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Communications
Happy New Year! As you may have noticed, we've been in the process of transitioning some communication responsibilities over the past couple of months. Laura and Hilary have been doing a lionshare of the communications work for the office and we are so grateful to you for all you've done! Going forward, Emily and Ashley will manage both internal HR and campus-wide communications. Please feel free to reach out to us via email with any requests or communication needs you might have. As we continue to understand the landscape, we may be in touch with additional updates. Thank you!! - Emily & Ashley
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Active Violence & Emergency Action Training Reminder
If you have not completed your active violence training, please be sure to do so in Endeavor. At our next all-staff training, we will be joined by members from NDPD who will conduct a follow up, in-person, training for our department.
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Gartner ResourcesAs an HR division, we each have the ability to access many resources from the research and advisory firm, Gartner. If you haven't already created an account and begun accessing some of these resources, please find instructions on how to do so here. You'll find webinars, networking opportunities, benchmarking, trends, ignition guides for various HR challenges, and consultations with executive advisors. For questions or to learn more about what resources are available to you, please feel free to reach out to Bernard.
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HR Transformation Project UpdateTesting of the Agent Workspace (HR’s new interface for ServiceNow) starts today for many of our HR team members and will continue for the next two weeks. The week of the 19th campus partners will join us in testing the Virtual Agent, HR Profile, and HR Tools. As a reminder, these three components are all part of the Self Service Center.
Included below is a screenshot of the Agent Workspace to give you an idea of how the interface is evolving!
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HR's Staff Unity Summit part of Walk the Walk Week 2023
This year, Walk the Walk Week will take place from Thursday, January 19 - Friday, January 27. As part of this week, HR will host a Unity Summit on Friday, January 27. All are strongly encouraged to attend.
Please be sure to check out the other events and resources at walkthewalk.nd.edu. You'll find opportunities for a service project, the annual Candlelight Prayer Service, musical performances, a live taping of the Black@ND Podcast, and more.
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Sharon Hawkins | Associate Director, HR Consulting
What is one thing your colleagues should know about you? - I wanted to be a pediatric nurse when I was growing up, until my sister who became a critical care nurse told me I would have to care for children who had broken bones and life threatening injuries. That led me to change my career path. I believe that God had plans for me. While I was in college studying Sociology, I was offered the opportunity to become a personnel manager, with Target stores. I accepted the promotion with Target which led to me being recruited by Notre Dame. I initially turned the Notre Dame position down. Rich Nugent who was Asst. Director of ND HR at that time reached out to me and convinced me to join the team. I joined the ND HR team on January 1, 1999. One of the things Rich told me at the time is that he wanted me to join the team because of my ability to build relationships. Building positive relationships is a huge piece of who I am and what motivates me.
What is one of your proudest achievements in your career thus far? - It’s hard to choose one achievement, but I think being in our department for the past 24 years. The past 24 years at ND have given me the opportunity to do so many things that I enjoy doing. In some ways I think it ties back to my desire to be a nurse. As an HR professional I am able to work with great teams to provide resources, guidance and hopefully impact people's lives in positive ways, which includes my family. My children often come to me about HR issues they face in their professional lives. Shawniece (Indiana Department of Education), Sherrell (DOZ Accounting), and Sharmane (Child Protective Services). I also serve on two community boards, Goodwill Industries of Northwest Indiana and 466 Works, where my responsibilities include providing input and guidance on HR related opportunities.
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Gator Bowl Champs
Our very own Erica Mendelson and Mariah Bures were at last week's Gator Bowl Game in support of the Notre Dame Football Team and their husbands, Trevor Mendelson and Ian Bures. Congrats to Ian, Mariah, Trevor, and Erica on the win!
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Let’s do lunch!
This semester, we want to provide the opportunity for everyone to get to know others outside of their work teams.
Everyone in the HR department had a 5-meal plan loaded to their account. Each month this semester you will be teamed up with a new group of 2-3 other people, hopefully outside of your direct team, to have lunch with. You will be free to collectively schedule your own date, time, and location for lunch.
Please see this list for your January lunch group. The campus dining halls open up for the semester starting January 17.
Lunch is on us! The conversation is on you.
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Happy New Year! It’s a great time to make some resolutions and really stick to them. I’ve established several “why’s” behind sustainability (i.e. why you should care about changing your behaviors to be more eco-friendly). I’ve also started and will continue to talk about the “how” in this coming year. Considering the time of transition we’re in, I encourage everyone to take this opportunity to reflect upon our daily habits and question why we do what we do and whether or not we can change.
It doesn’t have to be everything at once, and it is more than okay to “fall off the wagon,” but the new year is a great time to rethink how you’ve spent your past year and make the upcoming year better. To celebrate our first HR newsletter in 2023 and to provide some quick inspiration, please consider checking out the articles and videos below and consider what environment-loving habits you can form this year to reduce your impact one day at a time.
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If you have information you'd like included in future newsletters please send those to Emily. Any content received by noon on Thursday each week will be included in Friday's newsletter. Thank you!
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