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Employee Engagement and Experience Survey was conducted.
We have launched a training program in collaboration with EDU for administrative and academic directors.
•6 Main Modules
8 Main Topics
Site Visit
Wrap-up Session
62.5 Hours
English course started for 66 administrative staff with the cooperation of Language School.
•5 online education classes for 3 different levels
In addition to the digital orientation, we organized an orientation program for 63 administrative employees who joined us in the last 6 months to provide socialization and convey the culture of Sabancı University.
In addition to the presentations of our general secretary and HR director, we had the opportunity to socialize with fun ice-breaking activities and lunch.
We launched the SU Talent Development Program in April in collaboration with EDU.
22 participants at the Specialist / Senior Specialist / Leader level
4 modules – Self-Awareness & Managing Sphere of Influence, Business Management, Sustainable Relationship Management, Simulation Practices & RS - 16.5 days
Third term hobby workshops have started.
Choir, ceramics, painting, rhythm, book, yoga
A total of 272 academic and administrative staff had the chance to participate in hobby workshops throughout the three terms.
On September 6th and 7th, Sabancı Sports Games were held with 1000 participants hosted by our University with the participation of Group companies.
In July, tournaments were held to represent our University within the scope of Sabancı Sports Games with the participation of 80 of our employees. A total of 37 of our employees represented our university in 7 branches including volleyball, basketball, football, backgammon, tennis and chess.
In Sabancı Sports Games, our teams were successful in playing in the quarter final matches in 5 out of 7 different branches.
14 Training Programs were held on different subjects to improve employee competencies.
•Agile and Hybrid Project Management,
•Negotiation and Persuasion in the New World,
•Human and Results-Oriented Collaboration,
•Creative Thinking and Innovation,
•You and Yourself in Business,
•Creative Approaches to Problem Solving
•Presentation Preparation Mastery,
•Data Visualization,
•Dashboard Preparation Techniques,
•Transactional Analysis,
•Effective Presentation and Storytelling,
•Working SMART,
•Effective Meeting and Time Management
•Labor Law
Our 12 Mentors, consisting of the Secretary General and Administrative Directors, and 25 Mentees, consisting of our administrative staff, completed 29 meetings in the SU Mentorship Program.
Mentors and mentees completed their training planned in cooperation with EDU and attended a supervision meeting in August to review the program operation throughout the process.
We hold meetings with the participation of unit managers under the name of HR Conversations to answer questions about the projects and processes we have recently implemented.
In line with our digitalization goals, we have moved to the Peoplise Digital Platform, which allows us to follow the entire administrative recruitment process online in a way that will also strengthen our employer perception.
With the digital recruitment system, we offer an easily accessible and transparent experience to candidates and our hiring managers.
We have transferred our administrative orientation program to the Peoplise Online Platform in line with our digitalization goals.
With the digital orientation system, we aim to strengthen the employee experience of newly joining Sabancı University students and to facilitate the adaptation process with rich content presentations and information that they can always access.
As of May 2024, 54 of our administrative employees shared that the program was informative with the feedback they gave including the digital orientation program.
We have updated 15 guidelines;
- Compensation Guideline
- Recognition Award Guideline
- Performance System Guideline for Administrative Employees
- Talent Management and Career Development
- Recruitment Guideline
- Orientation Guideline for Administrative Employees
- Job Termination Guideline
- Recognition Award Guideline
- Cadre Planning Guideline
- Academic Leave Guideline
- Emeritus Faculty Membership Guideline
- Teaching Awards Guideline
- University Housing and Rental Assistance Guideline
- Retirement Guideline from Sabancı University
- Honorary Member and Outstanding Service Award Guideline
In order to create a productive time frame where we can focus on our business goals without being interrupted by meetings, we have implemented a meeting-free afternoon practice every Friday between 13:00-17:00, starting in June.
Since September 2023, 63 of our employees have had the opportunity to observe practices in different European countries by benefiting from the Erasmus Employee Mobility program.
As part of the collaboration between our university and Kocaeli Enka Schools, the children of 3 of our employees had the opportunity to study at Enka Schools with a full scholarship.
As a result of the Employee Loyalty Pulse Survey evaluations, a focus study was conducted by the consultancy firm to obtain root cause analysis and action suggestions with the participation of 71 administrative employees in a total of 5 units.
As a result of the Focus Group Studies, root causes and action suggestions were consolidated and an action plan was drawn up for all university employees.
This year, 65 open positions were published on MySU, giving employees the opportunity to create a new path in their careers through rotation:
3 positions were closed through internal transfers.
‘HR Coffee Chats’ meetings continue to be held every week to listen to employees and understand their expectations.
The HR director organized meetings to listen to employees and managers on a unit basis and understand expectations.
Meetings were completed with financial affairs and services unit managers and some employees.
The first Happy Hour was held in May with the participation of our employees.
We had a pleasant time and had the opportunity to socialize with the performance of our employees who participated in the rhythm workshop as part of the hobby workshop project.
We organized a retirement ceremony for 3 of our SU retired academics in March and for 1 administrative employee in September.
The Tomorrows Are Possible With You Project, which we participated in as a University within the scope of the Republic Mobilization, was completed in March.
According to the Impact Report results, the program was 93% effective in developing the skills and competencies of young people.
As a result of the evaluations made by 450 students, the most liked training of the program was the Introduction to Data Analysis with Python webinar given by our Faculty Member İnanç Arın.
We celebrated the completion of the Executive Development Program with our managers at Karaköy Minerva Han.
The calibration process was completed with 30 meetings, and the performance scores of 452 employees were calibrated.
According to the performance evaluation results, the January 2024 wage increase was realized at different rates.
The performance targets for the 2024 period were determined with a participatory approach, accompanied by HR Partners, in meetings with the participation of unit managers and employees, and target entries were completed via Perfx.
At our year-end event, we shared with our employees the actions and developments carried out throughout 2023.
We congratulated our colleagues who completed their 10th and 20th years at our university. We congratulated our academics who won teaching awards.