Introducing the Office of Staff Advocacy and Support
The Office of Staff Advocacy and Support set in motion through one email to the president@tamu.edu inbox. The President truly listens. A staff member asked the President why one of the largest public institutions in America didn’t have a dedicated staff ombudsperson. The rest, they say, is history.
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Managers' Minutes
Shared. Leadership. Experience.Managers’ Minutes is a community dedicated to empowering people leaders by fostering collaboration, resource sharing, and connection. Join us at Managers’ Minutes to engage with fellow managers, share real-world experiences, and build community—while gaining tools and insights to help you lead with confidence and inspire your team.
Alignment
Imagine an organization with everyone on the same page, aligned to the strategic goals and making decisions daily to the benefit of the greater good. That’s the purpose of Managers’ minutes.
Community
Managers’ Minutes is a community dedicated to empowering people leaders by fostering collaboration, resource sharing, and connection. The program allows faculty and staff to engage with fellow managers, share real-world experiences, and build community—while gaining tools and insights to help them lead with confidence and inspire your team.
Growth
Managers' Minutes has seen rapid growth in multiple facets, moving form 40-50 attendees on the every-other-week sessions to consistently over 100 and engaging in-between on the Collaboration Hub on MS Teams. Soon, Managers’ Minutes Meetups will take the virtual community to “in real life.”
Join Managers' Minutes
Register for the next session, every other Thursday at 8:30 a.m. virtually + join the newsletter + engage on the Collaboration Hub. (Join the Collective!)
Skillbridge Program Serves Veterans
Since launching in September 2024, the DOD SkillBridge partnership has trained veterans through a robust externship program, drawing 73 applicants from 19 U.S. states and five countries—including active-duty personnel aboard the USS Arleigh Burke and USS Bulkeley.
Read the Full StoryFull Cycle Recruiting
Talent Management achieved success in sourcing and hiring candidates through Full Cycle Recruiting. A sourced candidate is proactively sought by a talent specialist; a job applicant find and applies to a job requisition. Data Jan. - Aug. 2025
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When managers needing to hire to fill spots on their teams can do so more quickly and with less time commitment, the whole team benefits.
Filling positions promptly helps the university meet the President’s priority to 'Fix the Foundation. 'The manager has more time to dedicate to mission-critical priorities, and the team is at full strength more quickly. This means work gets done timely and there is a reduction of stress and turnover from the rest of the team.
I am used to driving an old banger, and you’re describing a Mercedes-Benz; what is not to like?
HROE Drumbeat has HR Professionals in sync for communicating vital information
HROE introduced the Drumbeat to consistently communicate relevant and important details to campus partners through HR professionals every first and third week of the month. In line with the Presidential priority to improve communications, this medium ensures HR professionals deliver the most important information and action-items in a timely fashion while being equipped with the details that matter if additional questions are raised. Offered in Word document and PowerPoint format exclusively to HROE members, Drumbeat is ready for configuration on how it works best in each local area. This way, HR generalists supporting specific areas can tailor what is shared to the appropriate level, timing, and context. All in an effort to support the research and teaching mission.
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Class & Comp Launched Over 1,000 Standardized Position Descriptions, Laying the Foundation for Career Paths
The Need
Set out to provide managers and employees with easy access to learn what an employee’s career path may look like and what it would take to get to the next level, standardized position descriptions provide a base for the selected title to help streamline and simplify the hiring process.
Go Deeper
In FY25, Class & Comp created the new career path for graduation academic advisors and graduate program coordinators. Previously, individuals supporting graduate students did not have a dedicated career path for advancement. Employees were assigned various titles, making career advancement confusing. Working collaboratively with the Graduate and Professional School leadership and the Graduate Operations Committee (GOC) Deans from all schools/colleges, these two new career paths were created and rolled out, creating stability in academic advising.
Market Rate – Texas A&M has a Compensation Strategy?!?!
Texas A&M’s compensation strategy is designed to provide competitive and fair pay. We achieve this by targeting the 50th percentile of the market when setting starting salaries for each job at Texas A&M University. This approach aligns with the recommendations which emphasized the need for competitive salaries and career ladders to attract and retain top talent. HROE’s Classification and Compensation team has completed the market determinations for each staff hire. As of August 2025, 62% of our employees were at or above the determined market rates.
REVIEW THE SAPJobs for Aggies and the Part-Time Student Job Fair
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Why does a part-time job matter?
In partnership with the Division of Student Affairs, the Student Employment Office participated in a collaborative video project aimed at informing parents and families about student involvement opportunities at Texas A&M University. (hint: students who get involved are more likely to success, per Astin, 1985)