Regional Collaboration for Excellence in Faculty and Staff Recruitment

1. Regional Collaboration for Excellence in Faculty and Staff Recruitment The Michigan Higher Education Recruitment Consortium Presented at Michigan CUPA-HR Conference Ann Arbor, October 1, 2009

2. MI-HERC: Collaborating for Excellence in Faculty and Staff Recruitment Presenters: • Linda Berauer, Director, Michigan HERC • Warren Hills, Assoc VP for Human Resources, Ferris State University, and MI-HERC Advisory Board Member • Leigh Settlemoir Dzwik, Asst VP for Academic Human Resources, Oakland University & Secretary, MI-CUPA-HR • Marla Stuck, Employment Manager, Washtenaw Community College • Lucas Wall, Dual Career Specialist, Office of the Provost, University of Michigan

3. The HERC Concept Emerged from a collaborative response to the many challenges of academic recruitment and retention. Realization that more success can be achieved working together to: • Recruit and retain an excellent and diverse faculty & staff • Assist dual career couples – often the key to successful recruitment & retention • Stretch job advertising budgets • Negotiate joint purchasing arrangements • Enhance the image of higher education as “employers of choice”

4. National HERC www.nationalherc.org • Supports regional HERCs in fulfilling their mission • Guided by directors and representatives of regional HERCs • Provides national visibility for regional HERCs through marketing and advertising initiatives • National HERC website provides a portal to all regional HERC websites and allows job searches across regional HERC boundaries

5. Growth of HERCs: A National Trend

6. Michigan HERC www.michiganherc.org • Established June 2007 • Launched website Feb 2008 • Currently 25 Member Institutions • Diverse membership: Community colleges, 4-year colleges, universities, & research institutions -- public and private • Campuses located throughout Michigan • Combined student enrollment ~ 500,000 students

7. MI-HERC Members

8. MI-HERC Mission The Michigan HERC supports the efforts of each of its member institutions to recruit and retain outstanding faculty, administrators, and staff through the sharing of information and resources, with a special focus on increasing diversity in hiring and addressing issues of partner placement.

9. Why Collaborate? Recruitment and Retention Challenges in Michigan Higher Education • Shrinking resources in the area of faculty, staff, and executive recruiting • Need to recruit a more diverse candidate pool • Increasing importance of serving dual career couples for successful recruitment and retention • Challenging job market and desire to retain locally educated candidates, addressing “brain drain” issue • Promote higher education as a choice employment sector

10. MI-HERC Organizational Structure • Member-financed and member-governed • Sliding membership fees tied to student enrollment ensures affordability for all Michigan institutions • 10-member Advisory Board drawn from member institutions guides all decisions • Every member institution has input into major decisions.

11. MI-HERC Tools Pooling resources and leveraging numbers – tools for success: • Shared job website with dual career search feature • Joint purchasing arrangements • Negotiated job discounts • Network of colleagues sharing best practices for recruitment and retention • Speakers on cutting edge recruitment topics and techniques

12. MI-HERC Website Features www.michiganherc.org • About HERC • Member Institutions – Logos & Links to Member Home Pages and Job Boards • Resources: Regional, Diversity, Lifestyle, & Dual Career • Michigan Regional Maps • Job Listings – Searching for Jobs • myJobs – Managing your Searches

13. MI-HERC Website Capabilities For Job Seekers • Search by multiple criteria: area of expertise, region, keyword, and distance from zip code • Create and save unlimited number of search profiles • Sign up for e-mail alerts of matching jobs • Dual Career Searches – Partners link search criteria to find jobs within a specified distance of each other • Cross-regional search functionality

14. MI-HERC Website Capabilities For Campus Employers • Unlimited job postings – via manual or automated batch uploads from your campus website • One Click allows cross-posting to any other online job board – saving staff time and resources • Easily see how many visitors are viewing each of your job postings and also access HERC-wide statistics • Google Analytics provides campus wide statistics • Resume database in development

15. MI-HERC Website Usage Total Registered Jobseekers as of 9/14/09: 2,770 (Registration required only to sign up for email alerts)

16. Sample Demographic Data

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18. MI-HERC Best Practice Topics & Speakers • Online Recruitment and Employment Branding • Kathlene Collins, Publisher, Inside Higher Education • Faith Hunter, Monster, Public Sector & Education Solutions • Addressing the Dual Career Challenge • Glenda Haskell, Asst Provost of Academic and Faculty Affairs, UM: “Working With Dual Career Partners--Lessons Learned” • Kris Hynes, Director, Human Resource Services, Michigan State University, “Dual Career Couples at MSU” • Sue Lindrop, Employment Manager, Grand Valley State University “Why Grand Valley Joined MI-HERC: Facing the Challenge of Dual Career Placements”

19. MI-HERC Best Practice Topics & Speakers • Building Successful Diversity Initiatives • Paulette GranberryRussel, Senior Advisor to the President for Diversity & Director, Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, MSU: “Best Practices for Diversifying the Faculty” • Cynthia Hudgins, NSF ADVANCE Program, UM: “STRIDE: Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence -- Focus on Faculty Recruitment” • Linda Yuhas, Director, Compensation and Employment, Grand Valley State University: “Inclusion Advocates on Search Committees”

20. Sample Job Advertising Discounts • Monster- MI-HERC preferred pricing with discounts of up to 46% for job postings and other customized products. • CareerBuilder - $150 per job (regularly $419 per job or $176 for bulk purchases of 50-60 jobs • Inside Higher Ed - $500 off a 12-month unlimited job posting package • HigherEd Jobs.com – in negotiation

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22. HERC Job Count Data Compared to other National Higher Ed Job Websites A recent comparison of the number of job postings on HERC sites with the top 3 higher education websites showed HERC had nearly twice as many academic jobs as Chronicle Careers, Higher Ed Jobs, and Inside Higher Ed combined. Cost of one 30-day job posting: Chronicle Careers = $260 Inside Higher Ed: = $165 Higher Ed Jobs = $155 HERC: Free and unlimited duration

23. MI-HERC Member Benefits • Unlimited job postings • Stretching job advertising budgets: • Exposure via all HERC marketing and advertising • Discounts on major job advertising websites • Increased visibility as an employer of choice in our region • Statewide network of colleagues • Regular networking meetings to share best practices • Greater name recognition for smaller institutions • Richer and more diverse networks for all institutions • Part of a national network of regional HERCs

24. MI-HERC Member Responsibilities • Post and maintain accurate job listings on the MI-HERC website • Participate in networking meetings/share best practices • Promote MI-HERC website on home campus • Participate in MI-HERC governance • Pay annual membership fees

25. Membership Fees Fees tied to student enrollment to ensure affordability for schools of all sizes

26. Keys to Success • Diversity of our membership • Active participation of members in networking and sharing of best practices • Robust website containing ALL open positions • Addressing diversity and dual career issues • Active promotion of MI-HERC and website by members both internally (on their own campuses) and externally

27. What Members Say “Being a member of HERC expresses the institutional value of collaboration with other higher education institutions and shows candidates that we are willing to reach out to the whole person as a hire, not just for the position itself.” - Leigh Settlemoir Dzwik, Assistant Vice President for Academic Human Resources, Oakland University

28. What Members Say “We are delighted with our Michigan HERC membership. We have seen increased numbers of applications for our positions, but more importantly, the quality of our applicants has also increased. I believe this is due to the increased national exposure for our positions. The One Click feature that allows posting our jobs directly from the MI-HERC site to any other web-based job board is a huge asset in saving staff time and money. The networking and sharing of best practices among our member institutions is also invaluable.” - Marla Stuck, Employment Manager, Washtenaw Community College

29. What Members Say “The MI-HERC website has been a tremendous resource in my work with job seekers. The site is very easy to use, and with positions at colleges and universities more attractive in this economy, it allows me to encourage job seekers to look at multiple institutions. Without it, my clients would be working hard and finding less opportunities." - Lucas Wall, Dual Career Specialist, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

30. What Members Say An Advisory Board Member Perspective - Warren Hills, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Ferris State University

31. MI-HERC Member Representative Contact Information • Warren Hills, Assoc VP for Human Resources, Ferris State University and MI-HERC Advisory Board Member Warren_Hills@ferris.edu • Leigh Settlemoir Dzwik, Asst VP for Academic Human Resources, Oakland University and Secretary, MI-CUPA-HR settlemo@oakland.edu • Marla Stuck, Employment Manager, Washtenaw Community College, mstuck@wccnet.edu • Lucas Wall, Dual Career Specialist, Office of the Provost, University of Michigan, ljwall@umic.edu

32. CONTACT: Linda Berauer, Director Michigan HERC lberauer@umich.edu 734-647-2744