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Manager's Toolkit

TALENT MANAGEMENT

 

Talent management is an organizational approach that frames the staff employee-university relationship in stages from pre-recruitment to post-separation, encompassing the whole employee life cycle. By applying this approach, you can measure overall organizational effectiveness, manage a workforce to increase performance, develop your employees in order to achieve organizational goals and establish a working environment that encourages staff retention, and maximize savings on the costs of hiring, developing, and managing top talent. The forms, templates and tools below are organized according to when they may be used within a staff employee's life cycle with the University. Contact your local Human Resources Administrator or Manager if you have any questions about any stage of the staff employee life cycle.

Recruitment:

It is important to hire the most qualified people you can find.  Seek out individuals who are talented, above and beyond their skill set. Training can enhance an individual's skills, but talent cannot be taught. During the recruitment process, you will attract and screen job candidates, write the job description, develop your recruitment strategy, post the position, review applications, and interview candidates. Below are several tools that may assist you in the recruitment process:

Selection:

Knowing how to select qualified candidates can save time and money if the process is formalized and structured to ensure the best candidate is hired. The most effective selection process assesses any adverse impact, uses valid and reliable employment tests, and is legally compliant.  During this process, you will phone screen and interview candidates, extend an offer to a selected candidate and perform reference and background checks. Below are several tools that may assist you in the selection process:

OnBoarding:

You only have one chance to give a new hire a positive experience, and welcome them to the University of Chicago. Getting to Know UChicago is the University's 12-month process to help newly hired staff members become familiar with the campus community. The process begins prior to a new hire's first day and continues through the first 12 months.

Below are several tools that may assist you in ensuring that your new hire is properly oriented to the University:

pERFORMANCE Management:

Performance Management is a term used to describe the University’s integrated, structured process for managing employee performance throughout the fiscal year. The process is used to ensure that every employee has clear goals, receives ongoing coaching and feedback, utilizes a development plan to facilitate professional and career growth and receives a documented annual performance appraisal. There are several elements that make up the twelve month process in addition to tools and resources to support each element. Ultimately, Performance Management is a processs that managers use to motivate and drive accountability for results, assess individual performance, and determine the basis for rewards and compensation.

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Employee Transition:

Transition comes in two forms--voluntary or involuntary. Below are tools that may assist you in managing an employee's transition from the University.