Tag: Employee Engagement

Employee Retention
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Employee retention has become a key topic of concern for higher ed employers. Many are struggling not only with high turnover rates, but with increased difficulty in sourcing and hiring qualified candidates for open positions. In May 2022, CUPA-HR research indicated that as many as 57 percent of current non-faculty employees surveyed were somewhat likely... View Article

Tips to Help HR Retain and Engage Talent

In a recent members-only article from the winter issue of Higher Ed HR Magazine, Britni Elder, associate vice president for human resources and risk management at the University of Central Arkansas, shared tips and resources higher ed HR practitioners can tap into to get ahead of the resignation curve and not only hold onto employees,... View Article

10 Creative Ways to Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day During COVID-19

Employee Appreciation Day is right around the corner (March 5). As the typical initiators of employee appreciation and recognition, HR offices are looking for creative ways to show appreciation for faculty and staff on tighter budgets and modified for the remote work environment. While the usual catered lunch or in-person awards ceremony may not be in... View Article

Five Ways to Enhance the Onboarding Experience for Student Affairs Professionals

This blog post was contributed by Stephanie Hoffmann, assistant director of community standards and responsibility at Rollins College. Ensuring that student affairs professionals feel engaged with their institution, know what resources are available on and off campus and know how they can utilize their strengths can help them perform better in their roles and positively... View Article

4 Tips for Effectively Engaging a Multigenerational Workforce

This blog post was contributed by Sean Woodroffe, senior executive vice president and chief HR officer at TIAA. Today’s employers face a tricky task. How do you manage a workforce that contains members of three or four generations, each with unique expectations and goals for their careers and retirements? Chances are, your workforce has 60-year-olds... View Article

10 Ways to Create a Culture of Encouragement at Work

Editor’s note: You may have missed this article when we published it in 2016. It’s been updated in honor of Employee Appreciation Day, which occurs on March 1 this year.  Encouragement is essential for employees to feel valued and engaged in the workplace, and leaders and supervisors should always be looking for ways in which... View Article

6 Ways to Keep Your Retirees Engaged

Retired staff and faculty are often an untapped resource for colleges and universities. While many retirees would like to stay connected and engaged — with their colleagues, with students, with the campus community as a whole — in the absence of an official campus retiree organization, they just aren’t sure how to do so. However,... View Article

Stay Interviews
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Most simply stated, a stay interview is a structured, informal conversation between a representative of the employer, such as a manager or an HR representative, and an employee. Structured because there are certain questions that should be asked. Informal because an informal setting puts both parties at ease and makes the conversation more robust and informative. The purpose is to... View Article

Employee Engagement
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Engaged employees hold a positive emotional connection to their work. They value, enjoy and believe in their jobs, managers, teams and organizations. Research has shown that Employee Engagement is fundamental to individual productivity and retention as well as organizational performance. William Kahn, organizational psychologist and founder of the employee engagement theory, identified three critical conditions that encourage... View Article

Employee Awards and Recognition
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HR professionals and sociologists would not argue about the value of employee recognition and awards, although there could be some disagreement as to the most effective incentives and motivators. While Maslow and other researchers suggest that money is not a prime motivator, others beg to differ. Recent studies of the “generations” suggest that employer investment... View Article

Mentoring
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Mentoring programs are an excellent way to enhance an organization’s professional development program. It can supplement new employee orientation, improve employee satisfaction and retention, supplement formal training programs, make your institution more appealing to potential employees and build your own leaders. Mentoring is cost effective, and the outcomes of mentoring programs benefit both mentor and... View Article

Orientation/Onboarding
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The process of introducing a new employee to your institution sets the stage for what can be a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship. First impressions are powerful. When done well, onboarding communicates organization culture, expectations for excellence and the foundation for a positive future. When not done well, onboarding can have a negative impact on the... View Article

5 Emerging Trends in HR and Higher Ed

Keeping a finger on the pulse of current and emerging higher education and HR-related trends that may have implications for our students, employees and campus communities is a crucial part of our role as HR professionals. In order to effectively assess, plan for and respond to these trends, we must first be “in the know.”... View Article