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Modern WorkForce Management for

Higher Education Leaders

Create Moments That Matter,

Everywhere Work Happens 

Against a backdrop of growing student demand for more affordable hybrid and remote learning, decreasing undergraduate enrollment, and educator burnout, institutions charting a path forward are tapping into the power of their people while also improving operational performance, labor optimization, and cost management using digital workforce management solutions.

How Are You Reimagining Your Operations When Faced with These Higher Education Trends?  

Keeping, Attracting,

and Winning Top Talent 

Educators’ roles have become more challenging with remote learning, impacting retention. Turnover rates have reached 15% for non-exempt part-time staff. 

(CUPA-HR)  

Cost Management

and Budget Pressures 

Undergraduate enrollment

has fallen by over 5% (1 million students) from 2019 to 2021

due to high tuition rates and student debt concerns. 

(NSCRC)  

Increasing Compliance

and Pay Complexities 

Institutions must factor in remote workers for compliance and payroll and navigate the expanded role of collective bargaining agreements

for employee populations.  

(CUPA-HR)  

Forty-three percent of higher education employees plan to leave their job in favor of remote work opportunities.

Let’s learn who these workers are and what challenges they face.

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The Higher Education Deskless Worker

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Higher Education Institutions Realize Significant Benefits with WorkForce Software

There are a range of benefits and savings our higher education customers realize with WorkForce Software solutions. These estimates are based on the aggregated results of value studies with our higher education customers across a range of deployments and organizational maturities.

Customer Sample Benefit Ranges

5K Employees

50K Employees

100K Employees

$1M — $1.9M

$775K — $1.1M

$680K — $906K

Time & Attendance

Scheduling & Forecasting

Task Management

$89K — $107K

$3M — $4.1M

Up to $8M

Absence & Leave Management

Employee Experience

Total Benefits

Review the Higher Education Value Accelerator for More Details About These WorkForce Software Business Case Value Drivers 

Our Valued Customers

Be Ready for Change

Improve your team’s ability to sense and adapt to change.

 

•   Schedule shifts amongst all types of campus workers to their specific needs including 

     faculty, adjunct, full-time, part-time, and student workers

•   Provide all workers access to effective communication and collaboration tools no 

     matter where their work happens

•   Maintain compliance in relation to collective bargaining agreements and adapt to 

     ever-changing and complex legislation, policies, and labor restrictions

Win and Keep Top Talent 

Provide clear and consistent communication that engages workers and keeps operations running smoothly.

•   Encourage well-being and remote working initiatives with anywhere access to time 

     capture, scheduling, and leave management tools 

•   Provide workers access to consumer-grade communication and collaboration tools no 

     matter where the work happens  

•   Offer scheduling flexibility for campus workers (who often work more than one campus 

     job) and for student workers (who juggle their time between work and classes). 

Manage Costs and Budget Pressures 

Improve your financial position, optimize labor, and reduce operating costs—which allows for savings to be passed on to current and applying students, improving affordability and enrollment rates.   

•   Reduce payroll costs (time leakage, time theft, and admin headcount) using automated 

     rules and calculations    

•   Record hours accurately against work orders and departments, and grant certification 

     of effort   

•   Control predictable variable costs such as labor, overtime, and PTO accruals over 

     longer periods of time  

Why WorkForce Software

We believe that true success is measured by the experience and value we deliver to our employees, partners, and customers and by how we continue to work together to lead the future of the modern workforce. We are humbled and proud to be recognized as the #1 workforce management vendor year after year—not only from a product perspective but also as a company that our customers trust and want to do business with.

View WorkForce Software's Awards and Recognitions

Top Leadership Position in the 2024 WFM Value Matrix: For the tenth year running, Nucleus Research named WorkForce Software as the leading workforce management vendor for the value, functionality, and usability of our solutions.

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The Software Report's Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2024: 

As the global HR market experiences a dramatic shift toward digitization, WorkForce Software is honored to be recognized for enhancing business efficiency in employee management operations.

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U.S. News & World Report’s Best Solution Provider for Large Enterprises: WorkForce Software was named the best enterprise workforce management solution provider for the exceptional value it delivers to its global enterprise customers, including some of the world’s largest brands.

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Info-Tech Releases Buyer Experience Report for WorkForce Software: Real users share what they think about working with WorkForce Software and rate us the #1 trusted workforce management solution provider. 

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of customers plan to renew

their software license

See How These Higher Education Institutions

Use WorkForce Software to Transform the

Way People Work

Enterprise-grade and future-ready, WorkForce Software is helping some of the world’s most innovative higher education institutions optimize their workforce, protect against compliance risks, and increase employee engagement to unlock new potential for resiliency, operational performance, and cost management. 

Oregon State University Uses Workforce for

Reliable Time and Leave Management to

Better Manage Diverse Employee Groups

“We run thin administratively on purpose, so any time we can adjust our efforts in ways that return more to the university, it just makes sense.”

— Lissa Perrone, Director of Business Affairs

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Going Digital with WorkForce Time and Attendance Improves Slow, Costly Manual Processes

“Besides knowing that our rules are consistently applied, we are collecting much more accurate and complete data.”

— Kristin Richmond, HRIS Manager 

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The Right Fit: How WorkForce Experience Helps Kurt Geiger Put Their Best Foot Forward

Read how WorkForce Experience helps luxury footwear retailer Kurt Geiger engage with employees and ensure brand compliance at every location.

Going the Distance: Converse Fosters a Positive Brand Experience Using Workforce Experience

Discover how WorkForce Experience helps Converse gain real-time visibility into stores around the world, connect with global partners, and streamline collaboration. 

Experience the WorkForce Suite

WorkForce Software is the first global provider of workforce management solutions with integrated employee communications. The WorkForce Suite delivers the tools necessary to improve employee experience, operational performance, and your financial position—no matter how unique your pay rules, labor regulations and allocation, schedules, and employee engagement needs. 

Our solutions are built for labor optimization, which can reduce your operating costs. This value can then be used to make tuition rates more affordable, passing the value along to current and applying students. 

Making Every Store Shine with WorkForce Experience 

Discover how jewelry retailer Pandora has streamlined communication and engaged their employees around the world using WorkForce Experience. 

How Canada’s Largest Bookstore Chain Is Expanding Their Reach Without Increasing Headcount 

Learn about how Indigo uses WorkForce Experience to communicate, share information, assign tasks, provide feedback, and engage with visual merchandising teams on a real-time basis. 

 

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The WorkForce Suite

The Next Generation of Workforce Management for Employees of Every Generation

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WorkForce Performance

Equip Your Team to Do Their Best Work, Wherever Work Happens

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WorkForce Experience

Connect Your Whole Organization: Every Employee, Every Day, and Everywhere Work Happens

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WorkForce Intelligence

AI and Insights That Remove the Noise and Accelerate Intelligent Responses

Workforce Management Solutions Designed to Optimize the Performance of Your Workforce

Time and Attendance

Scheduling

Absence and Leave

Universal Compliance

Data Capture

Employee Experience

Task Management

Build Your Higher Education Workforce Management Business Case

We understand that your organization is unique. No two higher education institutions share the same workforce management process maturity or level of automation. WorkForce Software’s Customer Value experts are dedicated to partnering with you to make a compelling case for change that appeals to the stakeholders of your organization.

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