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Nearly 3,8000 respondents took the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources Higher Education Employee Retention Survey.<\/p>\n
About a quarter of nonfaculty higher ed employees told an April survey that they were likely or very likely to look for new jobs in the next year\u2014a drop from the third of such workers who indicated in 2023 they would go job hunting. <\/p>\n
The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources released this week the results of its latest Higher Education Employee Retention Survey, which had nearly 3,800 respondents, 96\u00a0percent of whom said they\u2019re full-time employees and 75\u00a0percent of whom said they\u2019re overtime-exempt workers. The respondents hailed from 505 different colleges and universities. <\/p>\n
Greater rates of nonsupervisors, men and employees of color reported they were seeking to change jobs compared to their counterparts. And, out of the various types of offices\u2014such as academic affairs and admissions, enrollment and financial aid\u2014the CUPA-HR report says \u201cexternal affairs appears to be the most stable area, with nearly two-thirds (62%) of employees indicating they are unlikely or very unlikely to look for a new job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Employees who are eyeing new jobs aren\u2019t necessarily seeking to leave academe, or even their current employers. Around 72\u00a0percent of those who said they intend to job hunt said they plan to look at other colleges or universities. Nearly half want to explore new roles at their current institutions. The same share plan to look at non\u2013higher ed nonprofits, while 60\u00a0percent are eyeing private, for-profit companies. (Respondents who say they are job hunting could pick multiple options.)<\/p>\n
Why are they seeking new jobs? Around 70\u00a0percent ranked higher pay in their top three reasons for leaving, a far higher percentage than any other impetus. The next most common reason was seeking promotion, at 39\u00a0percent, followed by desiring a different workplace culture and reducing stress, each around 33\u00a0percent. Then came remote work opportunities, at 28\u00a0percent, and job security concerns, at 26\u00a0percent. <\/p>\n
Job security concern \u201cwas particularly pronounced among employees in research and sponsored programs\/institutional research,\u201d the report says. <\/p>\n
Despite employees\u2019 wishes for more money, the report says feelings of belonging and of purpose in work, along with senses of being valued by others at work and engaged with work, \u201care stronger predictors of retention than is the perception of fair pay.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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