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Business students recognized for leadership, community involvement
Haworth College of Business
She is also the current vice president of professional events in the Food Marketing Association. "A Trailblazer isn’t the person with the longest resume, highest GPA or best job or internship offer," says Amat. "To me, being a Trailblazer means being someone who embraces opportunities to be different, motivated by the pure thrill of the unknown.
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23289
Sarah Husain, B.B.A.'06
Haworth College of Business
She worked her way up in the company, moving through the Medical Supplier Development Team and holding the position of the operations team leader for Stryker’s Furniture/OEM group. In November 2010, she landed her current job as the materials team leader for the Patient Handling group, where she manages buyers, planners and supply chain for the stretchers manufactured at Stryker.
https://wmich.edu/business/husain-sarah
Introduction
Human Resources
HR services administers the University's compensation system, performance management process, and the processes for hiring, transferring and terminating employees, including the job opportunity program. In addition, HR services administers your employee benefits, including all group insurance plans (health, life and long-term disability) leave plans (including FMLA), and other benefits.
https://wmich.edu/hr/handbook-introduction
Probation and Your New Employee
Human Resources
As with all new and transferring employees, your employee is being placed on a six-month probation period. Probation is a “working test period" that gives your employee the opportunity to learn the job and related responsibilities. It also gives you the opportunity to determine if your new employee will be a beneficial addition to your staff. Probationary reports are an essential component of the new employee’s probationary period.
https://wmich.edu/hr/probation
WMU earns its sixth consecutive 'military friendly' designation
WMU News
—Western Michigan University has been named one of the nation's most Military Friendly Schools for the sixth consecutive time by one of the leading publishers of magazines for veterans and their families. The annual Military Friendly Schools list was announced Sept. 23 by Victory Media , which produces such publications as G.I. Jobs and Military Spouse. The military friendly designation is awarded to the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools "that are doing the most to embrace military students and to dedicate resources to ensure their success
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19401
Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice
WMU News
He subsequently joined the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., where for six years he represented both juveniles and adults charged with crimes. Frustrated with the lack of education and job training opportunities for his clients, Forman in 1997 co-founded Washington's Maya Angelou Public Charter School, an alternative school for school dropouts and youth who had previously been arrested.
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694
Top Tips for Hiring New Talent
Haworth College of Business
Robinson, we believe that focusing on the career growth available within our organization allows us to hire and retain the best talent. We don’t want candidates to see job opportunities, but rather opportunities to start and grow a career. During our interview process, we focus on showing candidates the opportunities for growth available over time, as well as the learning and development available to them to help them achieve their career goals."
https://wmich.edu/business/top-tips-hiring-new-talent
WMU taps alum, former K'zoo Public Safety officer as next police chief
WMU News
He served as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Division from 1995 to 1999 and a sergeant and detective sergeant from 1999 to 2006, when he was promoted to lieutenant. He also served as an executive lieutenant and acting captain from 2007 until April 2012, when he started the job at GRCC. As a GRCC lieutenant, Merlo was responsible for the supervision of 10 campus police officers and a sergeant and the day-to-day operations of the department.
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19367
Baochun Zhou
Graduate College
Irony has been described as the difference between our expectations and reality: what, if anything, has been "ironic" about your experiences here in the U.S. regarding culture, language, customs, and other variables that concern the transition to a new world - and/or transition into a new academic discipline? Being as a helping professional, I have realized that to learn new cultures and to develop multicultural competence are part of my job. The fact of growing up in China and living in the U.S. for six years allows me to see “the other side” of both Eastern and
https://wmich.edu/grad/spotlight-zhou
Community Conferencing
Campus Employee Dispute Resolution Services
Community Conferencing is a facilitated process that is especially useful when a dispute between two people has escalated into a conflict involving others. Often, in these circumstances, "sides" begin to form, open communication between factions breaks down, job performance and satisfaction drop, and a sense of tension deepens. People may spend more energy talking to their allies about those with whom they are in conflict-and reinforcing their perceptions-than they spend talking with those with whom the conflict originated and resolving their differences.
https://wmich.edu/disputeresolution/conferencing