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.
Resources
- Retaining Employees through Total Rewards This 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 Hire This 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 Progression This 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.
- Title and Standard Job Description Library This library has titles, salaries, and information for all jobs at UW–Madison.
- Standard Job Descriptions and Position Descriptions This 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 Guidelines An 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.
Questions?
If you have questions that are not answered by these resources on this page, please contact your department HR office.