Hiring Resilience
Comparatively low salaries, poorly expressed value packages for existing and prospective staff, and rigid workplace policies are impeding hiring managers from filling open positions. Three recent EDUCAUSE reports map the current contours of recruiting and retaining talent among technology leaders, the teaching and learning workforce, and cybersecurity and privacy professionals.
Finding a Footing
Although the work climate for technology leaders may be stabilizing after uncertain years, many report excessive workloads and burnout. Institutions not only need to help leaders do less with less and prioritize self-care but also need to build flexible technology environments and roles.
Explore The IT Leadership Workforce in Higher Education, 2024.
Struggling to Keep Up
As teaching and learning professionals are feeling overworked in an environment of constraint, institutions must prioritize employees’ well-being and morale by finding ways to make workloads more manageable, build community, and better enable change management.
Dive into The Teaching and Learning Workforce in Higher Education, 2024.
Thriving and Growing
To support the quickly growing areas of cybersecurity and privacy, institutions should implement methods to address immediate issues such as staff recruitment, retention, and workload and also to strategically anticipate and plan for the evolution of these two domains.
Explore The Cybersecurity and Privacy Workforce in Higher Education, 2023.
Showcase Webinar
Missed the Showcase Webinar | Hiring Resilience? Check out the recording to learn how different institutions are approaching workplace and workforce management.
Solution Spotlight
"One of our strategic plan items at Pima County Community College District is to create a sustainable IT workforce. We have built an amazing feeder program through our part-time service desk assistants. This year, we are looking to expand upon that and create job-shadowing opportunities to grow our front-line staff. You have to buy or grow talent; with little success buying it, we are going to focus heavily on growing it." —Isaac Abbs
Like this Solution Spotlight? Visit the EDUCAUSE Top 10 Solution Spotlights for more stories of how institutions are tackling workforce challenges in higher education.
Hear from the Community and Analysts
Go Further
Feed Your Curiosity
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Betsy Fisher and Alec Regino, "Leveraging Displaced Talent to Address Growing IT Workforce Needs," EDUCAUSE Review
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Chris Bradney, "Questions to Ask before Taking an Interim Role," EDUCAUSE Review
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Irene Sidede, "Harnessing the Power of Technology to Train Student Employees," EDUCAUSE Review
- Bea Jimenez, Sarah Buszka, and John O’Brien, “Young Professionals’ Perspectives on Career Development” [Community Conversations podcast], EDUCAUSE Review
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Rob Shomaker, "Why Higher Education Employees Are Leaving and What Managers Can Do About It" [video], EDUCAUSE Review
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Karen Catlin, "Inclusive Hiring: 5 Tips for Employers" [video], EDUCAUSE Review
Learn from Your Peers
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EDUCAUSE Leadership Series | Strategies for Advancing Women’s Leadership
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Learning Lab | Developing a Digital Transformation Strategy to Address Your Institutional Challenges
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We hope you'll use the lessons from this Showcase to support resilient hiring and retention practices at your institution. Next up, we’ll explore strategies for providing universal access to services in the Meeting Students Where They Are Showcase launching May 20.