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Connecting Employment to Engagement

Explore how student employment at UW-Madison positively impacts their engagement and prepares them for future careers. Discover the benefits of campus activities and on-campus jobs in developing leadership, critical thinking, time management, teamwork, self-confidence, and communication skills. Learn about recruitment strategies, skill development opportunities, supporting experiences, and available resources for student employees.

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Connecting Employment to Engagement

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  1. Connecting Employment to Engagement University of Wisconsin-Madison Alan Avila & Savanna Roeder

  2. What is Involvement? • When students were asked they said: • Clubs/Organizations • Volunteering • Extracurricular Activities

  3. Activity Data UW-Madison Students were asked what they gained after participating in campus activities Source: NASPA Consortium Campus Activities

  4. Activity Data Con’t UW-Madison students participating in campus activities were surveyed. Results showed: 79% Agree their leadership skills improved 73% Agree their critical thinking/problem-solving skills improved 72% Agree their time management skills improved 83% Agree their ability to work as a team improved 79% Agree their self confidence has improved 88% Agree their communication skills improved Source: NASPA Consortium Campus Activities

  5. Student Employment is Engagement!

  6. Student Employment is Engagement Employment Data UW-Madison Student Employees were asked one way their on-campus job positively impacted their experience and/or helped prepare for their future career

  7. Plus More! Almost 4,000 UW-Madison students employed on-campus were surveyed. Students said… 86% Their supervisor helped them reflect on transferable skills 90% Feel supported by their on-campus Supervisor 83% Their supervised helped them reflect on how their learned skills impact college experience 88% Feel engaged at their on-campus job 93% Their on-campus job helped them work with people who are different than them 80% On-campus Job helped them feel a greater sense of belonging to campus Source: UW-Madison 2018-2019 WiGROW Annual Report

  8. Student Employment is Engagement Source: NASPA Employing Student Success: A Comprehensive Examination of On-Campus Student Employment

  9. UW-Madison Employment Background

  10. Engagement Focus Areas • Recruitment • Skill Development • Supporting the Experience • Resources Areas where students can be further engaged within their employment experiences

  11. RECRUITMENT • Framing the experience • Search Criteria-Job Outcomes • Job Descriptions-Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities • Providing tools/resources

  12. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Strategic Framework for Employers to incorporate Leadership Development

  13. SUPPORTING THE EXPERIENCE • UW-Madison utilizes GROW to inform the campus-wide WiGROW program. • An engagement initiative designed to support the learning of student-employees through intentional, reflective conversations. • Examples of questions to guide the conversation:

  14. RESOURCES • Introducing: Student Success Center • Aims to provide supports to students so they can achieve their own journey of success • Includes 4 pillars: Success Coaching, Mentorship, Professional Development, & Basic Needs Support

  15. ACTIVITY: SPEED CONVERSATIONS • Engagement Focus Areas: • Recruitment • Skill Development • Supporting the Experience • Resources • Write on your index card the Engagement Focus area you are most interested in, from the list above

  16. Takeaway Thoughts Streamline Students Connections to Job Opportunities Messaging/Communications/Branding Partnerships

  17. QUESTIONS? Kristina Rittel Email: Kristina.rittel@wisc.edu Justin Mumford Email: Justin.mumford@wisc.edu

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