Increasing student employee morale and retention by developing advanced employment opportunities: a Penn State perspective

Abstract

The presenters manage two different groups of students with different responsibilities. Each was faced with the same problems-high turnover, the retention of good employees, and employee morale and motivation. The presenters will discuss how they individually addressed these issues by developing advanced employment opportunities. While these programs are very different, they meet the same objectives-boosting student employee morale while rewarding and retaining good student employees. This presentation is an overview of both programs. Both presenters will address the criteria for each program, why and how it was implemented, general student duties and responsibilities as well as the benefit to the students themselves.