search committee chair 发email收集所有面试你的人的意见 => search committee meeting (decides which candidates are hirable and how they are ranked) => departmental faculty meeting (discusses search committee recommendation and makes final decision) => department head meets with Dean to discuss offer details => department head calls top candidate to extend offer
Search Committee rank candidates -> Chair recommends top one(s) to Dean -> Dean or Chair sends oral offer -> negotiate salary/startup/relocation/etc -> Dean signs and sends paperwork to Academic affairs etc -> Provost signs -> official letter sent out -> you sign and mail back -> welcome email/letter sent by President.