Supervisor Brown Bag Series

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

From Beginning to End

and In-Between
Making a positive impact on employee
engagement at every stage of the
employment cycle

What is engagement?
Engagement is the process of leading
people by enabling them to want to do
whatever is necessary to ensure the
continuous high performance and
success of the organization.
Scarlett Surveys International

The Three Types of

1. Engaged: Employees
Employees
work with passion and feel
a profound connection to
their company. They drive
innovation and move the
organization forward.
2. Non Engaged:
Employees are essentially
checked out. Theyre
sleepwalking through their
workday, putting time
but not energy or passion
3. Actively Disengaged:
into their work.
employees arent just
unhappy at work: theyre
busy acting out their
unhappiness. Every day,
these workers undermine
what their engaged

Supervisors are

when it comes to
employee

STEPS OF THE PERFORMANCE

MANAGEMENT PROCESS:

Position Descriptions
Importance of accurate PDs are you
sure you know what you are looking
for?
Beware of the pendulum effect

Why diversity matters not

just a federal obligation

Employee Engagement Starts

With An Engaged New Employee
Hiring the right person is the most
important thing we do as supervisors
Its less costly to have a vacant
position than to hire the wrong
person
Get the right people on the busand
in the right seats

Recruit Smartly
Where to find step-by-step recruitment
instructions:
Office of Human Resources Website under
Policies and Procedures
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/humanresources/policies/defaul
t.asp

Also Employment Procedures and

Practices website
http://
www.stcloudstate.edu/employeeprocedures/default.asp#fore
ward

Recruit Aggressively
Distribute job announcements to unit
employees requesting referrals
Make personal contacts
Network to recruit passive job
seekers
Advertise in trade journals and
professional associations
Consult with HR or EAA on other
strategies to reach your target
audience

Principles for Selecting the Best

Candidate:
Understand the skills, education and experiences
that are essential to success in the position
Be honest about the nature/environment of the
job
Do not make assumptionspeople will surprise
you
Real life exercises can be helpfulthink outside of
the normal formal Q&A structure
Get perspectives from others who
Ask open-ended and behavior-based questions
have a stake in the hire
Make candidates as comfortable as
possible during the interview

Principles for Selecting the Best

Candidate:
Keep an open mind
Be conscientious of the impression that you give
candidates of the university
Give candidates an opportunity to ask questionsthis
is their interview too

Take good notes

Check references
Speak with candidates current and former supervisors
Think carefully about the questions you want to ask
Be sensitive to candidates inform them when/who
you plan to interview

Now What??
Follow up with non-selected individuals
Announce the appointment
Assess your work environment - prepare
the current office staff for the new
employees arrival (get them excited)
Review the SCSU Supervisor Checklist

ONBOARDING
More than the I-9 and W-4
Ensure space/resources are
set up for Day 1
Block off time in your
schedule Week 1 to spend
with your new hire
Have a plan for important
professional development
activities and ensure that
the employee has sufficient
time to complete training