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Admissions office staffing in a volatile labor market

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Admissions office staffing in a volatile labor market

Six strategies for solving your most urgent workforce challenges

Admissions teams everywhere are facing historic personnel shortages and a corresponding threat to their enrollment outcomes. This white paper covers key factors driving the crisis as well as steps enrollment leaders can take right away to reduce overwork, fill open positions, and build a workplace worthy of the most talented segments of the nation’s labor pool.

Chart your path through the crisis

The white paper presents a comprehensive framework that puts the full range of potential responses to understaffing in relation to one another, explaining the unique role that each plays and how they all fit together into a coherent and workable strategy. Solutions covered in the report span six categories:

  1. Cutting your staff’s workload down to size
  2. Maximizing flexible work options
  3. Ensuring appropriate compensation
  4. Creating an engaging work environment
  5. Ramping up staff recruitment
  6. Building a future-proof admissions org

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