than a century, Fairfield Medical Center has been a regional healthcare provider who delivers exceptional care to our patients by creating exceptional experiences for our employees.
   
   The driver behind our culture is that we all believe in the value of it, and we hire people into the organization who are also committed to making a difference. Our employees truly go the extra mile to serve our patients and each other.
   
   When you join us, you become part of our team; it is our goal to not only be the best place you will ever work, but the only place you will want to work. Join our team. Make a difference.
   Job Description:
   
   The ED Tech works under the supervision of the Staff RN. They perform a variety of basic patient care activities in caring for patients in the Emergency Department.
   
   * Responds to the demands of changing patient acuity in a positive, efficient manner
   * Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for continuous improvement.
   * Practices quality service as evidenced through QI results and patient satisfaction.
   * Maintains positive customer relations with all customers of the Emergency Department including patients, families, and other Center staff.
   * Maintains positive team member relations by demonstrating responsibility and accountability for enhancing positive relations.
   * Assists with patient care by performing the following duties: Lab Draws, EKGs, Monitor Lead Placement, Catheterizations, Simple Sterile Dressings, Set-Up of Suture Trays, Patient Transport (including Telemetry patients within 6 months), Set up for and assist with pelvic exams as directed by an RN.
   * Assist with VS and other duties in Triage as directed by an RN.
   * Document patient care using a computerized Clinical Documentation System.
   
   Job Qualifications:
   
   * High School Diploma or GED Equivalent required.
   * Annual CPR certification.
   * Attends non-violent crisis intervention within 1 year of employment
   * One year of nursing assistant experience preferred
   
   Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find campus technologists 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 campus technologist job on Zippia to find and recruit campus technologist 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 campus technologists, 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 to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   If your interviews with campus technologist applicants aren't enough to make a decision, you should also consider including a test project. These are often the best, most straightforward, and least bias-prone ways of determining who will likely succeed in the role. If you don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   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 campus technologist

   Once you've selected the best campus technologist candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new campus technologist first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

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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