UC ANR Administrative Orientation for new employees May 23, 2018

ANR will hold another administrative orientation in the spring. The May 23, 2018, orientation is intended for new staff and academics. For more information, academics may contact Tina Jordan at tljordan@ucanr.edu and staff may contact Jodi Azulai at jlazulai@ucanr.edu.

Lynda Features of the Month

Excel Tips Weekly

Tune in every Tuesday for Excel Tips Weekly. Learn Excel productivity boosting tricks, need-to-know functions, hidden features and advanced content like PivotTable use for analysis. Each lesson is self-contained and brief and certain to give you new insights.

Have a better work-life balance

A common career-related New Year's resolution is to have a better work-life balance. So many of us work so hard that it prevents us from doing what we'd like to do in our personal lives.

There are a few ways to address it. One is to say no more often – do fewer things, better. Another is to simply make an agreement with yourself, such as no more emailing after 6 p.m. or no more opening the work laptop on Saturdays. It can also come down to having better time-management skills.

Remember, time off isn't just important for your personal life – unplugging makes you more effective at your career, too.

Recommended Courses: Balancing Work and Life, Avoiding Burnout, Arianna Huffington's Thrive 02: Learning How to Unplug and Recharge, Learning to Say No

Be more productive

Being more productive means a lot of things to a lot of people. For a salesperson, it might mean closing more deals. For someone in manufacturing, it might mean finding ways to produce more, while using less energy. It can also mean having better time management skills and making the most of your eight hours each day.

One thing to remember – there are many tools out there that can make your life easier. And learning how to use the tools you already use each day – say, Excel – to their maximum ability can make you far more effective. Investing some time mastering these tools in the beginning of the year might pay huge dividends in the long run.

Recommended courses: Time Management Fundamentals, Excel Tips Weekly, Monday Productivity Pointers, Getting Things Done

Do you know proper Zoom etiquette?

When you “Zoom” in, are you seeing the tops of people's heads? Or just their shirt buttons? Perhaps you can hear meeting participants typing or blowing their noses. Maybe you can see a pile of unfolded laundry behind them. If you're ready to make a good impression AND help participate in successful Zoom sessions, you may want to read tips on the Zoom blog article: Video Conferencing Etiquette. 

NEW ON UC LEARNING CENTER: UC Managing Implicit Bias Series 

UC ANR Learning and Development and Human Resources are excited to tell you about the newest UC Learning Center course additions - the UC Managing Implicit Bias Series – six eCourses designed to increase awareness of implicit bias and reduce its impact at the University of California. The program further reinforces the University's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. 

These courses can be completed individually, or together as a series to earn the UC Managing Implicit Bias Certificate. As a UC people manager, being aware of implicit bias and how it impacts the way we work and interact with others is especially important. It is recommended that you complete these courses as a complement to your People Management Series Certificate. 

The series contains the following six self-paced, online interactive courses. Each course is 15 to 20 minutes in length and you may elect to complete individual courses, or the complete series. Those who complete all six courses will receive the UC Managing Implicit Bias Certificate and a new 2018 People Management Series and Certificate.

The courses are as follows:

• What is Implicit Bias?
• The Impact of Implicit Bias
• Managing the Influence of Implicit Bias: Awareness
• Common Forms of Bias
• Managing the Impact of Implicit Bias: Mindfulness and Conscious De-biasing
• Managing Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process

You can access the courses in the UC Learning Center. For more information, please see the UC People Management Series and Certificate.

UC ANR launches 'My UC Career' online career development tool

My UC Career is a new online, self-directed development portal available to all UC employees seeking to advance their career. Career development continues to be a focus area for our people and we are excited to provide a resource that supports employees in growing their UC career. A UC email address is all that's needed to register for an account.

The systemwide portal provides access to job openings at all UC locations via the Systemwide Job Board, as well as resources and tools to create and refine resumes, write cover letters, identify strengths, practice interviewing and find professional networking opportunities.   

The portal consists of six easy-to-use modules:

• Begin Career Discovery: Use personal assessments to help identify values, personality, skills and talents.
• Job Search: Leveraging the existing Systemwide Job Board, in one search, view all UC opportunities by job type, location, or career level. Create multiple alerts for new postings that are most interesting
• Resume: Build a new resume or revise an existing resume using the step-by-step online resume workshop that uses answers to automatically build an accomplishment-based resume tailored to the identified career path. View resume building guides and resume samples by position or type.
• Tell Your Story: Create a pitch statement, cover letter, and references to tell what the employee has to offer and how they can help the organization succeed. Use the step-by-step online workshop to automatically build each document. View samples of each type of document.
• Network and Research: Optimize social media presence and use research tools to help leverage employee networks that uncover additional career opportunities.
• Pre- and Post-interview: Practice interview skills by recording video interviews using pre-recorded portal interviewers that ask the employee questions review interview type guides, create a post-interview thank you note, and review the offer negotiation guide and decision-making tools.

Other career development resources are available via the following websites:

ANR Learning & Development

Systemwide Integrated Talent Management - Professional Development

UC Learning Center

Lynda.com (anyone with a “ucanr.edu” email address may register through the ANR Portal.

CEB is Now Garter

Email Jodi Azulai at jlazulai@ucanr.edu with questions.

 

Sign up for HR Partners newsletter

When you sign up for ANR's bi-monthly HR Partners Newsletter you will receive:

• Updates and shortcuts for Human Resource procedures
• Announcements about compliance training
• Professional development opportunities
• Helpful hints for recruitment
• and more

To subscribe, send an email to Patricia Glass at pglass@ucanr.edu.

Happiness tips weekly with Lynda.com

According to Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of the How of Happiness, nearly all of us buy into what she calls “myths of happiness.” To access happiness, there are things we need to stop believing and others that we need to start believing.

That is where Lynda.com coach Chris Croft comes in with Happiness Tips Weekly. In weekly mini sessions, Croft provides practical actionable techniques for finding more time for the things you love and maximizing your day-today happiness.

Find out how you can remove sources of unhappiness from your life, reduce stress, change your thoughts, and be creative in new ways by viewing Happiness Tips Weekly here. 

Webinar: 5 healthy Lynda.com habits for people managers

Join our ANR exclusive Lynda.com webinar for ANR People Managers to explore how you can incorporate 5 healthy Lynda.com habits for you and your team.

The webinar will be held Thursday, Aug. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. at https://bluejeans.com/9495636582/5719?src=calendarLink.

UC ANR supervisors are and will continue to be instrumental in the UC ANR 2016-20 Strategic Plan People Goal 8 opportunity:  “UC ANR must support the career development of UC ANR academics and staff in order to retain an engaged workforce who can conduct relevant programming and respond to complex challenges.”

Lynda.com is an excellent resource to help advance your employees and yourself toward Goal 8. Learn how you can:

1. Develop your employees by finding appropriate learning content for them
2. Create and share playlist with your employees
3. Manager groups and users
4. Use reporting feature to follow employee completions
5. Develop your people management skills

Registration now open for 2017 NAEPSDP annual conference

Registration for the 2017 National Association of Extension Program and Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) Annual Conference is now open.

This year's conference will be held at Green Valley Ranch Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. The conference will be held Dec. 5-7, 2017. The tentative 2017 NAEPSDP Annual Conference Agenda is posted as a PDF online.

To register for the conference, go to the NAEPSDP website and do one of the following:

• For current NAEPSDP members - If you are a current 2017 NAEPSDP member (dues paid in full by the time you register), log into the association website (http://naepsdp.org) using your member email and password. (If your email address has changed since you created or last updated your member profile, go into your member profile before registering and update your member email address and any other information that has changed.) 
  
  Go to the "2017 Annual Conference Registration" link under the "Conferences" tab at the top of the homepage. Select the "2017 Annual Conference Registration Information" tab and follow the registration instructions. (You can also access the conference registration information by selecting the "For more information about conference registration, click here" link in the 2017 Annual Conference - Save the Date box located on the website homepage.) 
  
  Most of the information for your registration will be pre-populated with the information from your member profile. It is important that the email address that is pre-populated from your member profile is your correct current email address. 
  
  If you are registering for another individual who is not a current NAEPSDP member, don't log into the website using your member ID and password to register for that individual. Follow the steps outlined below for non-members.

• For non-members of NAEPSDP - Go to the association website at http://naepsdp.org. Under the "Conferences" tab at the top of the homepage, click the "2017 Annual Conference Registration" link. Select the "2017 Annual Conference Registration Information" tab and follow the registration instructions. You can also access the conference registration information by selecting the "For more information about conference registration, click here" link in the 2017 Annual Conference - Save the Date box located on the website homepage.
  
  Please make sure that the information and email address asked for during the non-member registration process are those of the non-member. Follow the registration instructions.
  
  Keep in mind that you will only see the registration categories for which you are eligible. Association members will see those categories that are available for members. Non-members will see only those categories that are available to non-members. To be eligible to receive the member registration rate, NAEPSDP membership dues for the current year must be paid in full prior to your registration.

Payment:

You can pay your registration fee online through the NAEPSDP PayPal Guest Checkout (using your own credit or debit card, no PayPal account needed) or pay offline with a check or money order. If you choose to pay online, you will receive a payment receipt as soon as your payment is processed. If you choose to pay offline, an invoice will be emailed to you for your use in payment.

There is an "early bird" registration period for both members and non-members. The early bird registration period ends at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 30. Registration for this conference will end on Nov. 27. There will be no onsite registration.

Lodging: 

Information about lodging options at Green Valley Ranch Resort are at Green Valley Ranch Resort Reservations. A block of rooms has been reserved for the conference, but it is limited, so please make your reservations early.

If you have questions, contact Teresa Byington at byingtont@unce.unr.edu or (702) 222-3130, or Julie Robinson at jrobinson@uaex.edu or (501) 671-2082.

Call for NAEPSDP presentation proposals

The theme for the 2017 conference is “Creating the Future: Extension as the Catalyst.”

Presentation proposals will be accepted from NAEPSDP members and non-members alike for four different tracks and four different session types. Proposals from graduate student research or projects are encouraged.

The four tracks for which proposals will be accepted are:

·         Organizational and Staff Development

·         Program Development and Delivery

·         Evaluation and Assessment

·         Technology and Communications 

The four session types are:

·         One-hour presentation

·         Forty-five-minute presentation

·         Ninety-minute workshop

·         Five-minute “ignite” presentation (five minutes with 20 slides)

To submit a proposal, click here and complete the proposal submission form. The proposal must include:

·         Lead presenter's name and contact information

·         Names, titles and affiliations of co-presenters (if any)

·         Presentation type

·         Presentation track

·         Presentation title

·         Brief description/abstract of the presentation (500-word maximum)

·         Any specific additional technology needs for presentation (projector, laptop and screen provided)

All presentation proposals must be submitted no later than Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. All presenters must register for and attend the conference. For conference registration information, go to www.naepsdp.org. 

For more information, contact Teresa Byington at byingtont@unce.unr.edu or (702) 222-3130 at Nevada Cooperative Extension Service, or Julie Robinson at jrobinson@uaex.edu or (501) 671-2082 at University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.

New ANR employee guide 

UC ANR has a new online orientation guide for new employees. It begins with a welcome video from Vice President Glenda Humiston and continues to a table of contents where new employees will find topics such as ANR Mission and Vision, ANR Core Messages, History of ANR, ANR programs and unit overview videos, as well as personal responsibility, employee resources and more.

Forward the link http://ucanr.edu/newanremployeeguide to your new hires and give them a running start in aligning to ANR and all the great things we do!

Onboarding new employees quiz for supervisors

Use the Onboarding New ANR Employees: Supervisor's Guide to prepare you for the quiz below. Answer them correctly and you win!

1. Onboarding is

1. A single event
2. An ongoing strategy

 

2. Studies have shown a correlation between no or poor onboarding and

1. Employee engagement and retention
2. Employee disengagement and turnover

(Answers: 1b; 2b)

Use the Guide to prepare for, welcome, and engage your new employees; bring your newly hired employees up to speed with the policies, processes, culture, expectations, and day-to-day responsibilities of your program or unit.