Show ! Page 2 July 28 1975 personnel director likes to keep USU employees happy iMew “It’s just as much my job to keep people happy after they have been employed as to select employees for the university” commented Ron Garrison new personnel director at Utah State University USU employs approximately 2000 contract employees and additional payfrom 1000-200- 0 roll employees a large percentage of the latter being students According to Garrison about 1000 of the employees are faculty and about 1000 are involved in running the university — administration clerical workers food fill are those of a technical nature especially in some field of work not carried out very much in Utah Garrison said when an opening does occur at the university it is posted on campus for seven days if it is a classified position and for 30 days if it is a professional job addition each job opening is posted with the State Employment Security Office in Logan and a list of job openings is sent regularly to every minority In Wurlitzer Company and then applied for the USU position when it became available He and his wife live on a small ranch in Smithfield and have two children Garrison feels that his job at USU is multi-purpose- d “First I try to find good capable employees and make sure there is no surplus of workers Once they are employed I try to keep them happy This is possible by keeping their wages abreast of what others are being paid across the country and in Utah for similar work and by working with employees to let them gain training for upward mobility” he explained He also works closely with the Classified Employees Council when problems occur “Another aspect of my job” he inserted “is to work with the community For example a company recently reduced its work force and we tried to absorb some of the laid off employees “And when I find a good candidate for employment but have no position I often contact community businesses and try to find work for the person off organization in the state and depending on the job opening services janitors etc advertised locally regionally and “The large amount of research nationally “We try to take active affirmagenerated here at the university and intertive action steps” commented many unique provides RON GARRISON new personnel director at USU thinks that such as working at a Garrison esting jobs since a person spends one-thir- d of his life working the job fish The new personnel director is hatchery or with the Desert should be enjoyable Biome program” Garrison notfrom San Diego Calif where he ed graduated from California West“And in trend with the labor ern Univesity with a major in situation across most of the industrial management and perUS” the personnel director sonnel management noted “there is always a need for He worked for three years as an qualified clerical help We have administrative assistant for the 3 openings each month partly city of San Diego then for awhile NEW! because we hire students and with the National Cash Register student wives out of the area as Company About a year ago he came to they complete their education” He said the most difficult jobs to Cache Valley to work for the campus” SC - 20 12-1- re cmd ondre ujhat on earth for ? You Know any tning f for the advancement-o- hgher education ICE B SOCIAL paid© 0 JULY 9 30 12:30 i P pm UC 1 I I Dance to P 5 i Wednesday July 30 i I ttj I i Amphitheatre 1 k mm Free to students with activity cards "Jf— Free to students and FREE TO public USU STUDENTS 1 I S i 0 0 If f |