TO:  Principal Investigators:

 

REMINDER:  RCUH is currently accepting Nominations for the Outstanding Employee of the Year.

 

DEADLINE to submit your nomination(s) is November 19, 2010.

 

2 NOMINATION CATEGORIES (Maximum of 2 nominees per category):

 

1.  Outstanding Researcher/Project Manager/Professional (Exempt status position)

2.  Outstanding Project Support Staff (Non-Exempt status position)

 

Click here for the nomination form

 

For more information on the program, please refer to policy 3.450 Outstanding Employee of the Year Award.

Click here for previous announcement.

To:       All RCUH Principal Investigators and Employees

The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) is pleased to announce that we will be providing a new service to employees facing or contemplating a change in careers or a termination of employment.  The “Career Transition and Outreach Workshop” is a one-hour workshop that will provide participants with valuable resource information in discovering and preparing for employment/career opportunities:

ü  How and where to find out about job opportunities. Current Job Openings and Resources offered by the State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

ü  What are employers looking for? 

o   Preparing a Winning Cover Letter and Resume

o   Tips on an Effective Job Interview

o   One-on-one Critique of Your Cover Memo & Resume

o   One-on-one Mock Interview

 

MESSAGE TO OUR EMPLOYEES:  If you are in the market for a new job, have been recently separated from employment, or just looking for a change in career, you are invited to attend this special session.  We will be offering this workshop on the following dates/times/locations:

 

HILO	OAHU	MAUI	KAUAI
November 5, 2010   8:00 – 10:00am or 10:30 – 12:30pm   Location:  Institute for Astronomy Bldg (IFA) Room 131   RSVP by: Oct 29, 2010	November 18, 2010     8:00 – 10:00am or 10:30 – 12:30pm (cancelled)    Location: UH Manoa Campus Center Dining Room 203E   RSVP by: Nov 12, 2010	November 19, 2010     8:00 – 10:00am or 10:30 – 12:30pm (cancelled)    Location: Maui College, Room TBA     RSVP by: Nov 12, 2010	November 15, 2010   8:00 – 10:00am or 10:30 – 12:30pm (cancelled)  Location: Kauai CC Room TBA     RSVP by: Nov 1, 2010
December 3, 2010   8:00 – 10:00am or 10:30 – 12:30pm   Location:  Institute for Astronomy Bldg (IFA) Room 131   RSVP by: Nov 19, 2010	December 9, 2010     8:00 – 10:00am or 10:30 – 12:30pm   Location: UH Manoa Campus Center Executive Dining Room   RSVP by: Dec 2, 2010	December 17, 2010     8:00 – 10:00am or 10:30 – 12:30pm (cancelled)     Location: Maui College, Room TBA     RSVP by: Dec 2, 2010	December 10, 2010     8:00 – 10:00am or 10:30 – 12:30pm (cancelled)   Location: Kauai CC Room TBA     RSVP by: Dec 2, 2010

 

If you, or any one of your immediate family members (restricted to: parents, spouse/domestic partner, siblings, children) are interested in attending this workshop, please RSVP to Sharon Tamanaha at 956-6965 or [email protected].

 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO TO BENEFIT FROM THIS WORKSHOP: To ensure a valuable experience for you, we would like you to “dress for success”, and prepare as if you were attending a real life job interview.  In addition, we would like you to e-mail [email protected] a copy of your current cover letter and resume at least 3 days before the session.  This will allow time for staff to review and provide you any feedback on the day of the workshop.

 

Please contact (808) 956-3100 if you have any questions.

 

FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM WORKSHOP (based on evaluations received from attendees):

 

Course Overall:	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
I learned things that I did not know before	3	5	0	0
Topics were covered in sufficient detail	6	2	0	0
I would recommend this workshop to others	7	1	0	0
Course Materials:	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Workshop materials were clear and useful	5	3	0	0
Workshop materials were appropriate for the presentation	6	2	0	0
I will use the workshop materials in the future	5	3	0	0
Presentation:	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
Presenter(s) was knowledgeable about subject matter	8	0	0	0
Presenter(s) was prepared and easy to understand	8	0	0	0
Presenter(s) answers my questions	8	0	0	0

 

What did you find most valuable from the workshop?

·         “The feedback from you about my resume and cover letter was most valuable”

·         “Good advice. Provided perspective outside of my own. Professional approach”

·         “The feedback. Attention to detail. The resource sheet”

·         “The course is well-organized and extremely helpful”

·         “The perspective from HR department on the hiring process”

·         “I never imagined that recruiters use craigslist. Critique of resume was very helpful, as were the typical interview questions”

·         “There were only 3 of us in attendance which allowed us to be able to have and share more one-to-one discussions”

·         “It was a valuable opportunity to see the level of 1-1 service that RCUH HR offers to its employees. It also demonstrates HR as being proactive to ask for the resume and cover letters ahead of time so that the packets could be custom-tailored”

·          “Feedback timely. Feedback easy to implement”

·         “Good idea to have this workshop. Most of us (attendees) were older, professional. The tips for current practices useful”

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                           November 1, 2010

                                                                                                                        MEMORANDUM                                                                                         

 

TO:                 All Principal Investigators & Project Administrators

 

FROM:           Nelson Sakamoto

                        Director of Human Resources

SUBJECT:   November 2, 2010 – General Election & Voting Time

 

 

November 2, 2010 is the General Election Day.  The majority of RCUH employees should be observing this as a paid State Holiday.  However, there may be some RCUH employees who are required to work on November 2, 2010.

 

Voting Time – Time Off From Work:  Employees who are registered voters and who normally do not have a free two-hour period, excluding lunch and rest breaks, must be given two hours paid leave in order to vote in the General Election while the voting polls are open (7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.).

 

This provision does not apply to any employee whose hours of work are such that he/she has a period of two consecutive hours, excluding lunch and rest breaks, prior to or before the voting polls close (i.e., 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.).  Therefore you do not need to provide the employee any time off if his/her work schedule begins at 9:00 a.m. or ends at 4:00 p.m.

 

If the employee is allowed two paid hours for voting, then the employee must present a “voter’s receipt” as proof of voting.  Failure to provide a “voter’s receipt” will result in the employee being charged vacation time or leave without pay (whichever is applicable) for the time off for voting.

TO:  All RCUH Employees

 

As previously announced, RCUH is participating in the “Best Places to Work in Hawaii” program created by Hawaii Business magazine and Best Companies Group.  The program is designed to recognize outstanding places of employment in the state of Hawaii.

 

The Best Places to Work in Hawaii – Employee Survey has been emailed to 350 randomly selected employees.  If you have been invited to complete the survey, please take the time to fill out the online survey.  Please do not forward your invitation to other employees as each invitation contains unique access information that can only be used once.

 

The survey is being administered by a third-party agency which will be solely responsible for tabulating your confidential ratings.  Please follow the instructions and submit your completed survey no later than November 12.  The survey is optional, not mandatory.

 

Your honest feedback is extremely valuable to this process.  Thank you, in advance, for participating in the “Best Places to Work in Hawaii” survey.

Revisions have been made to the 2010 HR Personnel Action & Payroll Calendar/Schedule due to a major upgrade to our HR/Payroll PeopleSoft system. 

 

Please click on the applicable links below to download/print a copy of either the calendar and/or schedule:

 

2010 HR Personnel Action & Payroll Calendar

2010 HR Personnel Action & Payroll Schedule

 

 

The 2011 HR Personnel Action & Payroll Calendar and Schedule are now available.  If you would like to download/print a copy of either the calendar or schedule, please click on the applicable links below.

 

2011 HR Personnel Action & Payroll Calendar

2011 HR Personnel Action & Payroll Schedule