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HR Update; March 26, 2009

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Statement from President Yudof Regarding UC-AFSCME Contract Agreement

After many months of negotiations, UC and AFSCME agreed on a contract that, among other things, included new minimum salaries and annual across-the-board increases for UC service workers. It was a fair and generous agreement. In fact, the union heralded it as “historic.”

When the contract was signed, it was understood and agreed that certain implementation details would require further work, including how to define the incremental percentage increases ("steps") within the new salary ranges—higher minimum salaries squeeze those in brackets above the new entry levels.

The task now at hand, as foreseen when both sides signed the agreement, is for the university and the union to sit down together and work through these details. Since these step structures are not effective until October, there is ample time to work through the details.

However, after just one meeting to discuss the steps issue and potential options, the union has begun circulating literature falsely accusing the university of going back on the contract and threatening UC with public demonstrations.

It is quite unfortunate that this union is once again reviving such tactics. The union agreed to the contract and both sides understood that implementation would require additional joint work.

The university is living up to the terms of the contract and is committed to working through these issues together, at the table, through respectful and productive dialogue.

The university calls upon AFSCME leaders to do the same.

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Temporary Employment Program Offers Designated TEP Analyst Service

In our continuous efforts to enhance our services to our clients, the Temporary Employment Program (TEP) has implemented a new service: a designated TEP Analyst assigned to each department. Our clients should experience improved response time to temporary requests and greater accountability for assignment outcomes. The TEP Analyst will be responsible for filling department requests for temporary help, resolving issues with temporary employee performance, billing, and partnering with departments to identify changing temporary employment needs and workforce planning. This change in service delivery combined with recently implemented program enhancements, such as the Administrative Job Matrix and Job Order Template, will save our clients time and effort when ordering a temporary employee from the TEP. 

Department contacts and supervisors will be receiving a special email introducing the TEP Analyst assigned to their department.  We are excited to add this new feature to our service and look forward to providing our clients a more efficient and cost effective temporary employment program.

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RSI Guard Helps Employees to Work Safely and Prevent Injuries

The body is made for movement. Frequent stretches during the workday will improve your comfort and your productivity. RSI Guard is now available to all UCSF Campus employees. You can download this stretch break reminder software to your desktop to remind you to stretch, breath, or close your eyes for a moment. The frequency and duration of the breaks and micro-breaks are customized automatically to your needs according to your intensity of keyboarding and mousing.

When stretching, remember the following guidelines:

If you have any questions about this software or the ergonomics program, please contact the campus ergonomist at .

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Free Workshops! Advancing Your Career in Uncertain Times

The UCSF Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, Center for Gender Equity, and Campus Human Resources present a series of workshops to help you manage your career: Resume Writing, Interviewing, and Financial Planning Geared Toward Women: Improve Your Financial IQ. You can attend one workshop or all three. They are free and open to all.

Resume Writing

April 7, 2009, Noon to 1 p.m.
Health Sciences West, Room 301 (enter 513 Parnassus Ave, see map)

Your resume, like all communications, makes the case for why you are a good candidate for your stated professional objective. A resume is not a biography. It needs to cover just enough to make you a credible candidate. It must also conform closely enough to the conventions of resume writing so as not to annoy readers or make them suspicious. It is also important to keep your target market in mind and use the language of that target market to address what are likely to be their collective needs and wants.

Topics covered in this workshop will include:

Interviewing

May 19, 2009, Noon to 1 p.m.
Nursing Building, Room 225 (enter 513 Parnassus Ave, see map)

A candidate’s goal should be to get her/his core message across to the hiring manager, regardless of that person’s skill as an interviewer. The interview should also be an opportunity for the candidate to ask questions about the company or organization with which they are interviewing. Lee Hecht Harrison’s Interviewing Workshop replaces the traditional interview model, in which an inordinate amount of responsibility is placed on the communication skills of the interviewer, with a Strategic Interviewing model.  Strategic Interviewing places more focus on creating a dialogue about organizational needs and the needs of the hiring manager, allowing the candidate to tailor her/his statements to address those needs using appropriate accomplishment stories. Participants will explore and prepare for different types of interviews including screening interviews, telephone interviews, group or panel interviews, first and second interviews, as well as traditional versus behavior based interviews.

Topics covered in this workshop will include:

Financial Planning Geared Toward Women: Improve Your Financial IQ

June 11, 2009, Noon to 1PM
Nursing Building, Room 217** (enter 513 Parnassus Ave, see map)
**Will be simulcast to Mission Bay – Room TBD

Take stock of your money wisdom and “Get Financially Smart!” This interactive workshop will help you improve yourself financially. Expect to succeed and learn the steps you need to stay on track. The information and handouts in this workshop will lead you through a self assessment process:

For more information, please contact Chelsea Simms at .

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Strengthening Ties between Diverse Communities on Campus

The Council of Minority Organizations (COMO) provides a forum to strengthen the ties between UCSF minority organizations on issues of mutual concern. The Council is comprised of the Black Caucus, the Latin American Campus Association, the United Filipino Employees Association, the Native American Health Alliance, and the Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance.

COMO invites campus community participation in the various member organizations. For information about member organizations and contact information to get involved, please go to http://como.ucsf.edu/

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