Travel Scholarships and Networking

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Notes

Action Taken

Financial Aid/Award for helping to attend conferences and/or trainings

Scholarships for UT Professional Development classes/certifications

Face to face networking for staff for similar types of work and/or similar titles (if this exists already, a way to better publicize it)

Increase number of conferences and presentations on campus for staff at low or no cost

Teaching certificate program for staff - paced so that you can work and learn simultaneously

In person trainings

In person trainings from campus experts

Expand professional development training to include satellite campuses (McDonald  Observatory)

Submission page for staff to request training sessions

No clear path for climbing ladder

Career Counseling

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Notes

Action Taken

UT PDC: Free or low-cost for staff

PRC Professional Development

Resume writing assistance for those that do not have a current resume but might need to apply for a new job

Professional Development opportunities

Career counseling and planning

Resume writing workshop for staff

Resume classes that were offered in the past

In person classes such as business writing and transforming lives through resilience. (Online is great, but some people prefer in-person)

Conduct skills and interest tests for interested employees so employees and departments can see where employee(s) best fit

Mentoring

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Notes

Action Taken

Need a mentor ship program across campus and within departments for 1 or 2 days a month

Need a scholarship program across campus and within department where people can shadow other employees and work in other departments for 1 or 2 days per month

Employee Retention

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Notes

Action Taken

How to keep quality staff employed at UT

Promote from within and post vacant lower positions

Retention policy to address increasing turnover

Training for those affected by reorganization within a department changed by Shared Services

Professional Training

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Notes

Action Taken

Increased access to professional training

More marketing for Lynda.com

Advertise the current free development classes available

Training/advertisement of the new system of professional development available for employees for free - how do we make it more visible on a local level?

Explicit examples of how much much experience Lynda.com course completions are equivalent to

Training specific to Shared Services

Issues

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Notes

Action Taken

Transparency regarding hours reduction

Posting positions at a higher salary rate than existing staff in same position

Opportunities for staff to volunteer in the community for a specified number of hours annually on UT work time

Explicit examples of "other experience" in job postings with regard to military MOS/Certifications