• Career Development Week was created, along with expanded career support resources, to meet employee demand for growth opportunities.

• Flexible work options  remain available, along with additional resources to support remote employees and managers.

• A new compensation policy allows salary increases for lateral moves in non-represented positions

• A comprehensive Diverse Hiring Playbook Guide  has been designed and provided to all hiring managers and supervisors. 

• The Group Mentoring Program has more than doubled in size. Since 2022, this three-month career development series has been expanded in response to employee feedback from both campuses.
• Job aids were developed to help internal staff apply for positions and set job alerts, improving communication about job openings.
• Launched enhanced People Management Essentials program for supervisors and managers, including courses on communication and trust-building.
• HR Compensation prepared a new Interactive User Guide for Salary Offers, Stipends and Equity Adjustments to improve education about compensation and classification programs, and to increase understanding and transparency.

Davis Campus Highlights
 

• Cross-Training Creates Promotional Opportunity in Student Housing
• Our staff provided valuable feedback to the survey question “My role is an excellent fit with my strengths."
  
  The feedback stressed their interest in cross-training, which is so helpful in career advancement. We held retention interviews to identify skills and organized cross-training opportunities. We also established a summer training program for food service workers to learn the skills to become cooks.
  
  In addition, we transitioned our dining staff from 70% partial-year career appointments to 100% career appointments. This is a win for our department and our employees, who are building their UC Davis experience. We look forward to continuing to offer training and career advancement opportunities.
  
  Corey Pope
  HR Director
  UC Davis Student Housing and Dining Services
• 360° Feedback and Individual Leader Coaching Within Student Affairs
• One of Student Affairs’ divisional outcomes is to offer 360 feedback assessments and individual coaching for leaders. We’re rolling this out to be accessible to our managers who feel this additional feedback may be helpful to the​m and their teams. Additionally, a new program focused on strengths-based leadership is coming this Fall and will help support our overall efforts to boost staff engagement.
  
  Amy Shuman
  Workforce Development Director
  Student Affairs
• Library’s Employee Engagement Committee Builds Community
• We established an Employee Engagement Committee cast to focus on health and wellness concerns, community building and employee appreciation after employees expressed a clear desire to have more social activities and engagement.
  
  Since it’s creation, the committee has organized multiple events each year, including coffee and ice cream socials, seasonal celebrations and board game, craft and lunchtime movie events. The Employee Engagement Committee and Library funding provided all food, games and craft supplies.
  
  The committee has also focused on well-being opportunities, creating a twice-weekly walking group for employees, hosting walking and hydration challenges with prizes, and organizing a basic needs supply drive in conjunction with campus for UCD students once a year.
  
  Bill Garrity
  Deputy University Librarian
  Library
• Vet Med Improving Equal Opportunity
• At Vet Med, we used survey feedback to set multiple goals over 2022.
  
  Two specific goals relate to:
  
  1. Improving Leadership for My Team
  The SVM will arrange Town hall meetings with campus leadership in order to engage leaders of matters important to the SVM, gain their feedback while increasing confidence in the leadership teams.
  
  2. Improve Equal Opportunity for My Team
  DEI Committees within the SVM Development group are being established and looking at our organization and how we can diversify.
  
  Mary McNally
  Executive Assistant Dean for Administration
  School of Veterinary Medicine
• FOA Seeks to Improve Campuswide Communications
• Finance, Operations and Administration created the Digest in direct response to feedback to the “Campus Does a Good Job Communicating” question.
  
  The goals of the Digest are to:
  >> Better inform employees of logistical, administrative and operational information, particularly with regard to upcoming timelines and actions needed.
  >> Combine important updates into single to-do list email to reduce clutter and increase employee confidence that they are being kept well informed.
  >> Improve employee knowledge/awareness of campus systems.
  
  View the Digest released March 31
• Facilities Management's efforts to improve Staff Experience
• Facilities Management believes in creating mentoring opportunities and workshops for people to grow. As such they have developed a number of programs aimed to help their staff succeed; including but not limited to:
  -Future Leaders Program- A cohort program that provides assessments, training, shadowing and mentoring opportunities
  -Continuing Leaders Program - Provides mentoring and one on one coaching
  
  Additionally, Facilities Management have collaborated with Workforce Strategies to undergo the Talent Bench Strength Development program, a talent assessment initiative aimed at understanding staff career aspirations and creating development plans to achieve success in those aspirations.

UC Davis Health Highlights
 

• UC Davis Health reaches goal of 20% in local hiring; employee feedback and improvements in equitable hiring practices were cited as key factors.
• Lunch with Leaders have offered in-person opportunities for employee teams to meet with the health system’s top leaders.
• Employee Welcome Permit - In response to employee feedback, new hires are now eligible for a complimentary 'Employee Welcome Permit,' valid for up to 7 calendar days from their first work day.
• UC Davis Health launched a primary, one-stop newsletter for physicians and the School of Medicine called What’s Up Doc?