As a manager/supervisor, retaining employees and attracting top talent is critical to achieving the university’s mission and to the success of your team. Explore the resources below to support employees through compensation-related best practices.
- Retaining Employees through Total RewardsThis 10-minute online module provides an overview of total rewards in order to help managers and supervisors generate strategies to attract and retain employees through compensation, benefits, and well-being efforts.
- Determining Starting Salary of a New HireThis job aid helps hiring managers determine a starting salary that attracts the candidate, provides room for future salary growth, and balances salary relationships with existing employees.
- Pay ProgressionThis 20-minute online module offers an overview of pay progression. It will help supervisors and managers to determine pay increases, make pay recommendations, and communicate pay information to staff. You can also review the Manager and Supervisor Job Aid: Pay Progression for a summary of the module.
- Coaching Employees for Retention and Career DevelopmentThis facilitated course provides managers and supervisors with the skills to retain and develop employees through coaching.
- Title and Standard Job Description LibraryThis library has titles, salaries, and information for all jobs at UW–Madison.
- Standard Job Descriptions and Position DescriptionsThis 30-minute online module guides managers and supervisors through the process of using the Title and Standard Job Description Library and creating a position description when filling a position.
- Business Title GuidelinesAn overview of business title guidelines and requirements to provide clarification on job duties in a specified program area.
- Salary Administration Guidelines (SAG)Guidelines for administering salaries at the university to ensure consistency in salary decisions and adjustments.