Michele Rohde joined the Office of Human Resources as the Payroll Services Manager on March 30, 2020, two weeks after staff were sent to work from home. We asked Michele about her experience getting onboarded …
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Update to Recruitment Toolkit Resource: Diversity Connect and Advertising
As HR professionals committed to—and working toward—equity, we must recruit and retain a diverse workforce. The Office of Human Resources (OHR) supports our campus in these efforts by providing resources and tools to help you …
Policy Library Information Session Highlights Library Features, Policy Roles, and Best Practices
On Wednesday, May 12, the Office of Strategic Consulting hosted the first of two virtual Policy Library Information Sessions to discuss the new UW–Madison Policy Library that went live in January. (There will be a …
Exit Interviews: A Sample of Divisional HR Practices
UW–Madison doesn’t have a centralized process for exit interviews, which is not surprising: our campus is large, and many HR functions are decentralized.  The lack of a consistent process, however, hampers the ability for HR …
New HRS Functionality – Person Checklist
The Person Checklist is new functionality in HRS to provide an area in which to enter important dates at the person-level instead of job-level. The Person Checklist includes the ability to track Criminal Background Check …
The Early Innovators Behind the HR CoP for Academic Units
Background The concept of “communities of practice” was first coined in 1991 by a cognitive anthropologist and an educational theorist—but in fact, “CoPs” (as we refer to them informally) have been around for as long …
New Cross-Functional Toolkit and Resource for Major Department Changes
New Cross-Functional Toolkit The Office of Human Resources (OHR) Collaboration Team leads are excited to share the new Cross-Functional Toolkit on the HR Professionals web page. OHR recognizes that not all resources fit neatly into …
Memorial to Trisha Bauer
Trisha Bauer, Human Resources Manager-Advanced for the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE), died on February 16, 2021 at the age of 54. She’d worked in HR for the university …
Recent HRS Changes
While ATP is working to finalize our cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, our current system, HRS, has had some changes over the last year. Enhancements in Self-Service Options The ability for employees to make …
TTC Project: Resources to Help Managers Prepare for 2021
The Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project has resources to help managers prepare for having an employee conversation. The TTC Project anticipates implementing in 2021. Providing managers with these resources answers questions, gives managers more …